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  1. bethrich

    chicken trying to cluck but nothing's coming out

    I noticed a chicken today who seemed to be trying to make some noise but nothing was coming out - almost a gasping when it opened it's beak, but no sound. It was eating and running around ok...but I am worried. has anyone seen this? Is it a sign of something bigger? and worse? The coop hasn't...
  2. bethrich

    No Eggs!!!!

    you make a good point - and one I should have thought of - there have been lots of feathers - I have just never had everyone molt at the same time...
  3. bethrich

    No Eggs!!!!

    Hi all- I have 10 hens that are in prime laying age...and were, throughout the winter giving me 6 eggs a day. In the past month I am lucky if I get 1 or 2 a day...all of a sudden they have come to a screeching halt...and I have no clue why!! They have food, water, a clean coop, plenty of...
  4. bethrich

    Rooster management question - need some advice!!

    this has been so helpful, everyone - thank you! The youngest roo - the one that I hatched - is 6 months old -is that too young to give the flock some leadership, though?
  5. bethrich

    Rooster management question - need some advice!!

    I have 3 roosters, 2 that were given to me and 1 that my hens hatched. I have a friend who raises chickens on his farm who will give one or more of my roosters a good home...and given the fighting of the 2 brothers who were given to me (australope mix - BEAUTIFUL birds) I need to thin out the...
  6. bethrich

    UPDATE! 18 hens - ZERO eggs for 3 weeks...

    I am getting out the heat lamp today, espcially since our nights are now dipping into the 20's. Beth
  7. bethrich

    UPDATE! 18 hens - ZERO eggs for 3 weeks...

    I am still in the same boat, as well. Not a single egg for 2 weeks...from 8 laying hens under 2 years old. I have started keeping them in the coop and run - so sign of eggs...not even a sign of the nesting boxes being used! Some are in a light molt, but this is crazy! I have never had any hens...
  8. bethrich

    Suddenly...NO EGGS!

    thanks all - the girls range between almost 2 years and about 1 year. They are a mix of auracaunas, barred rocks, silver laced wyandottes and some odd cochins...all have been laying strongly until saturday. I have not looked for hidden eggs and will do outside of the coop. I have let them run...
  9. bethrich

    Suddenly...NO EGGS!

    Hi all - I have 8 layyers who have been giving me about 4-5 eggs a day all summer/early fall..and suddenly, no eggs for the last 3 days. NONE! There don't seem to be any predators getting in adn taking them. Now, I was in the hospital for a week and they ran out of food the day before I got...
  10. bethrich

    Need a rooster in Southern Maine

    all set - getting two today thanks to the forum!!
  11. bethrich

    2 Free roos - Southern Maine

    Krista- I'd love to have them if they are still available. Beth
  12. bethrich

    Need a rooster in Southern Maine

    Hi all - I am in need of a rooster - my lovely blue cochin bantam went out one day and never returned...probably found a young chick somewhere. If anyone knows of one available - free or to buy - I'd be interested in knowing about him. Thanks Beth
  13. bethrich

    When to move chicks to the coop?

    Thanks - I moved the crate out next to the coop run this morning and will do that for a couple of weeks - maybe even move the crate inside the coop during the evening. Thanks for the suggestions:) Beth
  14. bethrich

    When to move chicks to the coop?

    Hi Friends- the last time I posted we had just celebrated the arrival of two new chicks, laid and hatched by one of my hens - the chicks are a cross between a bantam blue cochin father and aracauna mother. They are now 6 weeks old and have been rasied since about day 2 in a protected crate (and...
  15. bethrich

    The Chick has ARRIVED!!!

    thanks! I'll keep a watch and plan on moving the chick to the brooder box tomorrow. Hopefully by then, there will be some brothers and sisters! Beth
  16. bethrich

    The Chick has ARRIVED!!!

    Chick number one is here! baby appeared between 9:30 last night and 9:30 this morning - the mom hopped off thenest when I threw some corn on the ground and there it was - cute, fuzzy and peeping up a storm. Mom is sitting on 2 other eggs that should hatch, if fertile, sometime in the next few...
  17. bethrich

    1st time having an egg hatch...what do I do????

    Chick number one is here! baby appeared between 9:30 last night and 9:30 this morning - the mom hopped off thenest when I threw some corn on the ground and there it was - cute, fuzzy and peeping up a storm. Mom is sitting on 2 other eggs that should hatch, if fertile, sometime in the next few...
  18. bethrich

    1st time having an egg hatch...what do I do????

    thanks, all! I have my brooder supplies from my early spring babies, so the heat light with red bulb, mash, water, etc is all set and a box big enough for 3 of them and room to move away from the heat...I'll just wait for the big event. And, to be clear, these chicks are muts: Araucauna moms...
  19. bethrich

    1st time having an egg hatch...what do I do????

    Last time, my fully developed chick didn't hatch and you were all so much help. Well, my blue cochin mamma has been sitting on 3 eggs for 21 days and one egg is peeping!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!! But, my friends, what do I do???? Boil water? Make a bed? Buy baby gifts? I ahve laways rasied my hens...
  20. bethrich

    HELP with almost born chick

    I slipped and dropped the egg and a piece came off, about the size of 1/2 of a dime, smack in the middle of the shell. No pip that I could tell and the membrane was intact. I tucked him back under Momma and haven't touched it since...
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