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  1. FrenchHen

    swollen neck/chest on right side

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Two years, Turken, she's kinda heavy 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Swollen neck/breast area, feels like it's fleshy. tennis ball sized where her naked neck meets her feathered chest. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? not sure...
  2. FrenchHen

    Frankenbroody has duck eggs pipping. Now to sit on my hands.

    I'm so excited! My velociraptor of a broody is sitting on duck eggs, and it's hatch time! They're due tomorrow or Thursday, but I have three pips and at least another cheep!
  3. FrenchHen

    "Easter" eggs, aka boys who listen even when they pretend not to...

    My sons are playing with their plastic eggs again. I keep hearing snippets of conversation like "the mama wants to sit on these and raise babies!" and "We need to incubator them! We don't know what's inside!" The best: "Keep the lid closed!" and "We need another incubator!" My name is Mary...
  4. FrenchHen

    we got our first geese Thursday

    I have an American Lavender and something that looks the same, only has a gray bill and mostly grey with some yellow on its legs. We've had chickens for two years and ducks for one; this is our first foray into Geese. I must say they're more dignified than the ducks. Much like a junior in...
  5. FrenchHen

    choking duckling, please help

    I have a new runner duckling who seems to be choking. HE can still peep, but he's swallowing hard and foaming a bit at his beak. How can I help him?
  6. FrenchHen

    free birdies, wheeeeeee. Husband's gonna be surprised, sort of...

    I put an ad on Craigsist offering to take Easter animals that were no longer wanted. I scored a preschool teacher looking to teach about development. This week, in addition to my order from Holderread's, I get eight duckies and five more chicks. Husband is a patient, patient man.
  7. FrenchHen

    how to get your ducks to love you...as much as ducks love, anyway.

    Take a big piece of cardboard and set it on the lawn with a brick on top to keep it from blowing away. In two days check underneath. Get your four year old son to feed the worms to the ducks. Repeat daily until lifting the cardboard sends them into ducky tail wag spasms of joy. The kids...
  8. FrenchHen

    why do non-broodies tuck eggs under them?

    I want a broody. I want her to hatch me some duckies. So, when I'm attacked by a hen while gathering eggs, I get hopeful. Austra-raptor wasn't broody, she just hisses and spits when you bug her on the nest. So I tried a different tactic. I rolled an egg in front of the EE. She tucked it...
  9. FrenchHen

    Albany, OR, FREE chicks!

    I went to Coastal Farm and Ranch, and they were giving away the pecked birds. They're healthy, but since they were crowded, they're free. I have ten BSL chicks. Anyone can get them, especially those that are injured. Oh, and Husband didn't kill me. (please move if wrong forum area)
  10. FrenchHen

    Kids and dogs....and grumpy husbands.

    Our dog had surgery last week. She started licking her stitches this week, so my husband resigned himself to the Elizabethan collar. Our four year old saw it and declared, "Polly's in the cone of SHAME?!?" I nearly died trying not to laugh and my poor frazzled husband and his humiliated dog.
  11. FrenchHen

    My literal Easter Egger

    Chickenhawk gave me her first egg last year on Palm Sunday. Then she molted over the summer and we didn't get anything else. Last week she laid a really weird egg. Two shells over a ginormous egg. Today, Easter Sunday, she gave us her first real egg in eight months. I really do have an...
  12. FrenchHen

    It's real now. I got the email from Holderreads!

    Two geese plus six runners will grace my mini farm for Mother's Day! The addiction is complete...we just need game birds...and bunnies....and four more acres...
  13. FrenchHen

    At what age can we tell with BO's?

    When can I start to try to figure out who's who? This spring is our first straight run order.
  14. FrenchHen

    Wanted: Caponzing Lessons: Willamette Valley, OR.

    We ordered straight run BO's this spring, and we'd like to caponize the cockerels. Compensation is negotiable, but we'd love to trade a couple of fully grown birds (capons or laying hens) for your knowledge. Many thanks!
  15. FrenchHen

    sick (?) Polish chick

    ) What type of bird , age and weight. Polish chick, 2 weeks, smaller than everyone else in the brooder (including the other Polish) 2) What is the behavior, exactly: Moving slowly, breathing faster and with more effort than everyone, else very sleepy 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting...
  16. FrenchHen

    so. He knows about the geese. Now about the ducks...

    Husband declared that we ought to be self sufficient now when it comes to birds. He knows I have a pair of geese coming to help guard the flock. Now, how to tell him about the six runner ducks that will keep them company? I think I'll tell him not to worry about Mother's Day.
  17. FrenchHen

    Bedlam! AKA the bread game

    I tore a piece of bread into quarters and tossed it into the brooder. I think my chicks could be an Olympic rugby team.
  18. FrenchHen

    Woody the confused polish chick

    I have a Polish who loves to peck the side of the brooder. Repeatedly. It drives the dog nuts, and it's quite funny.
  19. FrenchHen

    when you have a cold and cough something up (a weensy bit gross)

    turn away from the chickens when you spit. that way no one is disappointed.
  20. FrenchHen

    snobby birds turned up a five inch long slug.

    I looked out the window and saw the icky thing in the carport. "Chicken snack!" I thought to myself. I offered it to the backyard flock. No takers. I offered it to the ducks. They cocked their heads and replied "quack." I took it the the front yard birds. I think they tasted it, but...
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