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  1. Yanna

    Whoops! It IS Illegal. :( Discreet Chicken Keeping Tips?

    ...back porch. I don't apologize for or hide my chicken keeping but neither do I flaunt it and so far we've had no disputes with the neighbors. It *is* a matter of civil disobedience and if the issue ever comes up, I'm prepared to make a case to the City Council to overturn the ordinance. The...
  2. Yanna

    Poor Jim :(

    We live on a small lot in the city but for many months enjoyed a pair of free ranging Cayuga drakes in our yard. They slept in a dog crate in the garage at night and by day they had a pond and access to several beds of nice greens for forage. Two weeks ago, when I took the chicken coop down...
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  3. Yanna

    Tell me about Bantam egg laying, please

    Oops!!!!!!! I didn't notice how old this thread is. How big are the eggs?!!!
  4. Yanna

    Tell me about Bantam egg laying, please

    I recently acquired some Dutch girls myself, though it will be a while before they start laying. Our bantam cochin lays pretty regularly and her eggs are about the size of our Araucana's (which is to say, small) but are rounded and pretty. We had Coturnix for a while and they laid very nice...
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    My Ameraucanas look like hawks :-)

    I'm fairly new at chicken keeping but I have to say that I've had the most wonderful time with our Araucanas. They're so quirky and friendly and they've laid nearly nonstop (two have been broody). Have fun with your hawks!!! (Any pics?)
  6. Yanna

    Speaking Dutch

    Hi there, I had a novel chicken purchasing experience the other day - we had to choose our chickens based on what we could catch from a mixed flock (ducks, too) running through a pasture. We ended up with four very calm, pretty, friendly Dutch girls and what appears to be a baby Silkie cockerel...
  7. Yanna

    Cold climate coop design...

    A note about garage coops - there may not be an odor but boy there will be DUST. We kept chairs next to our garage coop so that we could sit down and enjoy the show but with a thick nasty coat of "chicken dust" on them every time we walked by we never ended up using them. I came upon this post...
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    Uh...why do our chicks have a lump on their chests? Help

    That would be the crop - it's usually lumpy in the evening. The first time I saw all my chicks with their crops full I panicked and thought that they all had impactions. You can probably relax.
  9. Yanna

    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    needtohatch, that rings true - it was day 23 though, my first hatch and the others pipped and zipped pretty fast... its not very pleasant when our learning comes at the expense of the defenseless, is it? we have a pretty awesome responsibility
  10. Yanna

    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    membrane is all off (holding chicks with one hand, please pardon typing) the one who lost more blood is just chilly - have been giving her sugar water and have her and the other membrane baby against me for warmth...they"re finally quieted down
  11. Yanna

    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    thanks anyway! the weaker one is cold, have them rolled up in my shirt cradling them against my stomach for warmth, rhythm and dark so they'll rest
  12. Yanna

    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    Well... No takers, I guess. The one with the most trouble is too weak to be left in with the others so I brought the next smallest chick in with her and have them in a cake pan next to my bed under a light. What a racket she makes! Guess it's going to be a long night.
  13. Yanna

    Rather Concerned here!!!!

    If they're not on medicated feed, this might be a good time to go that way. I lost a couple of chicks to coccidiosis - one early on and one much later in a gruesome way (cecal coccidiosis - really, really not pleasant). This is the time to medicate. Once they're over the hump, it's great to...
  14. Yanna

    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    The first chick was given sugar water and has dried off and perked up. The older chicks (2 days older) are bullying but I think he will be okay (seems like a male to me for some reason). The second one is wiped out and I have her in a "nest" made of an old ash tray (it came with the house)...
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    Hatch Trouble - What's Your Take?

    This is our first hatch - we put half in the 'bator and half under a hen. We've had 2 from under the hen - one had membrane stuck to the whole body when it came out and lost a lot of blood - seems to be doing okay. Now we have a second one from under the hen - pipped but no progress. This...
  16. Yanna

    Look at this EXCITING QUESTION!!!!!!!

    I got no responses so I changed the headline. With newly hatched Australorps, does yellow on the head automatically mean male? Thanks in advance!
  17. Yanna

    Heavy blood loss from umbilicus - Experience with this?

    We just hatched our first batch of eggs - Australorps from an Ebay seller. Half were in the 'bator and half under a broody. We got three babies from the bator and one from the hen. The one under the hen was wrapped in membrane from stem to stern. I peeled the membrane back and where it was still...
  18. Yanna

    poll: are you legal or an outlaw?

    Illegal. I'm close to downtown. Poultry was legal here until 1968, when the new "modern" zoning amendment was passed; the only rules before then were no loose birds and no excessive noise or odors. Thankfully, most of the neighbors have noisy dogs and I keep the girls out of sight - no...
  19. Yanna

    First Hatching Attempt - Brood or 'Bate?

    Walkswithdog, Rationally, the incubator is the more reliable option but the issue is really "operator error". I would feel a lot less bad if the hens messed up the hatch than if I did.
  20. Yanna

    First Hatching Attempt - Brood or 'Bate?

    Yay! We have a brooder. I tucked three more eggs under her this morning (totaling six) and that's probably as many as she can handle. I'm hoping we'll get a second broody today for the rest (there are seven other eggs) but that's probably just wishful thinking.
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