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So...after almost four years without a predator death (a little free range when we are home, shut into coop at night, out in fenced pen (no roof but some cover) during the day - something got my biggest Barred Rock hen; I went out about midday to find her dead in the pen, breast down, two places...

Update: We've had five eggs so far - the first one broken, four nice little eggs...and one "wind egg" that looked like a deflated hot air balloon. No eggs at all today. But I think we're on our way..

OK, finally found a picture - does look like it could be either an ascarid or a gizzard worm. But if we are seeing the parasite eggs in rather low numbers in a routine fecal float - is it still a possibility that the worm burden is not in proportion to the eggs we actually see? So I guess it's...

Well, we've been sailing along ok -everyone completely healthy - and the Wyandotte gals are now almost 5 months old. Within the past four days I have been noticing the occasional loose, brown stool (more like a cow patty than a chicken turd). We finally identified the bird that's having the...

Where does the time go? Seems like only yesterday I was posting and checking back every day or so looking for guidance in raising our first ever chicks - six Gold Lace Wyandottes, hatched the first week in April. This site has evidently been very good for me - I've been saying that all along -...

Wyatt Orp - I love it!!! Our GL Wyandotte rooster is named Tommy after the rascally fella who enginered our coop and run. He was always telling me about his adventures with local gals while we were building, so when one of our chicks turned out to be a cockerel it seemed fitting.

After knocking around outside the run for a while he came and settled down by my feet. Gotta love that!

Well...the little flock is 4 months old this week and I'm sitting here watching them free-range for the first time. They are growing so fast and looking good! The one I initially had questions about is definitely a rooster, and started crowing regularly at 6 am a couple of weeks ago, for about...

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Well, they are attracted to the color red; maybe we'd better all check our OPI color charts in our copious spare time and go for the green and turquoise shades...

LOL between gardening, horse activities and daily veterinary work, fingernails are not much of a problem here! Now if I paint my toenails, I'll watch out!

Getting a lot of info out of this thread because we got 6 gold lace Wyandottes this spring and one of them is a cockerel, which is ok - I've heard/read a lot about the pros and cons of having a rooster, and I don't mind as long as he behaves himself. I don't over-handle any of the chickens -...

Yup...that makes sense. So we don't have to change his name. Now if he just retains his sweet disposition....

Northern Butler County - between Middletown and Germantown. Got our first chicks this spring and having a great time watching them grow. They're 6 weeks old today. I'm sure we'll be getting more!

Here are the latest photos of our little flock of Wyandottes aged 6 weeks today. (BTW, I believe I have been incorrect in calling them "Black Laced Wyandottes" - aren't these correctly called "Gold Laced W--"? ). Five of them are some variation of this: And the Velociraptor in question...

Also good to know. They seem to be doing really well. We have a big, safe fenced run for them (wire over the top too) that you could probably keep a couple of emus in with room to spare, so since the weather has improved they're having fun running in and out of the coop and discovering dirt...

And that REALLY makes sense. Thanks!

Well...who'd -a-thought. I haven't seen this since and they're all doing fine - thanks for the reassurance!

I'm sorry folks - I just discovered that we were supposed to post the photos only, not the captions. My apologies for doing it wrong...Sure am enjoying the photos.