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  1. CalgaryFarmer

    Underbite

    Any concerns. 7.5 weeks old.
  2. CalgaryFarmer

    Twins?

    Both are almost 5 weeks old. The small one is always under the heat lamp. I have seen her eat and drink. At some point I want to get them outside with minimal heat. I had a slow starter last time. But I would not be able to point her out now. This one seem to be ridiculously behind. She...
  3. CalgaryFarmer

    Rooster Turning Aggressive

    From Link: @BantyChooks Thanks for this. I am going to give this a try. I have a rooster that just turned one and he is starting to do the sideways dance towards me, eyeing me while picking up and dropping stuff and just giving me lots of eye contact. My initial reaction is to chase him...
  4. CalgaryFarmer

    Integration into a very small flock

    I have a very small flock, 1 rooster and 1 hen, who are a year old. I started with 32 chicks last year and through sales of laying hens, sales of trios and roosters on the rotisserie, I am down to the 2. I also recently hatched 13, who are now between 9 and 12 weeks old. I am trying to do...
  5. CalgaryFarmer

    Golden laced wyandottes

    They are 11 weeks old. I assume the first is a cockerel and the second is a pullet. I originally thought the third was a cockerel but now I am thinking she is a pullet.
  6. CalgaryFarmer

    Kidnapping the Hens

    Having 1 rooster and 5 hens with 13 in the grow-out pen and 36 chicks on order, I had some serious chicken math issues. Okay, I need to downsize my flock. (If you are having chicken math issues yourself, the minus sign is a valid operator, but you will not find it on any chicken math...
  7. CalgaryFarmer

    Chicken coop doors

    Why do Chicken Coops have 2 doors?
  8. CalgaryFarmer

    Waddles-water-winter

    It is currently -24c, which is -11f for our American friends. We use a roasting pan to water. We empty it in the morning (turn it upside down and pour water on the bottom until the ice falls out) and then add water through out the day as the existing water freezes. The roasting pan obviously...
  9. CalgaryFarmer

    Crumble and grower - same feeder

    I am sure I am not the first to suggest this. I am putting crumble and grower feed in the same feeder. I pulled the crumble to one side and poured in some grower feed. I then dug out some of the crumble in the feed trough so the grower feed was available. Obviously the chicks will choose...
  10. CalgaryFarmer

    Friends

    New friends.
  11. CalgaryFarmer

    Dual Incubator/Brooder Heater

    Here is my dual incubator/brooder heater. After being used as an incubator, it is flipped over and then used as brooder heater. The main components common to the incubator and the brooder heater are as follows: 1. The bottom of a pet carrier. 2. Seed heat mat 3. Temperature controller Main...
  12. CalgaryFarmer

    Gravity feed egg turner

    Here is my gravity feed egg turner. The holder is the top of an egg carton. The egg carton had a flat top. I removed the bottom of the egg carton. I also cut the sides of the top down by half so the sides are not a large obstacle to the newborn chicks. I glued in 2 chopsticks. The turner...
  13. CalgaryFarmer

    Date Night

    Who here does date night? Well more like date afternoon. I got 13 chicks, 5 pullets and 8 cockralls. I keep them separate but let them roam around together once or twice a week for a couple of hours, letting them do .... well .... chicken stuff. They are almost 6 months old. Seems...
  14. CalgaryFarmer

    Neurotic Chicken Behavior Thread

    Thought I would start a thread on neurotic chicken behaviors. One of my hens spends a good portion of the day walking to the poop door going just out side the coop, turning around and walking back inside and hopping into a nesting box, which is about 6 inches from the poop door, turning...
  15. CalgaryFarmer

    Straight out of the fridge and under Hen

    One of my RIR hens had been playing broody for quite a while, but was never fully committed. She had been sitting on a bunch of fake eggs. Then she became committed. I literally grabbed some eggs out of the fridge and put them under her and removed the fake eggs. I candled the eggs and it...
  16. CalgaryFarmer

    Baby Chicks and Nesting Box

    One of my RIRs has been sitting on some eggs for a week. I candled them and 5 seem to be growing and one maybe not. I am now thinking 2 weeks down the road and when they hatch (something about counting before hatching!!?). What if a chick falls out of the nesting box? It is about a 12...
  17. CalgaryFarmer

    Processing Chickens - How Long Does it Take You

    How long does it take to process 4 chickens once you get set up and start to get proficient at it? I did my first 4 and I am sure it took me at least 6 hours.
  18. CalgaryFarmer

    Crowing - Symptoms and Causes

    Symptoms - A common symptom of a chicken crowing will be a loud boisterous call. Often generalized as a "cock-a-doodle-doo" sound. Can vary quite a bit. Causes: 1. Highly associated with maleness in a chicken, though not required. 2. Colourful plumage on the animal, though not a...
  19. CalgaryFarmer

    Pasty Butt - How long?

    How long do you need to watch for this?
  20. CalgaryFarmer

    Watermelon

    Week old chicks love watermelon.
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