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  1. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Well, everyone, believe it or not this is the first chance I have had to get back up here. I had a nasty case of food poisoning hit me early Monday morning (there goes a day and a half), my Mom was out of town and her chicken is having what I think might be internal laying and/or a shell...
  2. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Well, there's no pressure now or anything. Seriously, I very much appreciate the advice. I have a little kink in the works now, because the #3 chick is one I had to help a bit (some people say don't do it, but these chicks picked a hot, dry day here and #3 was shrink wrapping, regardless of...
  3. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Would you say a few hours observation tomorrow morning would be enough to get a good idea? Little guy #3 (final one, I'm pretty sure) just came out of the egg. All three will go under Wink tonight, then, but I have to go to work in the morning around 8:00 a.m., so having Rick check...
  4. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I'd love community input on a hypothetical situation (ha): --Winkle has decided to go broody (RLBW), and has started brooding sawdust, eggs, and anything, everything and nothing in the box for the last two weeks (definitely wants to stay there). --She has never brooded or hatched before...
  5. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    You are missing these: Off white, almost white, nearly white, aqua, sea mist, tan, light brown, speckley-brown, darkest brown, and so-brown-we-can't-tell-it-from-the-dirt-it's-in. And there's black, which some people say isn't a real egg color, but I found some eggs on the side of the house...
  6. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I tried that. The husband said we might be a go, conceptually, but from past experience they MUST have homes BEFORE we buy the eggs. I don't understand why he's saying that.
  7. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Hello everyone! I've been catching up from last week, so I haven't been up here much. To the new peeps: My latest adventure in Chickenworld: a broody hen (I think). Winkle wouldn't get out of the box on Sunday, and I thought she was just having trouble getting the egg to cooperate. She...
  8. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Of course not on the brain cell part. When you told me it did worms and mites, it sounded like something that would leap tall buildings in a single bound, and I was still on the Ginsu Knife commercial in my head from the "but wait" ChickieDickie extravaganza, so I stuck it in there to be...
  9. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Hello, everyone! I have finally decided that my Mom's chickens have scaly leg mites. I thought it might be age and remnants of the Bad Dog Incident of 2010, but it didn't look right to me, so I started checking. The scales do stick out a bit on their legs. Except for free-ranging in the...
  10. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    We went to the fair yesterday (Wednesday). The animals aren't too thrashed yet by the idiot populace (as in, "What a cute fluffy chicken - what happens if I poke it with my corn dog stick?"), so it was still fun to walk through the barns. I also have to admit that I have never seen chickens...
  11. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    That's the generic name. The patented kind that they sell on TV at 2:00 a.m. are are actually called ChickieDickies. They are illegal in Utah. Because they sound like they should be. E P.S. But wait - if you order now, you get a free CombCapCover and a PastyButtPlucker with any order of 27.
  12. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Now run while you can. Really.
  13. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Some of us should have just decided to start a heroin habit, as it would have been cheaper and less addicting in the long run. I guess there's that "personal relationship" impact, too. What was the name of the support group? Please warn me when you are going to stage the intervention, so I...
  14. Compost Girl

    Impacted crop, how often can I administer mineral oil?

    Kowalski, our Australorp, has an eating problem. She will eat large leafy matter (alfalfa hay) until her crop is totally full, which causes the same type of thing you're describing. We looked all over this site and found that many people have done crop surgery, with some success. I don't...
  15. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    You may be driving past Crazytown, but you have not officially taken the freeway off ramp to Downtown Bonkers until you go over the "20 Maximum Chickens" limit you have set for yourself and you live in Clairemont. With neighbors. If you live in Ramona, they just call that "a startup."
  16. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    When I bring my nephew to pet the horses, she throws them at me if I don't leave after an hour or two. That's "tossing."
  17. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I am a complete and utter failure. 1. I did not take a box, even a small one 2. I only took $40 cash 3. I brought my husband, in case #1 and #2 didn't work I almost made it. Then, 20 minutes before we left... 1. I started talking to Miriam (bad, bad, bad). 2. She had chicks from a...
  18. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Well, thank you so much. With this announcement, you just took away my "Anonymous" status, so I am now merely a Chicken Hoarder. Since I now do not need to remain cautious about anyone finding out any longer, I have nothing to lose. In celebration, I will bring you another box, to go with...
  19. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    And money. Hubby is bringing money, too, right? I'm not the only one bringing cash? Please?
  20. Compost Girl

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I'm the one with the Crumblestock party, which I think was the origin of the mouse/rat thing. Storage is in galvanized trash cans, so as perchie girl said, the battle is in the coop. I haven't quite gotten un-squeamish enough to try it, as this one sounds pretty gruesome, but they say that...
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