I sell my eggs to friends, and just got a call saying that the 3 dz. I delivered have a chemical smell. It wasn't there when they were delivered, it came on quick. they were only a couple wks. old at the most. They were in styrofoam cartons. Has anyone else had this happen? When they cracked...
I'm hooked.
I was raised with chickens on our township lot, that's when my love for chickens began. Dad raised chickens for eggs, and meat. One to two hundred in our flocks, it was a process to care for our brood. But aside from the butcher room, which I avoided, I enjoyed every minute.
My...
I have 13 pullets, and tonight they decided they'd rather roost on the fence instead of in the coop. I put them in, and when I couldn't find the 13th hen, I found her perched in a tree. She won't come down. What would cause the change in preferences, and will my little buff orpington be ok in...
the3ofus+oursixchicks :
rosey is 25 weeks so she isnt little any more. but i plan to put her in warm water tomorrow. thanks you guys!!! i need all the help i can get
Were you able to clear the vent though? Pasting up is something you don't want happening to any chicken, as the vent needs to be...
the3ofus+oursixchicks :
ok i can NOT get all the dried poop off the vent i dont know what to do.
I looked this up, and found this information on "pasting up"
Pasting Up
As you move your baby chicks from their shipping box into their brooder kit (which you've set up and heated in advance, of...
the3ofus+oursixchicks :
this morning rosey has a clump of poop stuck to her vent. i tried to get it off but not much i dont want to do anything to bother her bottom. maybe its because she is having to lay down and sleep insted of roost. do yall think i should try to make her some sort of roost...
Thank-you all for your assurance that my chicken Matilda is truly a puttet! You were right! And today, she delivered, her first egg that is! I knew it was going to be real soon when she kept pacing around the yard with a continual little cluck, and jumping in and out of the coop.
Soon, she...
I'm so happy everything is ok! I'd just let her out for the day, maybe for a few hours if your uncomfortable with all at once. Let us know what happens! Go Rosie!
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That is a good sign that she's eating and drinking well. I'm glad that rosey is doing alright.
It's a relief to hear this, and my best to Rosie tomorrow! It's so good to see some good news, here's to tomorrow and her appt.