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  1. Amber Lu

    Sick 2 day old baby... Help

    She made it. She is doing just fine with the rest of the babies.
  2. Amber Lu

    Sick 2 day old baby... Help

    I have. I am leaning toward it being vitamins. About 20 minutes after the chick boost, she was chirping more and less lethargic. She is able to stand and walk, but just very wobbly. This was about half an hour after the electrolytes
  3. Amber Lu

    Sick 2 day old baby... Help

    Baby got stuck behind the brooder plate. She hatched about 48hrs ago. I don't know if this is related. She was lethargic and unable to stand. I got a bit of chick boost into her, and she has been warming on my chest for the last hour. She has perked up, but is still weak and having trouble...
  4. Amber Lu

    Could these 3 eggs be from the same bird?

    Update: I am pretty sure I just saw my BCM getting ready to lay (hanging out in the box and scratching around), and I have gotten one more dark colored egg yesterday. I haven't gotten any more light colored eggs-- the last one was on 1/27-- so I am still not sure who laid the first two, but...
  5. Amber Lu

    Could these 3 eggs be from the same bird?

    I was kind of thinking that they weren't the Orpington's eggs, but the middle one is just different enough from the other two, that I am not sure.
  6. Amber Lu

    Could these 3 eggs be from the same bird?

    I am gathering eggs every day. I search the coop and run, as the EE lays everywhere except the nest box. I had egg #1 on 1/25, and egg #2 on 1/26, and then no brown egg until today (1/31). I have 5 hens total. The two I know are laying lay green & blue.
  7. Amber Lu

    Could these 3 eggs be from the same bird?

    I have 5 hens who are at laying age. I know my EE and Colorpack are laying. I also have a Lavender Orpington, Welsummer, and Black Copper Marans. They are all 5.5 months old hatched within a few days of each other. I thought my Welsummer had started laying-- I got one speckled egg, then...
  8. Amber Lu

    Lavender Orpington Gender-

    He is a handsome beast, but I do fear that I will have to rehome him. =(
  9. Amber Lu

    Lavender Orpington Gender-

    Sigh. I know. 😅 I was hopeful that the other orpington was a runt because my French Black Marans and Colorpack are about the same size as him. Though he is bigger than the Colorpack now.
  10. Amber Lu

    Lavender Orpington Gender-

    Update 13-14w I am pretty sure this is a cockerel. He is almost twice the size of the other orpington that came out of the same bin at Wilco.
  11. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    I just love her! =D
  12. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    These are the best that I could get without the chicken running away screaming. 😅 Because of the move, they didn't get as much attention as I would have liked to give them when they were little.
  13. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    That is adorable.
  14. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    I was thinking that, too. It was kind of crazy though. That one grew so fast, and the other one was always smaller than the other chicks. Like, at 2 weeks, the big orpington was twice the size of the other one. Today, they were out in the run, and the bigger orpington was fluttering its wings...
  15. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    This one? I hadn't even suspected it LOL
  16. Amber Lu

    Need a quick cheap coop

    An elevated hoop coop. Intersting idea. I'm going out to the ReStore and to look for more materials on Thursday.
  17. Amber Lu

    12 Weeks-- does anyone spot a rooster?

    Ours chicks are 12 weeks old. We have: 2 Lavender Orpingtons 1 Colorpack 1 Welsummer 1 Black French Marans 1 Easter Egger One of the orpingtons has always been smaller than the other. I'm afraid the larger of the two might be a rooster, just based on size.
  18. Amber Lu

    Need a quick cheap coop

    We still have the shed. It was built in about 1930, and my husband decided that it would make a better workshop/storage area than a chicken coop. He is probably right. I kind of like the little a-frame. I feel like you could just flip it over on its side to clean the run, but not the coop. My...
  19. Amber Lu

    Need a quick cheap coop

    Thanks. I do have tools-- jigsaw, table saw, circulating saw, driver/drill, and a staple or nail gun-- and I know how to use them. I have a minivan, no truck. I have a teenage helper. I didn't know a cull pile was a thing at HD. I might be able to check the local lumber yard also, as it is...
  20. Amber Lu

    Need a quick cheap coop

    Hi Friends, The shed that I had planned on using as a coop is no longer an option. My 6 birds are 12 weeks old and need to be out of our garage enjoying the sunshine. On hand, I have: 1 2x4x12 piece of wood 2 4x8 stock panels 1 roll of 1/4" hardware cloth 4 7ft t-posts Pieces of an old bunk...
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