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  1. jahphotogal

    Review by '' on item 'Wyandotte'

    We are on our third summer of having a few backyard chickens, and our Columbian and Golden-Laced Wyandottes are the queens of the flock. The Columbian is a very large chicken - white, fluffy and very heavy. She's docile, calm, quiet, and even in her third summer a steady layer of large pale...
  2. jahphotogal

    Traumatized and hiding

    Got her. I basically grabbed her butt and pulled. She seems OK but I'll check her out carefully in the morning! Thanks for the good advice!
  3. jahphotogal

    Traumatized and hiding

    It's not a hole. It's a pipe or sort of tunnel under the house - surrounded by foundation or something. Completely immovable. i will go out and pull her by her legs and hope for the best! Thank you for your advice!
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    Traumatized and hiding

    Oy - she didn't come out and now it's dark. There is no way to get her out other than grabbing her legs or her tail feathers and pulling. I think I'll wait til morning!
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    Traumatized and hiding

    Thanks - I just hope she can GET out!
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    Traumatized and hiding

    My neighbor's dog got into my yard and chased my chicken all over the place. She got herself into a tiny little hole under the house - usually only the chipmunks go in there. She's wedged in really tight - I can just see the tip of her tail. After waiting over an hour to see if she'd come out on...
  7. jahphotogal

    Below zero weather coming!

    Thanks - I think I'll put the haybales back up to prevent the snow from coming in the sides of the larger coop/run, add some more wood shavings to the floors of both, and call it a day!
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    Below zero weather coming!

    I live in NW Connecticut and this is my second winter as a chicken keeper. We've had a moderate winter so far, but later this week the prediction is -10 degrees and I'm a bit worried and wonder whether there's anything I should do to protect my flock of eight. Here's my setup: I have two...
  9. jahphotogal

    Poor bullied chicken

    Thanks, Guppy! I appreciate the advice and support!
  10. jahphotogal

    Poor bullied chicken

    Ever since "Penguin" was attacked by a hawk and mostly blinded last winter, she has been bullied by the other girls. It's gotten so bad now that some days she won't come out of the coop - she just stays on the roost. Other days she wiggles herself into a little nook away from the others and just...
  11. jahphotogal

    Will they go back in the coop when it gets cold?

    Early this year, I took some advice I saw somewhere and built my girls a roosting structure - it's sort of an A frame with slats at various heights, topping out at about six feet. It didn't take long before they started sleeping up there instead of in their coop (we have two, one for last year's...
  12. jahphotogal

    Bantam Silkie Roo... or is it?

    can you tell if he's a bantam or a standard-size? Or should I try to get a picture of him side by side with the others?
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    Keep a word, drop a word!

    line dance
  14. jahphotogal

    Bantam Silkie Roo... or is it?

    OK, it took a while since it's been pouring here for weeks, but I got some decent shots of my bantam (or is it?) silkie roo (or is it??): He or she is named Muffin, and is somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 weeks old. He doesn't crow, but he definitely dominates the girls in his flock, who are...
  15. jahphotogal

    Noisy noisy chicken

    She does go on a bit after she's laid, but it's more random squawking that's the problem. I'll try the cabbage thing!
  16. jahphotogal

    Noisy noisy chicken

    My olive egger, Olive, squawks her head off for an hour at a time. My neighbors haven't complained yet but I'm waiting for them to - I would! I know part of the reason is she wants to get out of the run - sometimes I let her roam through the garden, but I just planted a lot of new starts and...
  17. jahphotogal

    Anyone familiar with Golden Laced Wyondottes and their typical behaviors?

    I had two goldens - now just one (hawk attack.) She doesn't act like yours - she's as sociable and friendly as the others (not the most friendly, but doesn't seem wild or especially evasive.) I'm very fond of her - she's beautiful!
  18. jahphotogal

    Bantam Silkie Roo... or is it?

    I'll post pic of mine soon. Mine was sold as a bantam at TSC, but it's as big as, or bigger than, all the the others I got at the same time. They're about 10 weeks old now - looking as big as my smaller adults now. So maybe it's not a bantam at all!
  19. jahphotogal

    Bantam Silkie Roo... or is it?

    Possibly the wrong forum for this thread, if so I apologize. I have 4 year-old hens, and 5 ten-week old babies. One of the babies is supposed to be a bantam silkie. (The others are EE, welsummer and RIR.) Couple of questions. so far the silkie is the biggest of the bunch - could it be a...
  20. jahphotogal

    Feeding chicks and hens within same flock

    This is good info as I was going to ask the same question. I have both kinds of food out and they are eating each others' feed - the littles like the layer feed, and the bigs love the baby food! I'll take away the layer feed and just put out calcium!
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