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  1. oherin

    Is there hope? Broody hen abandoning the nest

    I put 5 eggs under a broody on Wed night. On Saturday night, I found that she had left her nest and was sitting in another nest box. I don't know how long she had been off, but the eggs were cool to the touch. I put her back on the eggs and have adjusted the nest box so this cannot happen...
  2. oherin

    Feather footed bantams - Breed?

    I was given some feather footed bantam chicks from Tractor Supply. What breeds could they be? I know of bantam cochins, but did not know if TS stocks certain breeds.
  3. oherin

    Feral Cat is terrorizing our flock.

    We have been fighting an unknown predator for 3 weeks. We rotate our chickens in several fenced garden areas. At first we suspected a hawk since our bantams were targeted. Only a few feathers being left on the ground. Then, as our standards were targeted, we noticed a gap in part of the...
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    Brewer's Spent Grains?

    Does anyone have experience feeding spent brewer's grain to your chickens? I live in a Craft Beer Mecca and would like to take advantage of my spent grain resources. Would I use this as a treat? Do I have to cook it first? I have done some preliminary web research, but wanted to see if...
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    Need help with predator idenfiication, please!

    While on vacation, our chicken caregiver forgot to put to bed our banty cochin mama and her 6 month old chicks in their portable brooder / coop. We lost the mama and 2 chicks. The remaining chicks were able to escape. The mini coop was placed in a cornered off section our garden for the...
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    Not feeling the rooster love.

    My rooster bullied one of my younger hens to death today. He is 5m old; she was 3m old. I have 6 other hens the same age and am now worried that he will do the same thing to them. They were locked in their coop / smaller run for most of the day today...unintentionally. My husband forgot to...
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    Rooster eating young pullet feathers?

    I have a 4 month old flock and younger 2 month old flock that I am trying to combine. They have been living near each other with the young ones in a separate grow out pen located in the main coop for the past month. I have now turned everyone loose for longer and longer time periods into the...
  8. oherin

    20 lbs in my frig.

    My coop is 5 roos short tonight...and the frig has 20lbs of chicken resting. We processed our extra roos this evening. It wasn't too bad except we used milk jugs for the bleeding out part. Our birds were way too big!
  9. oherin

    Watery poop?

    Should I be worried about watery poop from my 10 day olds. I have 5, 10 day olds mixed with 2, 3 day olds. They are eating, drinking, and playing fine. This is my second round of chicks. The brooder is new. They were vaccinated for meraks from the hatchery but I do have them on medicated...
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    Should I be worried?

    I am on my second round of chicks, using a new brooder box. We have 5, 10 day old chicks and 2, 3 day old chicks together. However, at least 2 of the 10 day olds have watery poop...pretty consistently. All of these chicks have been vaccinated for Mareks and are on medicated starter. They are...
  11. oherin

    My SIX suspected EE roos. Hoping someone will say otherwise. PICS

    My EE came from a local farm not from a hatchery. They are 10 wks old. Here are head and body shots of my suspected EE roos. They are all super friendly. My favorite is Bendi. Go ahead. Confirm what I believe to be true, 6 roos! Bendi body: Bendi comb: Mr. Roo. I am 100% certain...
  12. oherin

    Calling EE experts to confirm my pullets?

    I am thinking these are EE girls. What do the experts think? I suspect the other 6 are roos. I am posting them separately, since there are SIX of them! ShyBoogie: and this pretty thing:
  13. oherin

    2:6 odds...pullet:roo

    I have been pouring over how to sex EE chicks for weeks. I am convinced that out of my 8, 2 are pullets. That will leave me with 6 roos. I have more chicks coming to make up my "deficit." However, I was planning on keeping one roo. When should I be able to tell who would make the best roo...
  14. oherin

    Getting more!

    My EE chicks are over 2m old now. Out of 8, I think 2 are pullets. The only sensible thing to do is get more chicks! I'm picking up 5 on Monday and am so excited!
  15. oherin

    Thanks for the chicken math tutorial!

    Thank you BYC for the chicken math tutorial. I have been looking for local chicken sources and have finally found one. Hopefully, I will be adding 6 more chicks to replace my 2 suspected EE roos.
  16. oherin

    Tadpoles

    Can chickens eat tadpoles? We are cleaning out a small pond. Would hate for them to go to waste!
  17. oherin

    Flying out of the run

    My EE chicks are 6wks and are already what I would consider spastic. They fly all over the place when playing out in the run. The run fence is 5ft high but with no top. Is this high enough or am I going to need to put some sort of netting overhead?
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    Can you tell EE gender by neck feathers?

    I have 8 EE's around 4 wks old. Some are getting pointy neck feathers. Others still have their chick fuzz on the back of their necks. Can this tell me who is a roo?
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    Escape Artists!

    My chicks are pecking away at their cardboard brooder. I have 8 EE - around 3 wks old. The walls are reinforced, so I am not worried about them getting out. However, is this normal; are they bored? I think they are ok space wise - 2.5 ft per bird.
  20. oherin

    Runt?

    I am a total chicken newbie. I have 8 very cute EE chicks that were hatched locally. They are a week old and one of them looks smaller than the others. Could it be a runt...or am I doomed to have 7 roos and 1 hen?!
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