Hi All - I did some searching but can't find anything that reflects exactly what is going on with this chick. I've got 5 babies with a broody, I last saw all of them yesterday morning and everyone was active and fine. I checked them last night but most were snuggled under momma hen so I didn't...
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I have a Silkie hen who has been acting funny for several days now and I can't figure out what is wrong. At first I thought she was broody - She was sitting in one place and making her usual angry broody noise when I touched her. She didn't have any eggs under her but frankly that...
Went out to feed the horses a few minutes ago and heard my Silkie roosters on one of my hens. Looked inside and told him to knock it off, when he wandered off the hen kind of tucked her head and started rolling back and forth. By the time I got the stall door open and got in there she was just...
I'm super frustrated with my flock right now. I've got 20 hens and I'm only getting 8 or 9 eggs per day. I'm doing everything right according to what I know - plenty of space, good quality feed and plenty of it, bugs and plants to eat, lights on through the winter, etc etc... My plan was to sell...
Alright, I'm fiiiiinally starting on the finishing touches to my big coop. I'm not even going to say how long it took us to get here, it's plain embarrassing! So I've built the box for the cupola. It fits great! But now I'm trying to figure out how to build the dang pyramid roof and I am...
We've been mulling over getting another dog lately and through a friend have come across a gorgeous 11 month old black GSD that is in need of a new family. We've both owned and been around dogs all of our lives but neither of us have owned a GSD so I have a couple of breed specific questions. I...
My horse and my half-leaser were profiled on our local news on Saturday. I'm very proud of both of them so I had to share!
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/B...180713931.html
My half leaser is a really phenomenal kid... In addition to riding she is an honors student and heavily involved in...
I just have to vent my excitement... My new horse gets on the shipper's trailer tomorrow to head to his new home! Despite the fact that I'm using a big, super reputable shipping company I am going to be on pins and needles until he gets here next week... I'm so thrilled... I tried to breed a...
Hi All - I have a color question for you guys. I had a hen who flew over the fence and disappeared a few weeks ago. I assumed she had been eaten but when she showed up four or five days later and was in crazy broody mode I realized she had a nest hidden somewhere. I found it, moved it, and 11 of...
I went to a farm swap looking for another white Silkie and I came home with this little ball of adorable fur! I'm totally in love with him and so far he's a little cuddle bug. Trying to think of a name for him... He's the rabbit version of my chocolate point Siamese cat... Her name is Miso so...
Hi All - I'm not super experienced with showing but I like to take a few birds to the APA show at the fair every year for fun. I'm starting to think about who I want to take this year and I have a lblue Wyandotte roo that I really like - he's large (about 9 lbs) and I think he's quite lovely but...
My lovely Marans hen appears to be eggbound. She has been laying fine but yesterday I went to bring her in from their pen and she was walking funny. I figured I caught her mid-laying so I put her in her nest box and let her be. I came out this morning to find that she was still in the nest box...
Of course, just as I decide I'm really happy with the flocks I have and I don't really want any more :) LOL
So I believe this little lady started sitting on Sunday evening. I've been really busy this week with my new job and the horses so I've been leaving SUPER early and getting home on the...
One of my ladies has picked a fine time to moult... During the first snow this winter! Poor little thing has lost at least 50% of her feathers and is almost bare on her chest so I went out to check on her this morning when the snow started falling... She looked ok but later this afternoon when I...
Went outside today and found my poor little Eggis half featherless thanks to a bad and ill-timed moult.... I swear yesterday she had all her feathers and today they are just falling out in handfuls. Of course my "special" chicken chooses the coldest week so far this winter to go bare! My mom...
Make that a foal I'm so excited I have to share... But I'm trying to remain cautiously so... I know there are more risks than one can count and so many things that can go wrong. I can't help but be hopeful though. I've found a really lovely mare - great conformation, really nice mover...
I got three eggs today.... From two hens!!! One of them being the darkest she's ever laid! What a wonderful Christmas gift from the ladies I wouldn't have believed it but these are my only two Marans AND they are currently in their own pen, just the two of them. I checked this morning when I...
This morning I went outside and my Silkies looked a mess! Since I didn't have much in the way of plans today... And because this really great animal rescue is having a fundraiser tomorrow - pet pics with Santa... I decided it was Silkie bath day!!! I got some cute pics so I though I would share...