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  1. Drache

    Maternal Aggression issue - Need advice!!

    Thanks anyways! I got the information I needed from another group. :)
  2. Drache

    Maternal Aggression issue - Need advice!!

    I did not do any quarantining. Loco was the only chicken (other than her own chicks) on her former property since the rest were killed about a month ago. My friend who has been looking after them is also a vet tech so I trusted her judgement that Loco has not been showing any signs of illness...
  3. Drache

    Maternal Aggression issue - Need advice!!

    Good morning everyone! I haven't been here for a while because I have not had any chickens for almost 2 years. In 2019 my next door neighbor's dogs chewed threw our privacy fence, broke into our chicken coop, and killed most of my chickens while I was out. While we fought with the neighbors over...
  4. Drache

    I need a duckling identification!

    Hello all. My neighbor found a baby duckling in the middle of a truck stop today and she picked it up after watching it get almost run over several times. There are no sources of water or uncleared land anywhere near there so we're not sure how it got there. She gave it to me and I have it nice...
  5. Drache

    Mystery Chick

    No thoughts on breed?
  6. Drache

    Mystery Chick

    Got this bird in a group of chicks about three months ago. The others were fat bodied with feathered legs. This one... I'm not even 100% sure it's a chicken. Any ideas?
  7. Drache

    Gender guess!

    This is a five month old RIR/Ameraucana. Was hoping for a nice EE but suspect male.
  8. Drache

    Hand-raising a baby zebra finch?

    Hi there, Thanks for all the information. It has been three weeks now and this baby seems to be doing very well. His beak has still not changed to orange but he is full-sized and is able to fly around now. I have him in a small bird cage. He has started eating millet regularly, and some seeds...
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    Hand-raising a baby zebra finch?

    Hey all, At my job I am in charge of an aviary display that houses about 70 finches, canaries, button quail, and diamond doves. We recently overhauled the whole thing and replaced all the nests and everything. In the process we ended up disturbing a nest that had a single baby in it, and even...
  10. Drache

    Houston, TX: Let's Change the Chicken Laws and Ordinances in COH

    Just a followup. I have been on and off the phone with Animal Control all weekend. I found out that there is no longer a permit required inside Houston city limits for chickens. The only restrictions are that the chickens have to be completely confined (so that they can not roam at-large) and...
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    Houston, TX: Let's Change the Chicken Laws and Ordinances in COH

    I realize that this thread is a little old but I need some advice. We have had chickens at our house for over a year now but recently our neighbors who are trying to sell their house put in a complaint to the city about our chickens. We have no roosters and our chickens are quiet. We are...
  12. Drache

    May hatch along :)

    Update on mine: Out of 12 Blue Scale Quail eggs I have 10 left that seem to be doing well. They have 8 days left. I have 8 Button Quail eggs but it is pretty much impossible for me to candle them so I have no idea how many are fertile. They also have 8 days left. I started with 7 Hungarian...
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    May hatch along :)

    I'm going to join in if that's okay. I don't have any chickens going this month but I just hatched out four barnyard chicks, mostly out of curiosity. In my incubator right now I have 7 button quail eggs. They will be due about the 22nd. I have two pairs of button quail and one of my hens...
  14. Drache

    Eclectus pair producing clear eggs

    Hi all. I have a pair of purebred solomon island eclectus. My male is named Fred and is about 13 years old. My female is Gipsy Danger and is about 4 years old. I introduced them to each other in the fall and they produced their first eggs in November. They appear to be exhibiting normal...
  15. Drache

    Bantam Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte Eggs/Chicks

    In March I ordered a batch of BLRW bantams from a large hatchery and EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. turned out to be a cockerel. So now I'm down to one cockerel but still want to keep this variety so I'm looking to try again. Wanted: a small batch (6-12) of BLRW bantam eggs, chicks, or even grown birds...
  16. Drache

    APRIL Hatch a long ......Anyone?

    I am lucky that I have access to gas anesthetic that I use to cull chicks. Other people use at-home methods that I am sure they will be happy to discuss with you. I don't mean to question your judgement on this issue. You are the only person here who can observe this chick in person. But I would...
  17. Drache

    Wanted: Grey "Hun" Partridge eggs

    Just had a terrible experience with seller on ebay. Prepaid for eggs back in February and now will not be getting them. Still looking for grey partridge eggs, aka Hungarian "Hun" Partridge. Please contact me if you have any for sale. Originally planned on receiving 6+ eggs but willing to...
  18. Drache

    Wry beak?

    Ah, thank you very much! I had never actually heard the term "cross beak". Very helpful, thank you. It appear that some chicks stop thriving with this condition, and if that happens then we will likely cull, but not before. Keep your fingers crossed!
  19. Drache

    Wry beak?

    Hello all, I have a black copper maran cross who was hatched in an incubator two weeks ago. She was in a very large dark egg that was round (I had a hard time discerning which end was supposed to be the pointy end) and was an assisted hatch (sticky chick). At first I thought she wouldn't make it...
  20. Drache

    APRIL Hatch a long ......Anyone?

    Pretty disappointed in this latest batch. I started with 7 cayuga duck eggs and all 7 made it to lockdown, but only 3 survived. All of the rest died during hatching. They don't appear to have gotten shrink-wrapped, so I'm not sure what happened. They appeared well-formed and healthy, with...
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