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  1. lilbirdee

    How many here are actual backyarders vs. Farmers?

    Farmer here. I have a really big back yard. My 31 chickens have free run of about 2 of 5 acres. They share the space with 25 alpacas & 2 dogs.
  2. lilbirdee

    mama hen questions

    Picked up one of the eggs this morning and held it to my ear...DEFINITELY a live chick in there!!! I want to watch that nest, but I feel that I should leave mama alone. Keeping my fingers crossed that she does the "good mother" thing.
  3. lilbirdee

    mama hen questions

    Thanks...that gives me hope that this may turn out alright.
  4. lilbirdee

    mama hen questions

    I've had my BO setting on eggs her first time. On day 17 she up and decided that she was done with it! So fortunately (?) I had another hen that had been broody for a few days and I stuck her on the nest. Tomorrow is day 20. Don't know if mama #1 was off the nest too long for the eggs to hatch...
  5. lilbirdee

    Broody hatch question

    I think I am twice as nervous because it is my first time as well as this hens first time. I want to believe that her instincts will take care of things but I worry that she isn't turning the eggs or will just give up on day 15. Time will tell and if we don't get any chicks this time we can...
  6. lilbirdee

    Broody hatch question

    I was concerned because I had read something about how the shells are porous and thought that the slime could "clog things up"? This is my first try at any kind of hatching and I swear I am worrying about every possible disaster. I check on her every few hours just to make sure that she is still...
  7. lilbirdee

    Broody hatch question

    I have a hen setting on 9 eggs. She broke one in the nest. I cleaned up the broken egg mess, but some of the others are smeared with dried slime. Should I carefully wash them off with a damp rag? Or should I leave them alone? It is day 3 of her hatch.
  8. lilbirdee

    Help me decide what to do...story & questions

    THANK YOU Spartacus_63! For goodness sakes people...I did try to find the owners. Turns out she isn't from the neighbors and I have tried the few other "way down the road farms". God only knows how far that Coyote hauled her! I even put a notice on Craigslist and at the local feed store. And I...
  9. lilbirdee

    Help me decide what to do...story & questions

    WOW I never expected such heated responses on this post. It has been quite the debate. I have taken a lot of your words into consideration. What I have decided to do is keep the hen a bit longer until she is mended better. Then I will take her to the neighbors and ask them what they want to do...
  10. lilbirdee

    Help me decide what to do...story & questions

    She had to have come from the property adjacent to ours. No kids. NOT pets. They eat some of their chickens. I probably would ask if I can keep her if I take care of her. Plus they should know that their chickens are not protected from the coyotes. This still leaves me wondering if she would...
  11. lilbirdee

    Help me decide what to do...story & questions

    So this morning my DH wakes me up with "a coyote got one of your chickens!" He said it was still alive out in the pasture (where chickens rarely get into) and that he had scared the coyote away. I went out and found a hen with no feathers on her neck, her tail chewed up a bit, very wet and...
  12. lilbirdee

    What's the longest you've had a chicken disappear?

    I was going to do a new post about my missing Speckled Sussex hen, but thought this would be a good place to add my question. I suspect she's gone broody somewhere because after the first night she didn't come in I found her wandering about the yard in the morning. Then for the last 4 nights, no...
  13. lilbirdee

    Bald, swollen, bulge under vent...any clues?

    Definitely NOT fat. Anyone else?
  14. lilbirdee

    Bald, swollen, bulge under vent...any clues?

    So... now she's spending a lot of time in the nesting box. I'm just letting her set. The bulge is still there, and still squishy. Any thoughts here?
  15. lilbirdee

    Bald, swollen, bulge under vent...any clues?

    Okay, so I've read a bit about this odd symptom a few places here so I know that others have had the same experience...but I haven't been able to find any solid answers. My year old hen seems normal otherwise. Eating, pooping, doing her usual daily activities with her flock, and laying eggs as...
  16. lilbirdee

    Do hens lay eggs when broody?

    Bump Seriously. I need to know if I should set her free or keep her locked up until she stops hanging out in a nest.
  17. lilbirdee

    Do hens lay eggs when broody?

    So I should keep her in the cage?
  18. lilbirdee

    Do hens lay eggs when broody?

    But if I let her out of jail she spends ALL day in a nesting box. That's broody right?
  19. lilbirdee

    Do hens lay eggs when broody?

    I have a girl that has been broody for a week now. I'm trying to break her and she's been in the "chicken jail". I found an egg in there yesterday. And I've found eggs in there before when breaking a broody. Is this normal? Or are they not really broody and I've incarcerated them wrongly?
  20. lilbirdee

    ~~~The Care of Keeping African Pygmy Goats~~~ Got Them~PICS~

    Maybe they are Kinders? From a Nibian Doe & Pygmy Buck.
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