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  1. GallusGal

    Chicks are all/mostly feathered... now what are they?

    I was wondering if I could get some ideas on what breeds/mixes these babies might be, as well as any stabs at the sex of each. I do know that Dromaius is a rooster, as he's been crowing up a storm These are NOT the same age; Dromaius and Eudyptes are early March babies, Primula and Eglantine...
  2. GallusGal

    First Silkie - any special care tips?

    Oooh. I did a very bad thing. I went to TSC today and in the "assorted bantams" bin, I saw a fluffy, adorable little chick with six toes per foot, dark skin and beak, big black eyes, and a poof of fuzz atop her head. She has got to be a silkie or at least a silkie mix. Now that she is home, I...
  3. GallusGal

    Chick w/lumps, sores.

    I noticed today that my little spraddle legged chick was feeling slightly thin. I flipped her over and was very alarmed to see several scabs on her belly, surrounded by swelling, as well as a fairly large (size of a large pea) lump that I can feel/see in her abdomen. She is acting fine and...
  4. GallusGal

    Dealing with customers: when does "interest" become "obsession?"

    Since many of you sell birds, eggs, or products on this forum, I figured this might be a good place to ask. We have been getting phone calls and emails several times per week from an individual who is interested in some of our stock. The problem? We have zero availability of what s/he wants, and...
  5. GallusGal

    Reintroduced the broody to the flock; fighting!

    I pulled my very broody hen, Grisaille, from the flock a couple of weeks ago with an egg she'd been loyally sitting on and guarding. However, the egg turned out to be a dud very sadly. She had lost a lot of weight sitting, so I fed her up for a few days then put her back, a little worried that...
  6. GallusGal

    New rabbit set-up

    For the past... gosh, probably about nine years, I've been housing my rabbits in 4x4 dog playpens when indoors, and bedding them on hay. It was messy, expensive, and annoying, yet for some reason I kept doing it under the rationale that my old bunnies surely would never be litter trained. Well...
  7. GallusGal

    Update on my spraddle chick

    Eglantine had her legs unbound today, and I'm happy to say that they seem much better! She's still getting used to walking without the tethering, but they don't seem splayed, and she is cruising around all over the place with no trouble. I'm leaving the little "leg warmers" on for another few...
  8. GallusGal

    Oooh, what a rotten little bird!

    I'm very amused by my little TSC rescue with aspiration pneumonia. S/he has recovered beautifully with some warmth and antibiotics, but I have not been able to place her with the other chick yet. Why? She's VICIOUS! If I try to have them both out on my lap at once, she immeditely starts trying...
  9. GallusGal

    Where do you buy or order your hardware cloth? Also, a bedding Q

    I'm wondering where folks get their hardware cloth, preferably reasonably priced. One problem I am having is that I can't seem to find rolls bigger than 50 ft long nor as tall as 4ft. I essentially need something that is 4ftx100ft to complete my current coop project, and don't really feel like...
  10. GallusGal

    Snakes, anyone?

    I see a lot of hoofstock and dogs/cats on here, but was wondering if anyone else on the forum keeps snakes. We currently have 18, though I have one being shipped from a friend in Utah and another that my neighbor wants to give me on the way - they're almost as addictive as chickens! Most of our...
  11. GallusGal

    When will they start to PERCH?

    My first little batch of chicks is getting big - they're mostly feathered but for their heads and have easily quadrupled in size since I purchased them about a month ago. They love to perch on my forearm, so I moved them into a larger cage with two nice perches... and they NEVER go on them! Last...
  12. GallusGal

    Solo chick with worrying behavior - input?

    The two chicks I recently obtained (one spraddle leg, one on antibiotics after a near drowning) unfortunately did not work out being housed together; the spraddled chick was getting ruthlessly picked on by the other, who was going after the little guy's eyes and feet savagely, and kept dragging...
  13. GallusGal

    What is she?

    I adopted this bird as a young pullet around October. Was told she was a game hen mix. Accurate? Any thoughts on what else she may be mixed with? Is it normal for mixes of her type to have lady spurs? She is DEFINITELY female - laid four eggs in the three days I had her down in my basement...
  14. GallusGal

    Growth pics & two new chicks!

    My how fast they grow! Here were my bantam chicks when I first brought them home on the 4rth: Cute babies... Growing feathers! Ugly, awkward teens! I set them up in bigger digs today - with perching, a hide box, and the introduction of fresh foods: And look how interested they were...
  15. GallusGal

    New (splayed) bantam chick

    I went to TSC to look at fencing options today, and in addition to coming home with a badly aspirated chick that was flipped on its back in a waterer, I also wound up with a little bantam with badly splayed legs. I looked at some tutorials online and decided to go with the simplest method of...
  16. GallusGal

    Aspiration & antibiotic question

    I was just at TSC and they had in a new shipment of chickens. One of the chicks had somehow flipped over on its back in the waterer and looked like he was drowned to death. I pulled him out and he was, surprisingly, alive but had badly aspirated. I held him upside-down and gently patted him on...
  17. GallusGal

    Converting an enclosure & shed into coop - advice/ideas, please?

    After our dog incident, I've decided that I'd like to relocate my chickens on our property. The new location I have scoped out seems perfect: it is a 14L x 12w x 8h pen and next to it is a 12 L x 8w x 8h concrete and metal "shed" of sorts. My problem? They aren't connected, and to make things a...
  18. GallusGal

    Horrible scare with our dogs and Aggie today

    Well, it's official: I really need to set up a different coop elsewhere on the property. We figured what we had set up was perfect: it was well fortified against the dogs attacking, but the presence of the dogs nearby deterred other pests from entering the coop. That all works well in theory...
  19. GallusGal

    Any tips for combatting mud?

    I currently have my four chickens set up in a 20ft by 12ft run. It started out with grass and plants, and obviously being chickens is now a barren wasteland with deep holes dug in it. This was expected. The problem, however, is that the lack of plant cover and digging of holes is causing water...
  20. GallusGal

    How long do I let her play brooder?

    It's essentially spring in Alabama, and my chickens have been laying up a storm. Tank Girl and Cyclone Aggie have no interest in their eggs; they lay them and ignore them. However, Grisaille has a few SPECIAL eggs that she is determinedly brooding. She sits on them all day, fights off the owner...
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