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  1. akcskye

    Spring is here!!!

    At least in my book. I've had all the ladies I have now for 2 and 3 years. One of my elders has now laid 2 eggs in the past 3 days. They NEVER lay unless the cold snap is gone, so IMO, SPRING IS HERE!!!! Just had to share, I'm in OK, BTW.
  2. akcskye

    Can't break a broody...on infertile eggs! HELP!

    What can I do for poor Daredevil? She will NOT break her broodiness...and the rooster we kept after the big rooster fight a few months ago died a week later, so there is NO way these eggs are fertile (roo has been gone for months). She will even sit an empty nest when we take the eggs. She is...
  3. akcskye

    Chickie chickie rub rubs...um...

    I thought my chickens liked being petted heartily when my mother said that when they squat and press out their wings, they are accepting me as the "alpha" like a roo...and now that I think of it...they do seem to look like they're about to be mated. DOH!!! So, my question is...if I continue to...
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    Calcium Ratio???

    I just had a soft shelled egg laid today, so I want to make sure I up my girls calcium for the next 2 days by giving them Tums (500 mg extra strength). I know oyster shell is best, but my debit card is at it's weekly maximum for withdrawals and I lost track after paying bills and didn't have...
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    The snakes are out...

    Today, the wind blew down one of the 2 doors to their pen, and the ladies (my hens) got out. We saw them running through the back yard and we went out to make sure they weren't being attacked. Nope, Domino had her a nice garter snake and the other girls were playing tug of war trying to share...
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    2 eggs, 4 eggs, 2 eggs...

    That is our pattern. Out of 6 hens, we have a 2 egg day, 4 egg day, 2 egg day. Are 4 laying every other day and then the other 2 laying every other day, or what? I just want to make sure I don't have any getting egg bound...especially like my little one, Feather, who just recovered from a...
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    Did anyone from BYC get Eric and Goldie?

    2 different people came and got Eric and Goldie from Farmer's Feed. About a week after we sent them there to be re-homed, Andy, the rooster we kept, was found dead in our outer run. No signs of any external damage...it looked like he literally just fell over and died. If you did get Eric and...
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    Yippee!!! Egg time!!!

    Yesterday, I found my first egg in the hen house after we found our rooster dead (my post in diseases/emergencies has that information)...so that issue took up my time to where I couldn't post. Today, another egg. Don't know from who yet...I assume from my older girls...but hey...a month...
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    Rooster Sudden Death???

    Hey all. As many of you know, I had to re-home 2 of my 3 roosters because they got into a HORRIBLE, bloody fight "to the death" about a week ago (juvenile roos, too!!!) Well, the 3rd rooster, Andy, we kept to be the "Alpha" over the flock, figuring the 2 that fought so hard would possibly be...
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    Sapulpa, Oklahoma Roos for Giveaway

    I don't know if this is the right spot for this. But, I had to take Eric and Goldie, 2 of my gorgeous roos, to Farmer's Feed in Sapulpa, OK today to re-home them. They did not pay me for them and said they would keep them there for give a way. They are GREAT roosters...but they got into a...
  11. akcskye

    I had to get rid of my Roos :(

    I am so sad. I live in the city, and recently, 2 of my 3 boys started showing feathers and other signs that they were roos. None had crowed but Eric yet. He crowed on Christmas morning...so I still had had my doubts and was holding out hope they were girls, especially Goldie, as "she" was so...
  12. akcskye

    What mix could these have been?

    I have some chickens whom I KNOW are all Buff Orpington mix...they were hatched here at the house from my first roo, Billy. But, 3 of them look like triplets...all look very much like BO hens...but I don't know who their moms were. That's what I'm trying to find out. The choices could have...
  13. akcskye

    Rut roh...MORE Roos??? ***Pic HEAVY Update***

    Remember about a month ago when I asked if "Red Riding Hood" was a roo because it all of the sudden got some serious combs and wattles going on? You all looked at the tail feathers and said "yeah, it's a roo" and on Christmas day, he confirmed it? He is Eric the Red...however, 2...
  14. akcskye

    Fixing to remodel "outdoor run"...would this work?

    All of my chickens are adults, and we're fixing to "upgrade" the outdoor run to accomodate us and them. Currently, we have a metal shed with a hole cut out with tin snips and the edges "softened" that leads into their outdoor run. Currently, the outdoor run is about 4x6x3 with chicken wire and...
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    Yet again...HORROR in the hen house. :(( **FINAL UPDATE!!!**

    Well, I got woken up by my daughter beating on my door. "Linda (our neighbor) just knocked on the door, the pit bulls behind her are in our yard attacking our chickens and dad told us to get you for help!!!" I go outside to find my husband squared off with a huge limb in his hand vs a pit bull...
  16. akcskye

    Votes on names would be appreciated

    Now that our roo has let us know he really is a Roo just a few days after you folks visually confirmed it, we're thinking of names for him. He "was" Red Riding Hood. He is a BO/RIR (coincidentally, his mother and father were the ones killed in the dog attack), and is a striking red/orange...
  17. akcskye

    Christopher William, RIP

    Well, I had a feeling this message was going to be posted eventually. We lost Christopher William overnight last night. We have no clue if it was from the ice storm and not being able to get to him for 3 days because of a downed power line or what. He always ate and drank, and "bock bocked"...
  18. akcskye

    Houston, we DO have a roo!!!!!!!!!

    I posted a thread about a certain chick of mine getting a big comb and wattles, and everyone said that after seeing it's full body, it was more than likely definitely a roo. Well, today, Christmas Morning, he let out about 3 "roo rooooooooo's"...it was SO cute!!! So, now, instead of Red Riding...
  19. akcskye

    Hmmm...IS this a Roo??? UPDATE...we know for sure now!!!!

    I know I've posted this before about this certain "hen"...or I think I have anyway. In the last few weeks, this one is developing MUCH larger of a comb and wattles than even it's sister...who at first looked identical to it. I hadn't really paid attention to it until I opened up the coop last...
  20. akcskye

    Rooster got too cold...now what??? UPDATED AGAIN

    I could not get to my chickens for 3 days because of a downed electrical line in my back yard. When I did get to them yesterday, my Roo, Christopher, was very "sluggish" and tired in appearance. I grabbed him and ran to my mom's house, where I was staying, because we had no power at my house...
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