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  1. macmama

    *Got our new quails!* Is it quail-ready? How many?

    We got 15 A&M this morning! The poor things are bare-backed because the 22 females were kept in a large pen with 13 males. Anyway, they settled in great-- and despite the "quail won't lay when they experience change" warning I'd heard, we have 4 eggs already! Well I put up garden fencing in...
  2. macmama

    Would this work for quail?

    Since I took the picture we added 12" boards along the bottom of the shaded area. I was thinking I could just nail up the 1/4" garden mesh fencing I have in all of the open spots (sides of shaded area, windows, etc) and they could live on the dirt? (With some bedding, perching branches and...
  3. macmama

    Would I be able to get away with covert muscovies in my backyard?

    After 5 months of having a backyard chicken flock of 7, my HOA somehow got wind of it and made me get rid of them. I was really annoyed, because the secretary at the HOA told me in the beginning it was fine, as long as we were careful of the noise and smell-- but I didn't keep her email, and I...
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    I need some reassurance before I give these Delawares away...

    7 weeks. Both roos, right? Absolutely sure? Ugh, I'm brilliant at sexing chicks. I just pick the friendliest, sweetest chicks I have, and they turn into roosters every time. (the 2 in back) Also, anyone want to tell me I have at least ONE LB pullet? I can't be unlucky enough to pick 4/4...
  5. macmama

    Can I just say, My chickens are rockstars!

    It has been downright MISERABLE here. Like 110-115, and humid. I keep hearing that chickens don't lay well in this heat, but I have 4 laying hens and I've been getting 3-4 eggs every day! Not only that, but the BO that has been raising chicks must have started laying again (her chicks are only 3...
  6. macmama

    Dark legs on a RSL chick?

    What color legs would you call these? The eggs were from a breeder near me. She has a RSL pen-- I believe a RIR rooster, SLW & Del hens... and maybe another kind? All 3 eggs I got hatched out female (I saw hers, and she got everything from plain to distinct chipmunk patterning, but there was a...
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    Help me weed out roos: 5 1/2 week Dels and LBs

    Well I found a home for my 3 SLW roos, and I have someone waiting for more roos so if you can tell for SURE (or almost) I have more roos, please let me know! They are 5 1/2 weeks, though they mostly free-range and ignore the flock raiser so they are developing a little slowly. 1. LB #1 2...
  8. macmama

    What "roo" features trump the others?

    My SLWs are growing up fast-- almost 5 weeks old now. One has been an obvious roo from early on. He is now significantly bigger than the other 4, and has a big bumpy red comb and wattles, as well as ginormous legs. There are 2 others who have some red in their combs, but the "signs" aren't all...
  9. macmama

    Can I sell a mama hen along with her chicks?

    I'm overrun with chickens, and I'd like to sell one of my BOs along with her three 1-week-old chicks. Is that okay to do? Will moving the family stress the mama out so much that she won't take care of her babies at the new place? I already have an offer for them, and I badly need to downsize...
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    My itty bitty LBs... when can you tell gender?

    I can't even see what kind of comb they WILL have... so far I see a tiny raised line down the middle of each, but it is really tiny and barely raised. These 2 are way behind in development compared to my SLWs and Dels. They are almost 4 weeks old. Any way to tell gender? #1 #2
  11. macmama

    4 week old Dels... any roos?

    These 2 will be 4 weeks in 2 days, and since I just found out I'm *ahem* an illegal chicken owner, I'm looking to thin the flock asap. Can you tell what gender my Delawares are yet? #1 (Daisy) #2 (Lily) a little more comb development, but not much.. top view of both:
  12. macmama

    3 4-week-old Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks

    We have too many chickens! I'm looking for a new home for 3 of my SLW chicks. The 9 total chicks have been raised by one of my BOs, and are now almost 4 weeks old. They are great foragers, and although they sleep with her at night they are totally independent during the day so they are ready for...
  13. macmama

    Buff Orp hen and her 3 red sex-link pullet chicks Pick-up Only

    Our "small" backyard flock is now way too big, so I'm looking for new home for a few of them. "Bluebell" is an 8-month-old BO who was laying 5-6 eggs a week before she went broody. Her 3 female red sex-link chicks are 3 days old, and they obviously come with her. We are in Gilbert, and it is...
  14. macmama

    My BR deserves some sort of strange-egg award.

    She laid her first egg today... and it was actually 2 eggs. Linked together like sausage links by the membrane. With no shell whatsoever. Apparently that little egg-factory has some kinks to work out... Anybody else get crazy first eggs?
  15. macmama

    Um....what?! (but cute!)

    I just hatched 3 sex-link eggs with my broody. 2 were CQs and one was a BSL. She had JUST moved her breeding pens around 2 weeks before so she warned me I might get a surprise, and I did. All 3 chicks are identical! I was expecting a plain reddish or yellowish chick for the CQs, and a black or...
  16. macmama

    Help! How do you know if the chick is too big to turn and zip?

    We had our first pip early this morning (6ish) and it's now almost 12 hours later. It managed to make the hole bigger and I could hear cheeping, but it never turned and zipped. I pulled off the loose piece of shell and I can see its beak (which is chirping loudly) but although I see it trying to...
  17. macmama

    My broody is hatching sex-links... and I'm like a kid at Christmas!

    Because not only will I get to see her hatch some babies, I'll know if we have girls right away! The last time I peeked (bad girl) one had zipped half-way... shouldn't be long now! The breeder I got them from gave me a mix of BSLs and CQs... so I'm hoping to see some plain black or reddish...
  18. macmama

    Broody adoption questions... which is best?

    4 of the ten fertile eggs I bought were infertile. The lady offered to replace them with 2 chicks of my choice. Here's the problem... Hers hatched Saturday. My broody is due any day now (hard to tell because with such hot temps outside it could be any day after day 18, which is today) So at the...
  19. macmama

    3 week old SLWs

    Yeah, me again. I'm a little impatient over here. 1. Roo (100%) Big pink bumpy comb and cute little pink wattles. Though just to keep me guessing, he is the most feathered out with the biggest tail. 2. Roo? Not as developed as his brother, but getting pink now-- also has the same silver...
  20. macmama

    Is this tiny thing REALLY going to grow up to be my biggest chicken?!?

    I have 2-week-old SLWs, Delawares, and LBs. The LBs are ITTY BITTY! They look so pathetic! They are round and fat and great foragers, but they are SO much smaller than the SLWs, and definitely smaller than my Delawares! If I hadn't seen the breeding stock I would have sworn I got some sort of...
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