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  1. Wendy Bee

    In Today's Episode of What's This Chicken . . .

    I was gifted with two pullets several weeks ago (one of my sons works at Tractor Supply and a lady brought in two six-ish week chicks she could not care for - not sure of the back story), and one of them is a Barred Rock, but the other one is a mystery chicken. She started off with black legs...
  2. Wendy Bee

    Charlie is Such a Good Boy

    I do like having a rooster :thumbsup. So yesterday I let the chickens out earlier than usual, because I knew the weather was going to turn wet and cold and very windy (all the pretty colors on the radar, lol) later in the day. I also needed to take one of the kids to an appointment at 4pm, so I...
  3. Wendy Bee

    Winter IS Coming - Good Source for Marine-grade Vinyl Tarps

    I know it's only August, BUT . . . Winter IS coming! ☃️:wee☃️ . . . and I've been pondering winterizing for this, our third winter of chicken-keeping. My dream the first year was 30 gauge marine vinyl, but it was out of reach, with the cost of the material itself, as well as the added...
  4. Wendy Bee

    ISA Brown, 3rd Summer, Heading for a Natural Death?

    We have a mixed flock, and have had several ISA Browns, which we love. They are a friendly lot and lay wonderful eggs. They are adventurous but not terribly bright, sometimes - our only hen to get hit by a car, an ISA Brown 😢. One of our original 2 ISA Browns (this is their 3rd summer) was...
  5. Wendy Bee

    Help Draining Water Belly

    A couple of days ago, I noticed bright pink low on the bottom of one of our Buff Orpingtons was waddling across the yard. She had a good poop, the pink seemed to disappear, and she went on her way. Last night I checked her as she perched, and cupped my hand under her. She's quite swollen...
  6. Wendy Bee

    The Mystery Pile of Eggs

    So we had a less-than-normal week (Sunday-Saturday) of egg laying last week, from a more normal of 61 eggs down to 49 eggs. This week, on Sunday, 8 eggs, and on Monday, 7 eggs. Pretty good! Went out Monday night to rake and close up the run, started raking, turned around, and saw this on the...
  7. Wendy Bee

    Thought I Bought Easter Eggers . . . ?

    I bought 2-week old chicks at Country Max in mid April. Five ISA Browns and four Easter Eggers, but . . . The Easter Eggers have yellow legs, really cool crests on their heads, and do not have pea combs, so I was wondering if they might actually be Cream Legbars? They're about 12-ish weeks...
  8. Wendy Bee

    Silly Roosters . . .

    A little after 1 AM and the far off fire sirens go off and my Roos are just crowing away competing with that ol' siren :lau Silly Roosters :confused: That's it. That's the post :D. Going to bed, now 😴
  9. Wendy Bee

    Molt and/or Over Ambitious Roos? Saddles recommended?

    Our Roo to Hens ratio isn't ideal (3-13), but everyone our little chicken world seems to be making it work. There are 3 or 4 hens who seem to be more 'popular' among the boys, though. Here's a pic of the most affected. She's a sweet ISA Brown and a great little layer. She and her sister ISA...
  10. Wendy Bee

    Introducing Six, 7 week old Chicks to Existing 10 Chicken Flock

    The main question up front - details why I'm asking to follow: Can I just put the six new 7 week old chicks (5 for sure hens, 1 maybe roo) in the coop/run tonight, hope they roost with the existing chickens, and then let them 'run' with the older (six month old chickens - 8 hens, 2 roos) and go...
  11. Wendy Bee

    Had a Loss Today . . .

    We had a loss today. A six week old chick with a bottom beak that didn't grow. She did so well for so long - and then just couldn't keep up with her food/water needs. We knew she was in real trouble last night and separated her from her brood-mates and kept her warm by the fire. She died...
  12. Wendy Bee

    Hen's Head Wound - Pics and Progress, Advice Welcome

    We have a young flock, about 16-17 weeks old, 8 hens, 2 roos (both Ameraucanas), and the roos have really been feeling their oats. One was really rough on one of our Black Australorps and ripped part of the back of her head/neck open pretty badly. Hopefully a fluke - all of the other hens are...
  13. Wendy Bee

    So I had this idea . . .

    Our chicks are getting big (7-ish weeks) and our coop/run is still under construction (rain outside and appliance installs happening in the house contributing to delays). We're over-nighting the chicks in the house brooder, but they REALLY needed more space during the daytime. We have hardware...
  14. Wendy Bee

    A Most Interesting Thing This Morning . . .

    I wish I could have taken a video, but it happened so fast. I had just stepped back from feeding the 10 chicks (5-ish weeks old) and tidying their brooder (which is by a window in our house) and the most interesting thing happened! They all got very quiet, stood tall on their legs, stretched...
  15. Wendy Bee

    We have chicks! Yay!

    Greetings from Central New York State! I'm the wife of a good man, mom to seven children (4 grown, 3 not yet, but growing fast), caretaker to 10 chicks, 5 cats, 1 dog, and many fish. We've been on this property - a 200+ year old house on a good chunk of acreage which we're gradually pulling...
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