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    Bumble foot losing battle

    I feel like I’m losing the battle trying to treat bumble foot on this hen. I’ve soaked it in Epson salt and water and expressed and cleaned away any unusual looking tissue 3 times. Then re soaked and packed with a drawing salve and bandaged with vet wrap and a non stick gauze pad. But she gets...
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    Opal legbar chicks (mostly)

    We are in the middle of a hatch of Opal legbars! The breeder had a sneaky rooster get in the pen for a day and we may have some aliens in our hatch! I think they are splash isbar x Opal or cream crested legbar mixed. I think I have two female opals and 2 male opals and the little dark one is...
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    First green egg!

    We got our first green egg today! I am so excited! We have been away for a week and had a neighbour watching the hens. I feel like she waited for us to return and left us a gift! I am so happy with the colour of it! It’s truly green, not just tinted! The bloom on it had a rough texture, I’m not...
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    Hen left the eggs on day 2

    Hi all I just put 9 eggs under my broody hen on Sunday evening. She sat dutifully on Monday and all night. But today at some point, (I had to go to town) I can assume it was mid morning, another hen tossed her out to lay an egg in the broody hens nest. She took up residence in a different nest...
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    Our first eggs

    We got our first egg on Sunday morning. Our midnight majesty maran, Trudy laid it and my youngest son found her in the best box with it. She didn’t lay on Monday but she left us another egg today. I was hoping they might be darker. But I do love the speckles!! I am still waiting on my red laced...
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    Hot but breezy

    I’m in Ontario Canada, it’s 30degrees but feels like 38. But it’s windy we are under a tornado watch. These ladies are hot! I’ve got two Wyandotte’s with wings lifted and panting. And a MMM who is also panting. My other two chickens are coping fine and don’t seem bothered. There is a wind today...
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    Intro to my little flock

    Hi all! I have a small little flock of 5 chickens. Amber is a blue red laced Wyandotte, Lacy is a silver laced Wyandotte, Trudy is a midnight majesty maran, Olive is an olive egger (cream crested legbar/astralorp mix) and Ruby is a buff Orpington and currently our youngest chicken at only 9...
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