Recent content by Cristalzita
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Looming Hawk
I have a new flock of chickens which include some smaller breeds, 2 silkies and 2 serama roosters. I am fairly certain one of the silkies ended up being a rooster as well. My problem is, I noticed this has attracted a hawk to loom over my flock. At one point swooping in until they notice I was...- Cristalzita
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- flock additions hawk predator
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- Forum: Predators and Pests
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New Flock! 3 Barred Rocks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Silkies, and 2 Seramas
New Flock! 3 Barred Rocks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Silkies, and 2 Seramas- Cristalzita
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hens doing the rooster dance
I have two silkies in my brood this year, one turned out to be a cockerel and started dancing, then a month later started crowing. The other silkie acted like the rest of the hens, but today I noticed her do the tiniest dance towards me, which is what the last silkie did before they "became" a...- Cristalzita
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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North Carolina
Hi! I'm a backyard chicken owner. I'm in Guildford county High Point. I'm looking for anywhere I can pick up some fertilized organic eggs, I think a lot of my shipped eggs ended up having detached air sacs ;-; Trying to catch with a broody.- Cristalzita
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- Forum: Where am I? Where are you!
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Day 16 Hatch #1 with Flock #1- Austalorp~Scarlet~
Day 16 Hatch #1 with Flock #1- Austalorp~Scarlet~- Cristalzita
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Backyard chicken owner
I have a 5 chicken flock. One Buff Orpington, Austalorp, Barred Rock, Red Star, and Easter Egger. Names Buffy, Scarlet, Dak, Crispy, and Cheeks respectively. For me, my 5 chickens are my pets and egg layers for my family. I built their coop with my father with an attached run and all but they...- Cristalzita
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- backyard chickens egg layers hatching chicks homestead chickens meat bird pet chicken
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Detached Air Sacs from shipped eggs under my Broody hen
This is my first time hatching and I was only prompted to because one of my hens goes broody every summer. This year I ordered her fertilized eggs and she has been diligently sitting on them. I was having trouble candeling on the 10th day and to be honest I saw that most people recommend not...- Cristalzita
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- broody hen detached air cell fetile eggs hatching and brooding chicks shipped eggs
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs