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  1. SportChick

    My bird bites me?

    I recently adopted two conures. A 17 year old sun conure named Bill, and a 27 year old nanday conure named Puff. Bill is very social and will fly to my shoulder, but Puff isn't adjusting as well. He bites, frequently drawing blood, and screams when Bill leaves the room for too long. :( What...
  2. SportChick

    Help! Puny chick

    2 of my eggs hatched yesterday (day 20) under my broody so far. There are still a few eggs under her so there are all together in the nesting box. One of the chicks is small (it was a small egg). The other is a big robust baby. The little one is looking a little sickly and the mama hen isn't...
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    Hatching eggs with new broody & established small flock - Do's & Don'ts?

    I have a small flock of 5 hens which we hatched in an incubator. My Black Copper Maran has gone broody which is the first time this has happened for us. All my hens are about 3 years old. We put 8 eggs under her. 1 disappeared and 1 got broken so we've got 6 left. They have been under her...
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    August 3rd: clock starts now - Hatch-Along

    Is anyone else starting an incubation now? I just put 8 eggs under my broody hen. We are definitely backyard hen folks so I haven't done this since we incubated our original flock 3 years ago and never did it with a broody hen! Not sure if it will be simpler or more complicated honestly...
  5. SportChick

    Broody hen question?

    I have a broody hen. My shipped eggs come tomorrow. She's currently sitting on unfertilized eggs. I have 2 questions: 1). She doesnt get up to eat and drink much and it is August in the South so it's getting hot. We offer her water frequently on the nest but she mostly ignores it. She does get...
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    Maran Broodiness

    I have one black copper maran and 4 Barred Rocks. I am hoping someone will go broody because I would like to hatch a few more and really was unsuccessful hatching Black Copper Marans. How often will an "average" broodiness hen go broody. According to the site the Barred Rocks don't do it much...
  7. SportChick

    14 wk old cockeral with a swollen crop for a month

    My roo is really the problematic one I guess. Last week he had a bum leg, which is mostly better. Now I'm concerned because his crop is 3 times as big as the hens. I would estimate it is at least a month. It's always been larger than the other chickens but now it is pretty noticeable. I...
  8. SportChick

    Can I put my compost pile in my chicken coop?

    It is probably a stupid question but it seems logical to put it in there since I a giving them most of the scraps anyway. Is there stuff that I am likely to put in there that is poisonous for them?
  9. SportChick

    Limping rooster, tips over, do I need to worry?

    I have a rooster who is 12.5 weeks old. I have noticed that for at least 2 weeks he often stops and then just slumps over to one side (not always the same side). If I walk up to him he will pop right up and walk away so I have figured he was sunbathing. This morning, I let them out of the run...
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    I have only 1 "bird of a feather" will she be Ok?

    I have 4 barred rocks who are about 17 weeks old and 2 black copper marans (1 hen and 1 rooster) who are about 13 weeks old. I need to re-home my rooster pretty soon but am concerned that she will be left alone. The bigger chickens are still learning to tolerate the little ones but when they...
  11. SportChick

    Young chickens with older chickens

    I have 4 hens about 16 weeks old and 2 younger chicks (1 hen and 1 rooster) about 12 weeks old. We have had a lot of trouble getting young chicks to go in the pen with the older ones. The bigs ones really go after the young ones. Today we put the little ones in a wire dog crate in the big pen...
  12. SportChick

    Pukey Rooster, otherwise well

    I have a BCM rooster that is about 9 weeks old. He likes to eat non-food and eat feathers and dog hair etc. For the last week or two we have seen liquid come out of his mouth. My kids say he just "pukes" but I have only seen it happen when I pick him up (which we do gently) and then a teaspoon...
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    How to introduce my new chicks to my teenage chickens?

    I have 6-7 week old Barred Rocks (4 hens, 2 roosters) and almost 3 week old Black Copper Marans. The Marans are much more aggressive that the BR's every were at this point. It is warm enough that they could move outside soon although they are not fully feathered yet. I was planning on keeping...
  14. SportChick

    My babies don't love me???

    I hatched out 6 barred rocks and they were so sweet. They sat it our hand and wanted to be with us all the time. Now I have 2 black copper marans chicks that we also hatched. They are about 10 days old and they are curious but are so much less affectionate. Is it the breed or were we just...
  15. SportChick

    Chick not fluffing up??

    OK, here's my last question of the night. My chick that was born yesterday, I removed from the incubator this morning. It had a glob of membranous goo glued to it's butt. I pretty large glob and it was rock hard. I removed it gently with a Q-tip and some baby oil, only on it's butt. Many...
  16. SportChick

    ?Splay Legs

    My chick was hatched approximately 3 am this morning so she is ~12 hours old. I took her out of the incubator about 7:30am since she was dry and I was taking other chicks out. The other 2, who were hatched ~24 hours ago now are doing fine but this one seems to have trouble standing up. Her...
  17. SportChick

    Chick that was stuck is out, but doesn't look great, see #4

    My chick zipped about 90 minutes-2 hours ago. He keeps trying to get out of the bottom of his shell but it's like the butt/tail is stuck. Head, upper body and both feet are out. I hatched in egg cartons so the bottom of shell is positioned vertically. I did have a technical error during my...
  18. SportChick

    Egg Crate Hatching . . . how to details needed

    Lockdown is tomorrow so I need some quick information. I have the basic jist of how this works. . . cut the cups down and cut out the bottom for air flow. Leave a "dance floor" in the middle of the incubator. My questions are: 1) I am not planning to re-use cartons, should I use the...
  19. SportChick

    Unturned Eggs

    My turner was not working and I didn't notice it until day #11. I have 5 eggs left and they go into lock down in 2 days. I candled today and they are all moving in there. I am trying to tell if they move around the whole egg or are stuck to one side and I just can't tell. Is there any hope...
  20. SportChick

    4 Week Old Barred Rock Chickens boys or girls?? Got pictures now

    I have 6 BR that will be 4 weeks old on 7/14. On day #2, we were pretty sure that we had 4 roos (maybe 5) and only 1 definite pullet. I can't keep any roosters so of course this had me a little disappointed and stressed out. I found someone who wants BR roosters and so that seems perfect...
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