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  1. RubelliteRose

    Getting close with my hens!

    Welcome to the wonderful world of chickens😄 The best way to get really friendly chickens is to get them when they are tiny babies. The second best way is to keep doing what you are doing with your flock! Spend lots of time with them. Chickens are prey animals and it can take quite a while...
  2. RubelliteRose

    Should I change out deep litter bedding before winter? Because it could cause too much moisture?

    Since your coop is inside a building and has a concrete floor, you have deep bedding instead of deep litter. I think this is what most people have in their coops:) The main difference is that deep bedding will not compost enough to provide warmth to your chickens due to a lack of moisture. In...
  3. RubelliteRose

    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    We have one from each group! Sage, who went broody first, is a McMurry Ameracuana (EE). We were shocked as they are not supposed to be broody at all. Pippin, our Maran, went broody a week later. Pippin has continued to go broody every year since then. We are thinking about adding a couple...
  4. RubelliteRose

    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I have 7 nest boxes for 16 hens. The 5 who are currently laying, all lay their eggs in a spot in the shavings next to the nest boxes🙄 We have only had one hen who randomly started laying eggs in the yard while free ranging - she was not a new layer and not broody. We caught her early and a...
  5. RubelliteRose

    Official BYC Poll: Who’s Your Worst Chicken Predator of All Time?

    Our only predator loss was to a hawk. We currently have a red tailed hawk stalking the flock, so they have been locked in a netting covered run for most of the past few months. We have bald eagles and osprey in the area, but they seem to prefer fish. They don't slow down to look at my flock...
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    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    Sadly, having a rooster does not guarantee that any of your hens will go broody. It only means that your chicks will be related to your current flock. Out of all of our hens, we have only had 2 who have ever gone broody. One of those only went broody once and even though she was a great mom...
  7. RubelliteRose

    Why can't brooder plate be used on floor?

    Did you ever receive an answer from them? I was wondering if they consider the cord on the floor to be a tripping hazard:confused: I don't recall that warning with the Producer's Pride brooder plate I was using, but it has been a couple of years since I read the instructions.
  8. RubelliteRose

    Desperately need help for my chicks in the DMV

    Welcome to BYC! Sorry, we are too far south and don't have a way to set anything up before tomorrow. If you try searching for farm sitters or exotic pet sitters, you will hopefully be able to find someone who can help.
  9. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    I am honestly not sure. I know with humans, you shouldn't soak an open wound. When treating bumblefoot in my flock, I usually soak to remove the scab, remove the core and then bandage with triple antibiotic for awhile before trying to soak again. Since your vet recommended soaking, you could...
  10. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Hope the meds work quickly for her!
  11. RubelliteRose

    What Age Do Your Chickens Slow/Stop Laying?

    I had one of my original girls stop laying at 4. However, she was successfully treated for salpingitis just after turning one, so that may have shortened her egg laying time. The rest of my 5 year old girls were laying regularly this year up until they started molting. Some of them did start...
  12. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Maybe transport her in a cat crate? I've never transported an adult chicken before. Hoping the vet will be able to heal her quickly!!
  13. RubelliteRose

    NEED HELP! MY HEN IS ACTING UNUSUAL UPDATE #2!!

    Sorry I didn't see this until today. I haven't used Fly X, but I did look it up. It is not the same ingredient as Elector PSP. Elector PSP contains spinosad which makes it a one time treatment. The Fly X is similar to the Permethrin 10 and will work, but the Permethrin 10 concentrate(this is...
  14. RubelliteRose

    NEED HELP! MY HEN IS ACTING UNUSUAL UPDATE #2!!

    It is hard for me to tell from your video, but to me they look like mites. Here is a site with pictures of both: https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/ In any case, either lice or mites, the treatment is the same. In the past, I have used a permethrin dip...
  15. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Is she still limping? If she is, I would go back to soaking. If she isn't, you could try giving her a break from treatments. Nova's foot never did go all the way back to normal even after the infection cleared up, so maybe there is still some residual swelling?? It always seems like there is...
  16. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    🙁 Bumblefoot can be so hard to get rid of sometimes. Your poor hen sounds like Nova. I would think her foot was almost healed and then the infection would start to build again. I have also noticed that the chickens who have had bumblefoot once are more likely to get it again in the future...
  17. RubelliteRose

    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    Have done both, but will say broody only because we brood in the house and it is SO dusty TS fine shavings We have used a heat lamp, a Producer's Pride heating plate, and a MHP made with a Sunbeam heating pad when brooding in the house. The nighttime light from the heat lamp kept the chicks...
  18. RubelliteRose

    Eggs what do you do if they are dirty and how dirty is acceptable? Maybe you could show me your eggs you collect?

    This is true for my flock too. Sometimes very poopy eggs, MUCH dirtier than the ones in the picture, are feed back to my flock if I don't feel like cleaning them that day. When I have one of these eggs, I bring it into the run and everyone gathers around. If I throw the egg to the ground and...
  19. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Do you have enough room in the run to section part of it off with chicken wire? We usually place new/removed birds in a sectioned off area of the run during the day and move them to a dog crate in the coop at night. This does take up quite a bit of room though and not everyone has that much...
  20. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    🤔 the only thing I remember is that I used a 2 week egg withdrawal time on all our beige eggs since I couldn't tell which were Onyx's eggs. @Eggcessive would know more than me about any interferences.
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