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  1. SallyF

    Shell-less eggs

    I have a hen (don't know which one) who is occasionally laying a shell-less egg. They're fed layer pellets, also free-range, and have oyster shell available. I've read up on the possible causes of this. Are these eggs usable in baked products, or should I just cook them and feed them back to...
  2. SallyF

    Handling two broody hens

    I have two broody hens. The black sex-link hen went broody first and had been sitting on the eggs for at least a week. Then a black australorp went broody and pushed the sex-link off the nest. Can I move some of the eggs from the australorp and give them to the sex-link? Or s it better to...
  3. SallyF

    Mystery Rooster... what is he?

    This is the result of a friend buying Easter chicks for her granddaughter. She had no clue as to what she was buying, just told the guy at Tractor Supply to pick out three cute chicks. One died, I rehomed the silkie hen, and now I'm left with this. You can't see it in the picture, but he has...
  4. SallyF

    Closest thing to a quiet rooster

    I have two roosters I call the bachelor boys; they free-range while the third roo lives in the coop/run with seven hens. This morning I heard one of the boys crow and he sounded like he had his head in a bucket, so I walked over to him to see what was going on. Turns out he crows with his beak...
  5. SallyF

    Anybody heard of Agenda 21?

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/agenda-21-update-family-farms-are-under-attack/ Is this for real? I never heard of the site, so don't know how much credence to give it!
  6. SallyF

    Urban chickens in Charleston SC

    Just found this article in today's Post & Courier: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/may/01/a-new-roost/
  7. SallyF

    Conjugal visits for New Jersey chickens

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_CHICKENS_CONJUGAL_VISITS?SITE=OHCOL&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-27-09-45-47
  8. SallyF

    For those of us who remember (most of the time) the good ole days

    http://dalesdesigns.net/rock-on.htm
  9. SallyF

    Copper Marans chicks for sale in Tennessee

    http://www.golsn.com/listings/farm-livestock/live_stock/1746789.html FYI, there is a listing on our Local Sales Network for one-day old copper marans chicks in Lebanon Tennessee, if anyone is close and interested. The seller says they are out of the Bev Davis lines. Wish I could get them, but...
  10. SallyF

    Dumb chicken swallows rope

    I have now appointed my DH as resident Ch. E. (chicken engineer) He is a Navy retiree also trained as an EMT. For some reason our oldest hen and dependable yearly broody decided to eat a piece of rope she found in the yard. I found her sitting in the dog house with about 12 inches of 1/4"...
  11. SallyF

    Artist who paints fallen soldiers

    My SIL sent me this Military Times video about an artist in Utah who paints and donates portraits of fallen soldiers. The story brought tears to my eyes, so I thought I'd share it for this Independence Day weekend. http://www.militarytimes.com/hancock
  12. SallyF

    Living a dream

    My DH and I retired and have moved to rural Middle Tennessee, building a small house on part of the farm where I grew up. My chickens are out free-ranging and there is a wild hen turkey having a dust bath in my garden. This morning I took the dogs for a walk and we saw a doe and fawn on the...
  13. SallyF

    Tech Support

    A friend of mine (also married 40+ years) sent me this: Installing a husband. . . Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance -- particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated...
  14. SallyF

    Incontinent cat problem

    My 10 yo male cat just had surgery for a urinary blockage and is now dribbling urine all over the place. He pees a little at a time, but often; uses a litterbox sometimes but seems to prefer soft flat surfaces like chair seats, folded towels, mattresses, etc. The vet says its OK as long as...
  15. SallyF

    Unlikely friends: elephant and dog

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4696315n&tag=related;photovideo
  16. SallyF

    Video of baby moose in sprinkler

    http://www.wimp.com/babymoose My brother-in-law sent me this link. Believe it or not, it's as cute as baby chicks.
  17. SallyF

    Oppositional/defiant chickens

    I think I'm going to have to teach my chickens to read and bring them into the house to read BYC posts. I read on here that chickens LOVED popcorn, so I popped some corn, let it cool and rushed to the run with it. Got the stink-eye, like "are you trying to poison us?" Read on here that...
  18. SallyF

    Injured rooster

    We had a predator at the chicken coop last night. There is a cover over the chicken pen, so whatever it was got them though the chain link fencing. Lost two hens, one decapitated right next to the fence and one partially decapitated across the pen. Three hens untouched. The rooster survived...
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