Recent content by rajzwaibel

Well, the 4 left are still 4, so no recent deaths. Who knows why the others died. No lethargy, no physical wounds, no unusual poo, none of that. The good news is now they are almost 3 weeks old and are much larger, so I hope that means they are much more durable as well. Keeping my fingers...

Thanks for the response. I'll switch to a red light just because I can't think of anything else. They are 2 weeks old, and have plenty of room. I'm in Oregon, so the temp is anywhere between 40 as a low and up to the high 50s. They are in a completely enclosed area. Here is about 1/3 of...

There are no symptoms. Their poop looks really healthy. Their area right now is 2' by 6', so there is plenty of space (they only use half of that space now). There is a white light, and one of them was going around pecking at the others, but I got rid of her and none of the others are picking...

Out of 10, now I'm down to 4 after two weeks. They have proper heat. They have plenty of water. No sign of disease on any of them now. When I check in the morning, they all look healthy and great. 12 hours later, one will be dead. I'm at a loss. The only thing I can think of is that the...

For the first week we had them, the 10 BBB turkeys were doing well. Then last night one was dead, and this morning another two were dead. Heat was good, food and water were good. This afternoon I think I found the culprit. One of them was going around pecking at the bottoms of all the other...

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I got GLW, Australorps, and EEs all on June 21st. About 10 days ago the Australorps and GLW started to lay. The EEs haven't started yet, so I think they are late bloomers.

Ugh, this is frustrating. Of the 12 birds, about half are using the next boxes like nice girls. The other half insist on laying eggs outside, from their roost, wherever. Before they started I put yellow golf balls in the nest to try to train them. Apparently some of them couldn't get it. I...

I mentioned on the other threads that in my setup (Metal waterer, on cinder blocks like yours), I have an oil pan heater on the bottom of the waterer attached with RTV silicone. I have it on a timer when the weather gets cold enough to freeze the water. Works like a charm. $15.

pretzels. They eat everything else, including stuff mentioned by others here who have more picky chickens. They love pumpkins and green beans.

I have a metal waterer. I basically did this with an oil pan heater, but instead of adhering it to the oil pan (with RTV silicone), I put it underneath the waterer which sits on bricks

Great idea. What I did last year with my metal 5 gallon watering can was get some RTV and an oil pan heater for $15. The waterer sits on bricks, and I adhered the heater to the bottom of the waterer with the RTV (so there is a gap between the ground and the heater. When it freezes, I just...

Any other ideas?

Nope. Not broody. Could this be related to her molting? I read somewhere that they lay eggs for a 50-60 week cycle and then stop for a while. Well, she started laying eggs last August. But I'm not an expert enough to know if this might be the case.

A couple of days ago I noticed several down feathers laying around the coop. At first I thought it was the newer chicks establishing themselves and standing up to the main hen. We have one BR hen who is 1.5 years old--the only one out of the group to survive a neighbor's dog attack last April...