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  1. sariea

    2 cockerels looking for homes, Rochester NY

    I know this is probably a long-shot but thought I'd post anyway. I'm in Rochester NY and have 2 cockerels (approx 2.5 months old) that I can't keep. One blue-laced wyandotte and one lavender orpington. They are not mean. The orpington is pretty shy of people. The wyandotte is less shy but is not...
  2. sariea

    Blue laced wyandotte hen or roo?

    I've been thinking this is a cockerel, but wanted to get another opinion. He's about 2 months old. What do you think? Most of his tail feathers are gone from some of the others (I think he accidentally broke a pin feather and it snowballed from there)
  3. sariea

    Easter egger -- hen or nah?

    Got chicks at Runnings about 2 months ago, was told that the Easter Eggers were all female, but I wanted a second opinion on this one. "Her" name is Kagura and she's a huge pain in the ass (a bit of a bully). I noticed today that her tail feathers seem to be longer than the others and kinda...
  4. sariea

    Bleeding pin feather problem

    one of my chicks (~8 wks old) was found to have a bleeding tail feather yesterday. I put some stiptic powder on it to stop the bleeding and some peck-no-more because at least 2 of his coopmates had blood on their beaks. Even with the pick-no-more, it's still being pecked at and re-opened. I...
  5. sariea

    EE with almost no feathers on back

    My chicks are about 6.5-7 weeks old and I noticed yesterday that one of my easter eggers, Esther, really doesn't have any feathers on her back. I'm not able to get a picture of that until maybe later, but I picked her up yesterday and moved her wings and I don't even really see very many pin...
  6. sariea

    Moving them out in Upstate NY

    I've read a bunch of the other posts about moving chicks outside and I just want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything important, since these are our first baby chicks. They're currently 4.5-5 weeks old, and we're in Rochester NY. My husband wants them out of the house because of the amount...
  7. sariea

    Help! How to separate?

    I only have one brooder and one heat plate, but one of my lavender orpingtons has some bloody pin feathers on its back and I don't want the other chicks to hurt it further. What's the best way to separate this one? Thank you!
  8. sariea

    I think I have a rooster...

    My chicks are about 4 weeks old and can now jump out of the brooder (it's covered with plastic mesh when no one is around). I have 2 Blue-Laced Red Wyandottes and I think one of them is a rooster. The one I suspect has a larger comb than the other (coming in looking like a regular single-comb vs...
  9. sariea

    Smaller and ratty feathers

    I have 9 chicks. 1 Buff Orp, 2 Lavender Orps, 2 Blue-Laced Wyandottes, 3 Easter Eggers and 1 Cinnamon Queen. I'm concerned because the 2 lavender orpingtons don't seem to be developing at the same rate as the others. We got them all at the same time (3 weeks ago today), and all the others have...
  10. sariea

    Male or Female?

    We got some straight-run chicks about 2 weeks ago and we're trying to figure out if they're male or female. We got 2 lavender orpingtons and 2 blue-laced red wyandottes. We watched the Dirty Jobs episode about chick sexing but I think our chicks were a little too old for the wing test and my...
  11. sariea

    First time with chicks. Are they happy?

    Our first batch of chickens were 4-6 weeks old when we got them and went straight into the outdoor coop because it was August. This time we're starting with chicks that are (I'm assuming) 2-4 days old, and they're in a steel tub in our spare room (pic below). Just yesterday we replaced their...
  12. sariea

    Hen has weird sound when walking

    Yesterday I had my chickens out in the yard because it was finally nice out and I noticed that my black-laced Wyandotte, Kuroko, was making a weird noise when she walked. I don't have any way to describe it other than it sounds like when a joint pops. It seemed to be every other step so it's...
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    Weird Feathers

    one of my Rhode Island Reds has some weird wing feathers. She's about 2 years old and as far as I know she hasn't molted. If she has, it wasn't noticeable. Some of the feathers on the outside edge of her one wing look horrible. The feathers look really worn. Some of the feathers are only the...
  14. sariea

    Separating molting hen during the winter?

    My Blue Andalusian, Blue, is molting pretty hard right now. I noticed she's been spending a lot of time in the coop rather than the run where the others are. Today I noticed that it's probably because the others are pecking at her pin feathers. I went into the coop and she immediately jumped in...
  15. sariea

    What to do about this eye???

    My buff orpington, Buffy, has had issues with her one eye for over a week. I posted last week about it and it's gotten worse. We tried VetRx, Duramycin, Terramycin, and then Tylan 50 for 5 days. After the Tylan she was acting better, moving around on her own, eating and drinking on her own...
  16. sariea

    Closed red, swollen eye

    I'm concerned about my Buffy. I've searched and read other threads about eye problems but still wanted to post just to make sure I take care of her properly. A few days ago I noticed she was walking around with one eye closed. She'll open it occasionally but usually closes it again a few seconds...
  17. sariea

    Lethargic and Pale.. PLEASE HELP

    I noticed this morning when I went to let my 6 chickens out that my Buff (Buffy) was laying under the waterer and it took her a minute to get up. Usually when I let them out she's waiting to just jump out and run around. She got out into the yard after a few minutes and just laid down in the...
  18. sariea

    Bleeding beak.. How can I help my hen?

    About a week ago my BO, Buffy, did something that caused her to have blood on her beak. It was right where the beak meets her comb so I figured she tried pecking something through the chicken wire in the coop. It didn't seem to bother her and it wasn't actively bleeding so I just let her be and...
  19. sariea

    Help with bullying!

    I have 6 hens, one of my RIRs is picking on my Russian Orloff. It's been going on for over a week and at first I thought it was because they weren't getting enough protein, as the RIR would eat the small feathers being picked off the RO's face/neck. We got them mealworms but it's still...
  20. sariea

    Why is my Blue Andalusian doing this?

    I should start by saying I don't mind that she does this, but she's the only one out of our 6 hens that does it. Every time I go see them (usually once a day for about 30 minutes), I'll sit down in the run and most of them will come up to see me. My blue, though, has started burrowing into my...
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