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  1. mamalaoshi

    polish/silkie cross

    A year ago we got some hatching eggs that were supposed to be silkies and polish from a local person. I don't think she kept them very well separated because they mostly look like silkie/polish crosses. The funny thing is that out of the subsequent three generations, the boys are the only ones...
  2. mamalaoshi

    advice for baby's hurt leg, please!

    Just an update. We had to put our baby turkey down a couple of weeks ago. It was walking around fine but when we moved it to a bigger pen, it started limping again and finally stopped walking altogether. I think it was that his leg couldn't support his increased weight as he grew.
  3. mamalaoshi

    hurt baby turkey leg- advice please!

    Just an update. We had to put our baby turkey down a couple of weeks ago. It was walking around fine but when we moved it to a bigger pen, it started limping again and finally stopped walking altogether. I think it was that his leg couldn't support his increased weight as he grew.
  4. mamalaoshi

    advice for baby's hurt leg, please!

    Thanks, I posted my girl's picture in the ID forum and everyone said she looked like an Americana. Only she doesn't lay colored eggs! Just a light beige. She is super soft and sweet as well.
  5. mamalaoshi

    mystery grayish hen

    Thanks everyone. Sounds like she's just another mutt, or an easter egger who doesn't lay colored eggs.
  6. mamalaoshi

    mystery grayish hen

    Thanks everyone. No she doesn't lay colored eggs. They are very pale beige. I wish she did though. All my eggs run the spectrum of brown to white.
  7. mamalaoshi

    mystery grayish hen

    Last spring I bought some hatching eggs off craigslist- supposedly they would be silkies, polish, and laced wyandottes. Well, out of all the ones that hatched, they were polish and polish/silkie crosses. I have two mysteries however. One turned out to be a large buff colored hen, very similar...
  8. mamalaoshi

    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest Photo Submission Thread #2

    I wish I was a better photographer so that you could see more clearly that my silkie hen is sitting on a dozen turkey eggs with my turkey who had her wing wrapped over her.
  9. mamalaoshi

    equipment for small scale processing

    I bet if you are helping her with processing her birds along with your own, it's not an imposition. It's so much faster and easier with a couple of hands rather than just yourself. As for equipment, our county rents out the complete set of featherman processing equipment for $20 a day. I...
  10. mamalaoshi

    Frindizzle's Funniest Fowl Picture! - Closed (For Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Quail, Parrots, a

    Name: Last month's chicken soup Age: at time of photo about 6 weeks old Animal: Chicken- mutt of unknown parentage Gender: Rooster User: Mamalaoshi Other: My fault for leaving the door open on a beautiful spring day. We ate him and his brothers because they were too curious and eventually...
  11. mamalaoshi

    Frindizzle's Funniest Fowl Picture! - Closed (For Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Quail, Parrots, a

    Ha, that's so true that they are too curious. I have a couple of day old turkey chick pictures where they are just staring me down. They are so cute, cuter than my chickens I think.
  12. mamalaoshi

    advice for baby's hurt leg, please!

    I don't have any ideas how to help your tom but I had a random question- what kind of chicken is your gray striped chicken standing next to him? We have a chicken that looks like that that we hatched from a batch of eggs we bought from someone that were supposed to be silkies, polish, and RIRs...
  13. mamalaoshi

    Free wine fridge for DIY incubator project, Tacoma, WA area

    I posted this in the classifieds but am not hearing from anyone so I hope it's alright to post here. I didn't even realize there was a classifieds part of BYC until I went looking on where to post this. It'll be gone in a second if I post on Craigslist but I wanted to see if anyone on BYC in...
  14. mamalaoshi

    How much should I clean my "sticky" chick?

    He's fluffing up nicely except for the top of his head and along the spine. I was wondering, do his legs look a little wide set to anyone else? I'm wondering if he has a slight case of spraddle leg? Or maybe he just needs to get a little stronger on his legs. Isn't he cute? He's got one foot...
  15. mamalaoshi

    Does my hen have worms?

    Oh and if it isn't worms, another idea is a yeast infection. That something I just learned about. They can get them if the feed is wet or moldy or too many treats. What is her poop like?
  16. mamalaoshi

    Does my hen have worms?

    I'm glad she's acting fine. It should be easier to heal her. I'm not sure what it is but I have some ideas that seem to help my birds when something is not quite right: Remove everything from your coop and disinfect or dust with food-grade diatomaceous earth (there's opposing opinions about...
  17. mamalaoshi

    Pullet eggs not normalizing

    Are they maybe missing something in their diet? Or maybe it's just a genetic thing since the two are both having the same issue and you got them at the same place. My chickens eggs always look normal after the first few eggs so I don't thinks it's normal but I don't have any BRs.
  18. mamalaoshi

    Brand new to chickens - Choosing a breed!

    I agree with starting out with a few different kinds of birds. Also look to buy locally and you will get birds that are adapted to your climate. I've gotten all my chickens from craigslist and friends. We started both our flocks (we had a flock in NC and now have a flock in WA) with older...
  19. mamalaoshi

    How much should I clean my "sticky" chick?

    I gave it another bath today because it seemed very hard and crunchy around the vent hole and it looked partially blocked. I couldn't get the gunk off but the vent hole looks clear now. I'll just have to keep checking to make sure that poop isn't sticking to the gunk. Poor chicky was very...
  20. mamalaoshi

    droopy necked baby

    I should have taken a picture but I sold them when my mama turkeys started sitting another batch at the end of the summer.
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