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  1. FirewifeJess

    Monroe, WA WFF Show Meetup/Potluck! Join us!!

    MARCH 16th, 2013 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds Here's the official website for the show: http://washingtonfeatherfanciers.webs.com/wffspringshow.htm Hello all, sorry it's getting so close to the show and I haven't started our thread yet! This will make it much easier to arrange for food...
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    Should I be concerned?

    I don't want to be alarmed so I'm just kind of taking this as it comes, but I gave my broody hen 4 chicks this morning before it got light. She was sitting on them for at least an hour before she had enough light to see them. She's been broody for 3.5 weeks and is a Buff Orp. Anyway, she isn't...
  3. FirewifeJess

    Anyone brooded outside?

    I live in WA state and have a rabbit hutch in my covered run with access to electricity. As long as there's no draft in the hutch and I can get a spot warm enough with a brooder lamp, should I be able to brood a few baby chicks out there instead of in the house? I'm asking because I'd like to...
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    Anyone's broody hatched out in a rabbit hutch?

    I currently have a new broody (she's a 9 month old Buff Orpington named Lucy) and she's in the coop nest boxes. Most of the girls lay there, but some lay in a rabbit hutch I have set up in the covered run as another laying box option. I want Lucy and her egg/hatchlings to be more protected, but...
  5. FirewifeJess

    Limiting feed?

    I seem to have 2 groups of chicken friends. One group is adamant about providing their chickens access to feed full time and insists that if you don't do this you'll get many fewer eggs. The other group says they don't see a difference and they basically just toss out a giant scoop of feed to...
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    Is my bird sick or hurt?

    Can anyone tell me what I should do for a bird who was perfectly happy and flying/scratching around the yard an hour ago, but is now huddled on the back porch with her eyes closed? I picked her up and brought her inside; she lay lifeless on a towel at first, breathing and making some noises...
  7. FirewifeJess

    Possible Respiratory Illness, need help!

    I think I have a real flock problem and it makes me so sad to think what might have to happen eventually if I can't get rid of it. My girls had a "cold" (yes I know chickens don't get colds) a few months back but it was treated and taken care of by Denagard, or so I thought. I've been using a...
  8. FirewifeJess

    I think my chicken was poisoned

    Here's the background: I have 11 chickens, plus 2 more I got Monday. I don't quarantine, it's not worth the hassle for me and my small backyard flock. 3.5 days after we brought in the new birds I see one of my existing birds who is 25 weeks old and laying eggs for 3 weeks now, huddled in the...
  9. FirewifeJess

    So many nest boxes...only ONE is the right one!

    I have a question. My coop has amazingly wonderful nest boxes (2 of them) in the coop, with external retrieval lid and all. I had a rabbit hutch in the chicken run and eggs began to be laid in the hutch. I put a basket in there to soften the landing and now that all 9 of my girls are laying...
  10. FirewifeJess

    What breed?

    This is my friend's "exotic rare" extra from McMurray. Anyone know what he is? Sorry for the bad pic, just made her go out and snap it at 10:30pm while he was sleeping! LOL Looks maybe like an Ameraucana/EE mutt?
  11. FirewifeJess

    Any chance this could be a roo?

    I already know she's an EE and she's 21 weeks tomorrow. Can't get a better pic, WDYT?
  12. FirewifeJess

    EE or Ameraucana?

    I know they're pullets, they are now 11.5 weeks old and growing more beautiful every day. I guess I just like to know what I've got; are they mutts or Ameraucanas? Either way, they're keepers!
  13. FirewifeJess

    Still can't decide when to switch from starter/grower to layer...

    I currently have a dozen pullets: 7 - 19 week olds who are getting ready to lay (checking out nest boxes, squatting, rearranging straw in the boxes, etc), an 18 week old, 2 - 16/17 weekers, and two 9.5 week olds. I know that with the oldest 10 girls, all 16-19 weeks old, I could switch to layer...
  14. FirewifeJess

    Someone made a nest in the box...still no egg

    I have 7+ POL pullets and someone scratched around in a nest box today and made a cute little circular nest in it with the straw! No egg though, I looked all over the whole coop and run to see if she accidentally laid it elsewhere. Thought? How long?! Could it still be a while or was she really...
  15. FirewifeJess

    Appenzeller Spitzhauben/EE x 15.5 week old cockeral

    I live in Covington WA 98042, this adorable, sweet boy is free to a good home. Hatched 4/16, healthy and loves to crow! I'm in the city and my neighbors are less than thrilled with his crowing, however adorable it is. I just want him to go for free somewhere he won't be dinner.
  16. FirewifeJess

    Is this an injury or fowl pox?

    Just like the title, I'm wondering what happened to my cockeral. I've noticed small things like this on the girls occasionally but never a bunch of them at the same time. Never really knew what it was. Ricky was crated last night in an effort to keep him quieter in the morning; towel over the...
  17. FirewifeJess

    Bok Bok Bok...Bgok!!

    Yes, that's what I heard from my window this evening as 4 of my 16 week old pullets sat out in the run refusing to go to bed at 8:30, and were cheering each other on with the same song for several minutes on end. Bok Bok Bok Bok Bok Bok Bok Bgok! Over and over again. Are they finally starting to...
  18. FirewifeJess

    2 new pullets?

    I was sold these as 8 week old Ameraucana/EE pullets; are they? I keep thinking that when my girls were 8 weeks old they were much bigger! I know the same guy had bantam Ameraucanas too...these girls are tiny. Do they look bantam-y if they really are 8 weeks? And are they girls? Please say they...
  19. FirewifeJess

    Can I use my chicken wormers on my cat?

    I absolutely hate spending the ridiculous amount of money that Advantage and Frontline cost to treat my cat monthly for fleas and ticks. I don't think he has worms right now but I do think he may have fleas. I just bought Eprinex pour on for deworming my chickens and getting rid of parasites...
  20. FirewifeJess

    QC Supply...how fast do they ship?

    I just ordered Denagard today for my sneezing, coughing flock. Does anyone know how long QC Supply takes to ship their items via the "Pharmaceutical" way? Thanks! I hope to have it soon, the sneezies seem to be worsening
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