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  1. TurtleChick

    7 week old LF Orpington Cockerels - Blue, Splash

    Two orpington cockerels for sale - one blue, one splash. Asking $15 each - for sale to good HOMES only! Local pick up only. Hatched and raised by broodies in my backyard, fed "Scratch and Peck" feed and supplemented with whatever they dig up in the dirt/grass in the yard. They are friendly...
  2. TurtleChick

    LF Blue Orpington Cockerel - local pick-up only, western WA state

    My big beautiful boy has got to go! Hatched by my girls from a local breeder's stock in July, he just crowed for the first time this morning. So he's officially got to find a new home. He was raised by my flightiest broody in my back yard, so he isn't super warm and fuzzy for people. He is...
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    i think my broody killed the first one to hatch.... *UPDATE*

    hi all - i need advice! this is my first time letting my broodies hatch eggs.... i have 3 broody girls on eggs - all at day 19 now. yesterday afternoon i booted my broodies out for their normal afternoon eat/drink/POOP/dustbath. all was well with the eggs then. sometime between then and...
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    WTB - very young chicks for my broody, western WA *FOUND SOME*

    would like to get a few extra babies for my broody girl(s) in case the hatch rate is low on the eggs they're sitting on (due on thurs!). i prefer large fowl, breeds relatively easy to sell/rehome once they're old enough - but i'm getting desperate and would consider just about anything...
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    "lock down" broody hen?

    ....the way all you enablers do with 'bators? i have 3 broody orps sitting on eggs right now. none of my girls will come off of the nests on their own to eat/drink/dust/poooooop - probably due in large part to them being used to me booting them once or twice a day (a habit which evolved when...
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    FS WA state *no shipping*- Blue Orpington Cockerel

    I had convinced myself that he would get to stay but sadly, he is starting to bother neighbors. It's breaking my heart, but we need to find him a loving forever home.......... 4 months old, out of exhibition quality stock, he's GORGEOUS!!! These pics were taken a couple of weeks ago, he's...
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    any idea what these were???

    hi all - i have 6 orpington pullets and cockerels who just (w/in the last week) have started going out and hanging out in their new run. they're still coming into the house in dog crates at night until their new coop is finished. i used to have 4 hens (long story, rehomed them so no chickens...
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    blue orp babies, gender? *updated pics*

    hi all - they're about 6 1/2 weeks old now - i think i have 3 roos, 4 pullets - any input is greatly appreciated!!! roo #1 roo #2 roo #3 (special needs, poor lil guy - but he's so funny and feisty! gotta love him. ) pullet #1 pullet #2 splash pullet #3 (? - she's the one...
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    FS WA state *no shipping*- 1 Blue & 1 Splash Orpington Cockerel

    hi all - we bought some straight run large fowl blue orpington chicks from a local exhibition-quality breeder. we only intend to keep 2 girls from the batch and 2 are already suspiciously like little boys. we're hoping beyond hope to find good homes for them - please, if you intend to eat...
  10. TurtleChick

    to rehome or not to rehome?

    a question for those of you who are, like me, "pet" byc owners... what would you do if you were in my shoes? we have 4 chickens (ee'r, rir, 2 "red stars"), all raised together and now 1yr old. last summer, one of the girls got an injury near her vent (what happened, i have no idea - which...
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    sweet pdz in the run?

    hi all! i've used d.e. inside the coop and out in the run in the past - not sure i'm going to order more right now though (too hard to find locally and too $$$ to order). i'm looking at sweet pdz as a cheaper and easier-to-get alternative. i've DEFINITELY noticed an increase in odor since...
  12. TurtleChick

    feather picking - what seems to be working for me!

    hi all! we started dealing with feather picking earlier this year. after much research about what might have started it, we corrected what we thought was wrong: expanded the run (from 8x5 to 8x10ish), cut down on treats and boosted protein (in the form of yogurt every morning and black oil...
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    orpingtons - personalities differ w/color?

    you guys have got me convinced that at some point i must add an orp or two to our flock. i LOVE the blues... also like the whites. i think that the buffs are adorable (have read the "golden retrievers of the chicken world" comments...), just was wanting to mix it up a bit with a mixed-color...
  14. TurtleChick

    I scored at the produce market today!!!

    we were shopping at the produce market, and it happened to be the time of day that the guy was picking thru and getting rid of stuff on the cusp of yucky... he had a huge banana box sitting there full of stuff, so i sweetly asked if he'd mind if i picked thru it for my chickens. he said sure...
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    need help choosing breed...

    hi all! yes, it's all your fault... we're considering more chickens! i need to find the local chicken addicts meeting..... we have a rir, an ee'r and two production reds. we're thinking of adding 2-3 new kids. maybe. if i can't resist the temptation... the breeds i'm interested in...
  16. TurtleChick

    finally, pics of our coop!

    i kinda wish i had taken pics a year ago when we built... funny how you don't notice the chicken poop splatters on a day-to-day basis. then you take pics and you go "WHOA" my peeps are poopy-queens! here's the coop and run - run used to extend out from coop in an a-frame shape (imagine a...
  17. TurtleChick

    ok to move their nest box?

    our girls lay very nicely in their nest box right now... (every once in awhile i get an egg on the floor - must be some poor girl who can't wait for her turn!). i'm thinking of redesigning the inside of the coop, though - right now they can roost on top of their nest box and it's a headache...
  18. TurtleChick

    need advice on shipping eggs...

    hi all! (mods, i wasn't sure where exactly to post this, so thank you in advance for moving it if i was dumb and didn't post where it belongs! ) i need to ship a few eggs and want to make sure you guys think they'll make it intact! you may think i'm crazy, but i'm actually shipping...
  19. TurtleChick

    Racoon got my friend's hen!

    just posting because i know you guys will understand the heartbreak i feel for my friend! and i guess it's always good to have a reminder to keep up vigilence against stupid ole predators. my friend called me this morning crying (we're friends and partners-in-crime when it comes to the...
  20. TurtleChick

    need advice on isolating one pullet...

    hi all! my lil easter egger has sent my rir to the vet today! she's alright, though - and will be much better once her pecked-at vent heals up!!! naughty easter egger... my vet advises (and i gather as much from reading posts on the topic) that vent picking can be a very hard habit to...
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