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  1. robbinbaker

    Chick feed to chicken feed

    But what if they are in with the big girls? I have chick starter available to them, but they seem pretty interested in the layer mash. And the layers seem to want to eat the chick starter. Is this a big deal? Will they just eat what they eat and be ok?
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    Question about bringing new chickens to flock... does it ever go well?

    I have three 1-year old layers and three 2 month old pullets. I let them get to know each other through the chicken wire this weekend and today let them meet in person while free-ranging around the yard. Everyone seems fine about everyone else. The leader of the older three and the leader of the...
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    Professional drummers ... even though they're only 8 week old pullets!

    I'm going to have to get this on video somehow... but I have 3 pullets in their enclosure in the garage right now and they have knocked their food thing off the upside down metal container it's resting on (to make it taller) and they are pecking at the metal and it sounds JUST LIKE DRUMMING...
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    Very Bad Day :( Lost one, 2 missing...UPDATE Zelda and Wally are home

    Oh honey! That just sounds like the MOST awful day. I had one similar to that last week. The next day I just stayed in my jammies and sat on the couch all day so nothing bad could happen to me. (Except that I got nothing done, which is bad in it's own way...) I am so sorry you had a day like...
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    Some eggs coming out with weird tiny calcium-like beads stuck on shell

    Does anyone know if I should be concerned about one of my hens laying eggs with this weird crust of tiny, calcium looking bead thingys on the outside of the shell. If you rub at them they come off. So far only two eggs like that... very weird. Thanks!
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    CHICKEN HAIKU Challenge!!!!

    Ok... here's the challenge... write your most imaginative, creative, fluffy butt haiku. My 6 year old daughter and I have been doing it to pass the days while she has the flu and it's pouring rain outside. Here are some of ours.... Tap tap at the door Beady eye looking through glass You have...
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    What have I done!? Meyer's just called - END OF STORY ON PAGE 11

    We'll send out good chickie vibes and prayers to you and the babes! Then be sure to post tomorrow and let us know how it all went!
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    Video of 5-8 day old babies peeping and pooping in the living room!

    What's more fun than watching baby chicks? Watching them poop in someone else's living room, a place you don't have to clean up! We shot this short video this morning after they'd had lots of breakfast and time under the heat lamp. SO CUTE! So poopy...
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    Is this a pullet?

    Oh I certainly hope so! It was so sad last spring when Mary/Bart had to leave and go live at my friend's mum's house with a turkey who would appreciate the constant cockadoodling! This little BR we named her George Sand after the French feminist author.
  10. robbinbaker

    Is this a pullet?

    Here is the best shot I could get of the back of her and her head is sort of in it... she just kept moving! (Excuse the little bit of poo on her fuzzy butt...) What do think? Girl?
  11. robbinbaker

    Is this a pullet?

    I didn't know Barred Rocks could be sexed by color & other traits before I got this little fuzzy yesterday. She was the last BR they had - hopefully that doesn't mean that everyone else took one look at her and said "ROO!". Also... I have believed my wonderful Gloria to be an EE... but...
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    Suddenly wondering if chickens eat and drink at night???

    I think I'll put their spare water'er in the coop so I know for sure they've got water if they wake up early. Especially as you say, when the days get longer. I was thinking of building a PVC pipe feeder inside so it doesn't take up much room and can be difficult for the rodents to access. Then...
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    Suddenly wondering if chickens eat and drink at night???

    A couple days ago I moved the hanging food/water containers to the chickens outdoor run (from inside the coop) because a rodent was chewing through the walls & doors of the coop to get to the food. It was driving me crazy and I was sick of repairing the coop. Now, by reading all the various...
  14. robbinbaker

    Did you ever feel like you were raising yourself as a kid?

    Yep. And it does definately get worse after the divorce because your mother needs to spend time rebuilding her life. At least you were 14 and not 9. Here's the good news tho... you will be an awesome parent because you're paying attention now to the things you think work, and those that don't...
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    Silly chickens... they don't realize they are supposed to stay OUTSIDE

    They are at the back door CONSTANTLY - pecking at the glass, asking to come in. We have even started writing chicken haiku about it! Tap tap at the door Beady eye looking through glass You have treats for me? Tap tap at window Tap at the door, I’m having Fun - Let’s have some more (by my 6...
  16. robbinbaker

    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Here is my brooder. I made it last year and it works for a couple weeks. Then they move into the garage with a brass pet fence surrounding a big cardboard box and the heat lamp in a corner. This brooder is a plastic tote with a top made from cubicle shelving (that I also use to make guinea pig...
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    Help me identify my three fuzzybutts for 2009! I'm SO EXCITED!

    I decided to get three more (I know, I know! They're ADDICTIVE!). I have three wonderful girls from last year's brooder... and three more should round out the back yard nicely... right? Well... I wanted Polish or Spitzhaubens... but I have a girl who likes to eat the other's feathers so I...
  18. robbinbaker

    Never mind.... I did more research...

    I really want some Polish, but I also really love my Araucana who happens to eat the feathers of her coop mates... so Polish aren't a good choice. I guess I could put pinless peepers on her, but I'd rather just figure out something else. Thanks!
  19. robbinbaker

    Does anyone know where I can buy them cowboy hats?

    So... did this stop them from pecking each other? I have one who still is eating the tail/back feathers of the other two..
  20. robbinbaker

    Need help! Rump/back feathers being plucked or bitten off...

    Thanks! We've had a lot of weird snow here and a rodent problem so they've been more confined than usual - I found the other posts about this problem and realized they're probably really bored and feeling crowded, so I just went out and set up their tractor pen and hung a suet feeder with some...
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