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Not an emergency or a disease that I am aware of nor an injury. I have a 15 week old Cream Legbar cock that has a peculiar disability that he has had since we can remember. When he pecks at something, he is low by about 1/2"! If he is trying to catch a cricket or pick up a treat, he keeps...

AVC is Apple Cider Vinegar. Can't help with the rest but thought I would help out here!

We have 11 and my wife, 8 year old daughter, and I named them. They are: Uno --Blue Copper Marans (top of the pecking order) Domino - Silver Laced Wyandotte Wiggy - Beautifully crested Cream Legbar Pullet Speckles - Speckled Sussex Skid - Golden Campine (she was and addition and was very...

Maybe I should patent it and start selling them. I could end up with my own late night infomercial and become rich! I can see it now...Get your new Super Dooper Pooper Scooper now for only $49.95 plus shipping and handling. But wait, if you act now, we will send you a second Super Dooper...

This is our first time raising chickens. We have had our coop and girls since June and, after reading here and a couple of blogs, I decided to go with sand for the coop. Initially I bought a kitty litter scoop to clean up the poop but that was a real pain. I then found a long handled kitty...

Thank you all for the replies and the critique on our prized girl! I will try to post back once she has grown up a little more and get a new critique. This was fun! Maybe there should be a critique forum or thread on here somewhere for posts like mine!

Thank you Desertmarcy! I appreciate your reply and info! Too much color, huh? I would have never thought that could be an issue! Of course she is beautiful to us. As a matter of fact, everyone who sees her thinks she is our most beautiful bird and our flock includes Silver Laced...

One other thing...I am not into showing chickens. However, can anyone tell me how close to the breed standard "Uno" appears based on the pics? Just for curiosity more than anything else! Thanks

Hello folks, Just thought I would share a pic of "Uno", our Blue Copper Marans. My 8 year old daughter (only child) gave her that name since she was the largest of the chicks we got and is the head hancho of the flock, thus uno, Spanish for One! Anyway, she is right at 16 weeks and is...

We bought this Swedish Flower Hen unsexed at a day old from a local breeder. It got a really bad eye infection and at one point, we did not think it was going to make it. After a lot of intensive care, it has come through with flying colors and is playing catch up on growing. It is full of...

I thought I would update this thread a little. Things have improved significantly here and all issues are gone for the moment! My Swedish Flower Hen that was the sickest and looked the worst is finally better and growing like a weed! I ended up curing her eye issue with ionic silver applied...

Thank you, ECBW! As for our winters...it gets really cold here...typical lows in the low 30's with a few nights dropping into the 20's!

I have a new coop and flock that has not started roosting off the ground yet, let alone laying. This is our first time keeping chickens. I am planning my nesting boxes and roost but have limited area due to open windows, etc. I was wondering if it is a bad idea to place the nesting boxes...

Thanks for the link, Kathy. I will keep it handy should I need it on the SFH chick.

Quick update...the rooster seems to be all well. As soon as I got the junk out of his eye, it cleared up and was completely normal the next day. The Swedish Flower Hen, however, still has the eye issue. She is still alive and actually doing very well, just the eye infection that will not go...