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  1. honeyk

    Floppy Comb - photos

    I've read that a floppy comb is a sign that the hen is laying well.
  2. honeyk

    getting rid of mice in the barn

    The mice are driving me nuts. They are tearing open bags, climbing in and out of cabinets and I don't know how to get rid of them. Have tried to ultrasonic to no avail. Almost seems worse. Really do not want poison in the barn. Any ideas?
  3. honeyk

    ordering chicks

    Cackle Hatchery or Murray Mc Murray? Had good luck with Cackle ( healthy and did not lose one) but they do not have all the chicks I want. Should I go with Mc Murray? Need some feedback please.
  4. honeyk

    Really Sorft Shell

    Even though it's winter half of my hens are laying. The other day I collected the egss and one was perfectly formed but soft like jello. the egg inside was perfectly normal. Any idea? Have never seen that before.
  5. honeyk

    Sick Barred Rock hen please help!

    Just went down to the barn to collect eggs and give the girls some treats. Whenever they hear me they all (45) come running into the barn from the pasture to see what I'm giving out. While I was visiting I noticed one of my Barred Rocks outside to the side of the chicken door. I stuck my hand...
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    My first newly hatched chicks. Need some advice

    How long do I need to keep them in the crate?
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    My first newly hatched chicks. Need some advice

    My broody Buff Orpington just hatched 4 chicks and the nest box is about 2 feet off the floor. Should I just leave the babies with the mom and what is the next step? I've raised 25 2 day old chicks that I received in the mail and had no problem but I do not know if I just leave the babies with...
  8. honeyk

    Managing your flock, too many rooster, at what age ....

    We just ended up with 3 roosters that were supposed to be hens. They began to get really feisty ( at about 17 weeks) and started attacking the girls...so off to the processor they went. It was the first time I ever did that and i was afraid I would not be able to deal with it. But , one is in...
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    merging old and new flocks

    I have 15 older hens in the main part of our chicken house. I have 35 11 week old chicks in a pen next to the main chicken enclosure. The main enclosure also has a chicken door out to a very large area protected by electric netting. The younger birds no longer want to be confined in the pen...
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    introducing babies to our adult hens & the great outdoors.

    We have 34 5 week old hens and 1 (oops) roo. We have been keeping them in a separate area in our barn with heat lamp, shavings & all the stuff they need. They are growing beautifully but I'd like to know how and when do we try to introduce them to our 11 adults (9 hens and 2 roos)? And what...
  11. honeyk

    they don't like the new feed

    I keep thinking that but all they seem to be doing is pooping in the feeders as well. That's what they think of the new feed! At that rate I'll end up throwing it all out. I think I'll need to hang the feeder to stop that bad behavior. My older hens are just fine with the feeders on the ground.
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    they don't like the new feed

    We just got what we thought was grower mash (actually what we asked for) and when we arrived back home realized they gave us Purina starter grower crumble (non medicated). Too far to return the 100lbs of feed so we started using it and the chicks (35 of them) don't seem to like it. Will they get...
  13. honeyk

    Can you ID this Chick?

    New Hampshire Red, Rhode Island Red, and Cherry Egger. The others were all dark breeds that could not have anything to do with that particular chick. Unless they just sneaked in something altogether different.
  14. honeyk

    Can you ID this Chick?

    Received 35 chicks from Cackle Hatchery 3 weeks ago. All arrived fine and are thriving. I have this one chick that looks different from all the others. Can anyone ID this chick? Thanks!
  15. honeyk

    CACKLE HATCHERY A BIG NO-NO!!!!!

    We ordered from Cackle and had lousy customer service too. The chicks got lost on the way and our postman drove 1 1/2 hours to another postoffice to pick them up. They also left out 5 of what we ordered. But.... the babies got here (thanks to the postman!) and they are truly beautiful and...
  16. honeyk

    Lawn Mowing Sheep

    We have 2 Shetland sheep sharing the pasture with 9 hens and 2 roosters. We also have 33 2 week old babies that will eventually join them. Have not had a single problem, in fact the oldest hen, Clementine seems to be inseparable from the sheep. Wherever the sheep are, that is where Clemmy is...
  17. honeyk

    Broody Buffy

    I have a Buff Orpington hen who has gone broody for over 2 months. She will not leave the nest. I take her out several times a day and put her outside and as soon as I turn around she is back in the nest. Will she ever get past this? She is making the other hens crazy cause they want to use that...
  18. honeyk

    Ordered from a different hatchery

    We don't have corners either. We are using an x-pen that was used for puppies years ago and the cardboard goes around the inside. About how long do you handle each chick? We have 33 so I guess it will take quite awhile each day.
  19. honeyk

    Ordered from a different hatchery

    Chicks are still doing really well, but are terribly afraid of human contact. What's the best way to help them over this? It's really hard to get a hold of each and evry on when you climb in the pen area with them...they scatter like autumn leaves getting blown about. Any suggestions?
  20. honeyk

    Ordered from a different hatchery

    We just got 33 babies on Friday. All doing very well. A miracle since they were lost in shipping and our postmaster had to drive an hour and a half to find them at another post office. Thought they would all be dead by the time they arrived. Got them from Cackle Hatchery. Don't know if I'd order...
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