Search results for query: *

  • Users: Rubysword
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. Rubysword

    Alternate automatic coop door idea

    Our summer is going to be rather chaotic, and at one point we will be leaving our chickens to the care of another for an entire week. To make things easier for them, I am trying to figure out how to make an automatic door so they only have to come once a day, in the evening. However, I have seen...
  2. Rubysword

    FLY STRIKE!!!! NEED HELP!!! GRAPHIC!!!

    A week and a half ago, our orpington went broody. At the same time, Nicole, our barred rock, stopped laying. We assumed it was from stress. However, as she continued to not lay, we began to worry. We ave her baths, we inspected her, we did research. Eventually we concluded it was a laying...
  3. Rubysword

    Judge my Chocolate Orpington!

    Hello! I'm kinda copying somebody elses thread, lol. Didn't want to hijack theirs. Could you all tell me how you think my chocolate orpington, Dove, would do in a show? She was just broody, so we' d have to wait until her next molt because she pulled out her breast feathers. Thanks!
  4. Rubysword

    Fledgeling robins trying to leave the nest; being chased by my chickens

    Hello all! I was by a windo doing homework when I heard a commotion from outside. Probably just another pecking order squabble. I thought, mentally rolling my eyes. Then, I heard it. A high pitched chirp. It sounded frantic. I jumped out of my chair and ran outside. There was a little bird, the...
  5. Rubysword

    Help!!! Found an abandoned goose egg!!! Most likely Canadian, I'm going to try to hatch it!

    Hey there all! So today during school, my AP Bio class went outside to look for pill bugs for a project. Some of them found and were playing with an abandoned goose egg! There was no nest, and it was cold! I already have an incubator running(hatching button quail) at 99.5-100 degrees. I'm...
  6. Rubysword

    Looking for a specific kind of bator, need suggestions.

    Hello all! I will be hatching pretty soon for a science project. I'm trying to find a preferably cheap incubator which is good at keeping the temperature steady, but I don't care about humidity. The project is to watch their development, because I'll be hatching them sans shells, in a clear...
  7. Rubysword

    2018 Valentine's day mail-a-long

    Hey all! I'm getting ten chicks from Meyer hatchery next Tuesday. I'm super excited!!!Just wanted to share this with all the chick-less peeps out there, and I'm also looking for tips. Here's what I think is going to happen: My mom drives me to the post office to pick the chicks up. I check...
  8. Rubysword

    >~Candles~< An elemental fairy roleplay chat thread

    I derpily forgot to make this. Derp. Welp, here we go, off into the wide, wide world of roleplay! I've done a whole lot of rps, but never made one. Hope this one goes well! (I'm running out of things to say. @Thing2LovesChickens @Fanci Feathers Marans @Chickcordonbleu)
  9. Rubysword

    >~Candles~< An elemental fairy roleplay

    Her breath was ragged. The stones were jagged. She had to keep the candles lit Unless the world no longer were fit. A long time ago, in a universe far far away, there was Ayilar, the world of balance. The inhabitants were diverse, but the sentient beings who had dominion over it were fae. They...
  10. Rubysword

    Lethargic, fluffed up chicken with clear, runny poop. Close to death. URGENT

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is a silver laced wyandotte chicken. She's less than a year old, and is much lighter than her brooder mate. She feels lighter than she should be, which ic what clued me in that something...
  11. Rubysword

    Post your flock block recipies!

    Hey all! I'd love to see what other folks put into their flock blocks. Here's my recipe: Fill a large cooking bowl halfway with birdseed Add a few cups of oats Add a bunch of dried mealworms Add three eggs Add a few tablespoons of peanut butter Add some oyster shell/crushed up egg shells Mix it...
  12. Rubysword

    Mystery disease-two dead within two days of first symptom

    Our two favorite chickens, Buff the 17 week old orpington and Boots the eight week old salmon faverolle have succumbed to a mystery disease. the day before yesterday boots started pooping blood. She was very lethargic, but would still drink a lot. she showed no interest in food. We rushed to...
  13. Rubysword

    Chick got dropped on its leg

    A friend was holding Midnight, a lone(until thursday) week old today survivor of a batch of black australorps, and Midnight squirmed out of her hands and into a three foot drop onto the floor. Now she won't use one of her legs. She is eating and drinking, and seems alright except she keeps that...
  14. Rubysword

    EMERGENCY! My new chick is very sick!

    Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum but have been lurking for a long time. This week I hatched some black Australorps. I had 2 out of 16 hatch, and then saw a pip on the wrong end. After 24 hours and multiple re-readings of Sally sunshine's assistance article, I went in. Sure enough, it was ready...
Back
Top Bottom