Recent content by Freyja

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Welsummer pullet, 3-1/2 months old, 2.7 lbs. She has always been on the small side compared to her two 'sisters' (a BR and a Rhode Island Blue), but is seeming especially light to me. 2)...

I gave her the chicks this morning and -- for a few minutes -- I was elated. I tucked one chick under each wing, the chicks quieted immediately and she settled and gave some soft clucks. A few minutes later she started to get restless and began pecking low at her wings, where the chicks were...

The feed store got their last batch of chicks today and I picked up two for my broody BR hen. Chicks are in the brooder tonight so I can see that they are eating/drinking/pooping. I planned to stow them under mama tomorrow evening and then keep a close eye on the new family. But I need to be...

My vet prescribed Baytril as well for my Australorp hen. After a bit of chicken wrestling and then reading about the dangers of aspiration here on BYC, I decided to break the pill into little bits and feed with a small handful of laying crumble. Got it to go down pronto and stress-free. Happy...

Buckwheat can cause photosensitivity in people and animals, horses especially. When I purchased buckwheat seed for a cover crop and asked the people at the feed store if my chickens could graze it, they emphatically said no, that a friend almost lost all her chickens due to this. Don't know...

Quote: I thought of that -- that they might have been going for insects. And I'm hoping the wood is pecked so finely I can't see it. I'm going to check the hardware store for a kit to check for lead paint on the chair. Gah! I just hope they don't start on their wood coop. It's all new...

No, not all of the wood but most of it. The two front corners of the chair were already worn away so the chickens took off a fresh layer. Their outside area is bedded with straw, difficult to discern from the color of wood. I've looked to see if they were just pecking it off and not eating it...

Our five hens (14 wks old) were in their temporary pen outside today and an old child-size chair that we sometimes use to visit with them was left in with them for a few hours. We've done this before and except for some chicken poo on the chair, no harm no foul. Today though, when I went to...

I wanted five pullets, all different breeds, so placed my order with the local feed store. They get deliveries from Belt Hatchery every week so I was able to get the breeds I wanted. They sometimes order extra chicks of the more popular breeds -- RIRs, BOs, BRs and Easter Eggers (though they...

Very pretty!

No ideas as I'm new to chickens, but just wanted to say I'm sorry you lost her.

Quote: This is what I did as well. I have two ex-pens that are 4' high; I clip them together with snap clips to make a good size pen for my five girls. Since they're still young and like to stretch their wings a bit, I added a sheet from the thrift store that I clip on top with clothespins...

I say pullet because she looks a lot like my Australorp when she was the same age. She had me worried though, so I combed through the archives here a few weeks back and found that many Australorp cockerels seem to get their red color, comb and wattles pretty early, in the 4-6 week old range...

How did this one turn out? Were they both pullets?

Quote: I had to see this saggy clown face and let me just say, it's an apt description. Here are a couple pics for the uninitiated like myself.