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This fall I had a hen hatch 10 chicks. Like most of my mama-chick sets they just kind of wwnt feral. Something ended up getting the mama and nine of the babies one night when they were about one month old, and the last one just started following me around, so I adopted...
I just found my 6 week old chick, and it looks like she was attacked by something (I’m assuming a hawk, since the dogs would have caught almost anything else). From what I can tell she must have tried to go through the run door (which is slightly ajar) in trying to escape and got her foot...
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I see this coming up a lot, so I thought I would gather some info about the differences of Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas.
First off, I highly recommend this thread. It has a lot of good info on EEs, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas.
Araucanas:
Araucana Club of...
I got my Rose Hair Tarantula about March last year, and but I've had a hard time coming up with a name that sticks. So, now I'm counting on you all to come up with something. Give me any name you think would be cool for a FEMALE tarantula. I don't like cutesy names (e. g. Rosie, Princess, etc.)...
So, yesterday one of my younger (7 months) roos was attacked by an older one. He acted like he was hurting, so I put him in a kennel with food, water, shade, and a barrier from everyone else. He had a little scrape on his back, but nothing serious, so I doctored him up. He's acting like he...
I have 2 Golden Campine roos who have huge combs. They do stand up straight though. I noticed a few weeks ago that the tips were dark purple, then a few days later they weren't, then they were, then they weren't, now they are.
I don't know if this is helpful bit here's info about them and...
I'm trying to sell some young roosters because I can't afford anybody that isn't laying or isn't a pet anymore. I really don't want to sell to anyone that wants to butcher them, because they are very sweet to both me and the hens. I know that they are sweet, lovable, and friendly and could...
I'm pretty sure this is a girl, but the spur bumps kind of worry me. Could you set my mind at ease, and please, please, please tell me they're girls. She's 24 weeks old, and no crowing yet. Doesn't show interest in the hens, but the roos don't show interest in her either. Here's Alvena...
So this past two weeks I have had 3 new mamas, here's some pics (I just had to share them!)
Mama #1 (sorry, these aren't very good pics, but the only ones I had):
Sorry, my internet does not want me to upload any more pics, I'll try again later in the week.
I noticed that my 23-24 week old is having some problems "moving around". He walks fine, but kind of leans back on his "hocks" I guess and then relaxes down. I've never seen a chicken sit down like that. Then he relaxes for a little bit and can run around again, he kind of walks on his tip...
I noticed that my chickens weren't laying as much as they should this spring, when I usually see a big increase. Turns out that my corgi was stealing eggs, as many as 3 a day! It made me SO mad!!!! I tried to deal with it, and I figured that it was a small price to pay for him protecting...
So, I got the idea that I should sprout some grains for my chickens this spring. I wanted to do a test run, but didn't want to buy a bunch of seeds in case it wouldn't work for me. So I decided to try and sprout some Purina Scratch Grains, since I buy it anyways.
I started it yesterday...
I had a hen prolapse a week ago. This morning I found her dead, eyes closed, head under wing, like she just fell asleep and didn't wake up. I was wondering how deep I should bury her? I've only buried one before, but I think I should of gone deeper. She is a tiny bantam (d'Anver, and a little...
My favorite hen Sophie (Porcelain d'Uccle-see avatar) is now 3 years old. I can't figure out why but when I hold her she shivers uncontrollably. She has been doing this for about 2 years, but it never seems to bother her. I tried setting her down, but she still does it. She just shakes (more...
So it has been about 105 with practically NO rain for the last three months. In april my thirty old hens were laying great, at about 24 eggs a day. No I'm seeing about a dozen a day, even with my new pullets coming into lay. I know that this is pretty normal, but I won't to make sure that...
I'm trying to keep better records on my chickens. I got out a notebook and divided it into sections to record various things in. Here is what I have so far:
Egg Laying
-Date
-Time
-Eggs Gathered
-Gathered By (my whole family helps so I wanted to know this)
-Other (who I noticed on nests and...
I just noticed that my hen (see avatar, for sure a hen) who is really aggressive when the other chickens are hogging the attention has been acting really weird. I just saw her perform the courtship dance to another hen, the hen ran away then. None of my other hens have ever done this. Is the...
My very shy d'uccle rooster has been walking like someone would walk when they are wearing one high heel. Then he sits down really fast, like someone plopping down on the couch. I looked at his foot tonight and his little toe is bent under his foot. I had this problem with a chick but...
I have one RIR that is a GREAT egg layer. Since she has always put so much energy into this, she has never been the prettiest bird (how it almost always works out). I just noticed when I got back from a 3 day trip that her back had almost no feathers. It had always been really ragged, but no...