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  1. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    Thanks, Danz. Unfortunately, Millie didn't make it through the night. I'm not sure why her health deteriorated so quickly over a matter of hours after she seemed to have been okay for weeks, other than the inability to move correctly. I am thinking, based on what you described, Danz, about...
  2. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    Hey, all! It's been a LONG time, but I've been busy being home school teacher since school started back in August. I am back on because I have a chicken situation. Something's up with our Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen, Millie. My father-in-law noticed her having issues walking while he was caring...
  3. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    It is SO refreshing to be back here to read what's been happening on the Consolidated KS forum! We've been in school up to our ears this week, on top of my youngest son getting a mysterious and nasty case of the hives Monday. I joked with him that, since Monday was his first day of school...
  4. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    Another rookie question for the pros. My little peckerheads are spilling more food than they're eating. [Before I continue, I want to note that the peckerheads I'm referring to are my chickens. That is the "term of endearment" I use to describe my chickens when they are being naughty...
  5. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    Hey, all! We've had a busy week with home school starting. My oldest daughter started Monday, and my oldest son started today. Most of the week, however, I spent conferencing with their virtual teachers from Maize and getting all the technology working for the school year. They switched our...
  6. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @chicken danz , thank you so much for the detailed recommendation. I ordered the 1" heavy knitted 3T brand netting for our run. I am sure glad you recommended, because I would have ended up with some gardener's netting off amazon! I find many deals on Amazon, but they didn't have the brand...
  7. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @chicken danz ,I must have missed that you are a landscape designer! Cool. I was a landscape architecture student in college for 3 years. Loved it, but I decided I wanted to focus more on a family as a "career" and switched my major and graduated in public relations. I still love landscape...
  8. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @WichitaKSClucks , WELCOME!! So glad you found your way to the Consolidated KS forum. I think you'll like it here. I have found very knowledgeable, kind, and witty people here on our forum that share a love of almost every living, breathing thing...especially chickens and winged friends...
  9. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @chicken danz , thank you for the suggestions for the impacted crop. I talked to him this morning, and he said last night he gave the chicken oil and massaged her crop. He said she did poop last night, but it was just water and a little white. This morning when he left for work, the chicken...
  10. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @chicken danz , happy belated birthday! Thank you and @Ralph Moyer for the insight on the cayenne pepper. I have a HUGE Sam's-sized cayenne pepper, due to my penchant for spice, so I will have to try it on my girls to see if it prompts an upswing in laying. Speaking of...my husband said that...
  11. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    What is this cayenne pepper y'all speak of?? (Of course, I know what cayenne pepper is...I lived in Louisiana and have a penchant for Cajun food. I just don't know how you use it with chickens and why.) I'm gathering that it is supposed to help the chickens lay eggs, but how? And how do...
  12. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @TytoAlba , we are in somewhat of the same situation you are with Internet. We live just feet from where the Cox Communication boundaries end. We've had almost every kind of Internet over the years with moving so much. Right now, we use ATT U-Verse, but we are far enough from the end of their...
  13. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    I am glad you confirmed that you haven't had problems with your Brahmas and heat, Danz. I love the breed too much for them not to be heat and cold hardy! Both of the Brahmas we lost from seemingly unexplainable causes were oudoor frequenters. They left the coop often to enjoy the run. My...
  14. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @RooksMom , welcome to the Kansas forum! I don't live too far from you. I live between Wichita and Valley Center (technically in the county). My husband and I have four kids; 2 boys and 2 girls. We have roughly 30 chickens at any given time. They are all pure breeds, but all different...
  15. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    Well, The Mystery of the Missing Chick has been solved, unfortunately. My daughter called me today from home while I was out with my son for an appointment and feed store errand. She said she found the missing chick, dead and buried in the chicken coop. She said she saw some feathers sticking...
  16. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @Anderson Lowe , congratulations on the first egg!! How exciting! Speaking of eggs. I will be celebrating like I did when we got our first egg when my girls start laying again. Tina is still sitting 24/7 in that darned nest bucket incubating her imaginary babies, most of the time sitting...
  17. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    TaraBellaBirds, I am glad y'all are okay. Grandma IS a real super hero in my book, too. I hope they find the semi. Danz, how are you feeling? Did you go to the doctor? I am asking, because last summer around this exact time, I was dealing with pneumonia. In fact, all of my kids had it...
  18. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    The mystery of the missing chick. Aaaand, this month's chicken drama at my house continues! We seemed to have lost my son's Golden-Laced Blue Brahma that he got from Danz overnight. I counted and re-counted the chickens last night after the coop was locked, and personally put the...
  19. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @chicken danz , I almost forgot to tell you. The sweet little Barred Plymouth Rock that was holding her head funny has really improved since I last updated on her. She has balance again, appears healthy, and I haven't seen any of that weird head-down-backward-walking thing going on. Thanks...
  20. Grain Gypsy

    Consolidated Kansas

    @milomac , I cannot believe I didn't think to look around for a hiding spot. The way our coop is set up in the old grain silo, is that you walk into the silo and there is a platform to stand on before you walk down stairs. The platform is hollow underneath, and so is part of the stairs. We...
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