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  1. Ol Grey Mare

    Ol' Grey Mare's Project 365 (er, 295....)

    It appears there has been a horrible accident involving Emmy Lou
  2. Ol Grey Mare

    Daily Gratitude—2026

    Today I am grateful that I got up a little earlier than usual and got out of the house in time to get my walking time in just in time for it to start pouring down rain for the day
  3. Ol Grey Mare

    Is it okay to not break a broody hen if we don't have fertilized eggs?

    It's okay not to break her, but you do need to know it's not actually an automatic 21 day cycle. That 21 days is because the hen goes Broody the chicks hatch and she then switches over to mothering mode.. as there are no eggs to hatch, a hen that is brooding fruitlessly can often go several...
  4. Ol Grey Mare

    5-6 day old chick has noticeable sore under his right wing that is visible when he lifts it. He sorta has one under his left one too but barely. ????

    What a great capture! As I suspected, this is just normal exposed skin on a growing chick that is developing feathers and shedding down
  5. Ol Grey Mare

    5-6 day old chick has noticeable sore under his right wing that is visible when he lifts it. He sorta has one under his left one too but barely. ????

    They can be difficult to photograph at this age as they are so quick and moving around constantly, but from what I can see in this photo I'm thinking it looks more like the normal shedding of baby down as feathering comes in... the area you're describing it in is also a very common area to start...
  6. Ol Grey Mare

    i wanna know how you got interested in chickens. lets Share our stories.

    This will require a trip in the way back machine.....when I was about 7 our family moved from our house in "town"(population 800 so not a sprawling metropolis to begin with) to a wonderful 5 acre property where we could keep our horses(they had been on rented pasture on the other side of town)...
  7. Ol Grey Mare

    5-6 day old chick has noticeable sore under his right wing that is visible when he lifts it. He sorta has one under his left one too but barely. ????

    We really will need pictures to be able to begin helping you identify whatever it is under the birds being as well as offering any advice for moving forward.
  8. Ol Grey Mare

    casportpony's BYC Project 365

    Woo hoo for saving money!!!
  9. Ol Grey Mare

    Meow Meow Monday!!!

    I've been working on some photo frames and finally got around to a little compilation I've been meaning to do for a few years now.....the following 4 photos are my grandfather, myself, my daughter and my son each reading to a cat. The funny thing was it wasn't until I started going through a box...
  10. Ol Grey Mare

    What breed of chicken do I have?

    there's not really anything in the picture for scale, but the photos do make her look rather small, can you tell us if she is a bantam sized bird or just the angle of the photos? Also, knowing whether you got her from a retailer such as a farm store or direct Hatchery order or from an...
  11. Ol Grey Mare

    Constant Cracked Eggs

    It is worth at least adding supplemental calcium to see if that helps. If it does not you may have a bird with a bit of a glitch in the system which prevents the formation of a really nice shell. Not necessarily detrimental, it just might mean you need to adjust how you manage your eggs and nest...
  12. Ol Grey Mare

    Constant Cracked Eggs

    Another example of two entirely different things... grit for the purpose of digestion is what the birds would pick up for a free-ranging, however that is not going to provide them supplemental calcium sufficient to support healthy active laying, particularly in today's bird bred for super high...
  13. Ol Grey Mare

    Constant Cracked Eggs

    For clarity, are you feeding them all flock or are you feeding them layer feed.. because those are actually two very different feeds with two different formulations and intended purposes. All flock is meant to be consumed by a flock of birds who are not currently in production as it will not...
  14. Ol Grey Mare

    Ol' Grey Mare's Project 365 (er, 295....)

  15. Ol Grey Mare

    Ol' Grey Mare's Project 365 (er, 295....)

    Was walking like lightning this morning :lau
  16. Ol Grey Mare

    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Played it lazy, especially for a Sunday dinner, and made a pot of rotini ranchero in the ninja.
  17. Ol Grey Mare

    17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I will say, SO glad I stuck to a limit this time that fits in the auto turners.....so much easier than hand turning. Last time I set heavy, told myself there'd be a few clears and figured I would eliminate tjose after day 7, then move them to the turner but they all did great so I was stuck
  18. Ol Grey Mare

    17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Candled the whitings.....one definitely clear, 1 looks like an early quitter, rest doing great, eyes and movement readily visible. Candled the fibrocauna eggs, 1 good, 1 hard to see but finally got a little glimpse of some veins so 🤞. Moss Eggers have proven impossible(darkest of dark room...
  19. Ol Grey Mare

    What’s in your brooder right now

    Currently have 19 chicks that I hatched two weeks ago... a mixture of multi-generational olive eggers, chocolate eggers, guaranteed green layers and colored shelled layers from a heavy speckled line...... If all goes well, in 13 days I will be adding Moss Eggers and Whiting True Blues...oh, and...
  20. Ol Grey Mare

    Need help

    Turkens are dual purpose, so can be big bodied, but are generally considered hardy. When you say you noticed them having difficulty breathing, outside of the recent blueing of your hebs comb, what specifically are you observing
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