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  1. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    So sorry. I'm in Sandy Hook, how is the remainder of your flock doing? My 1st flock ('13) were free range and would go in the coop on their own at night but we lost several to Hawks and then someone forgot to close the coop one night late last August and a fox took the remaining 3. Last...
  2. NewtownChicks

    Injured chick

    Same question only mine is 2 weeks old. Here's some pics (only up on screen to take pics, is in brooder box w/10 other chicks on shredded pine bark normally). Just noticed this last night.
  3. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Picked up 4 Americauna and 2 RIR chicks at Benedict's this afternoon. Got them all set in the brooder and realized that one of the Americaunas looked off. Went to clean its butt in case pasty butt was the issue but I think it has a prolapsed vent, something red and bulbous there... Poor chick :(...
  4. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    My egg? Just one yolk :) I don't use supplemental light either
  5. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Oh man! Hope your next eggs make it all the way to the kitchen before getting cracked! Congrats on your ladies laying!
  6. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    I thought it seemed big. The second one was a little smaller but not much. Not sure who laid the egg. I've got 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Dominiques & 2 Rhode Island Reds
  7. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Very! I actually teared up a bit and kinda want to frame that picture! Raising them grain free has been such an experiment and since they're 32.5 weeks now, after Thanksgiving I figured *if* I ever got eggs it wouldn't happen till spring. Egg #2 this morning! Realizing now that they don't like...
  8. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    1st egg today! Hens have been fed grain & soy free since I got them as 1day chicks in mid-May so I was starting to wonder if my experiment had gone awry. But, lovely large egg with a nice hard shell this afternoon! Of course the ladies had to upstage everyone with the best Christmas present...
  9. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Mine are free ranging and on a grain free supplemental feed (free choice). We do have a lot of predators and our property backs up to a large farm field (hay) so it makes me nervous, and I'm sure I'll lose one eventually, but I lost one in the run anyway so figured I might as well let them roam...
  10. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Thanks :) That could've ended so sadly. Lesson learned! It was my own fault for not locking them up when they went in at sunset. Sidetracked w/work... Poor ladies!
  11. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Hubby called a friend who took care of it. Deceased is all I know...
  12. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    I'm in SH too. 6 hens, none laying yet
  13. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Ugh! There is a possum in my coop with the ladies & my dog on the leash. Can't leave to put dog away & no one here to help!
  14. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    I'm using them as deep litter in my coop this year. Free is good! :) and they should make fabulous garden compost come spring.
  15. NewtownChicks

    Connecticut!

    Thanks :) I hadn't considered Wyandottes before. Decided to get: 1 Australorp 1 Buff Orpington 2 Cuckoo Marans 2 Columbian Wyandotte and 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Now to wait for April 7th. Hopefully by then these ladies (my current 6 that hatched mid-May) will have started laying!
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