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  1. donnap1967

    Emergency....chicken feathers and skin pulled apart......

    When I went out to lock up my chickens tonight I found blood in the coop. One of my chickens has been picked to shreds on her left side near her hind end. There is a big chunk missing and skin hanging. I think the other chickens must have attacked her and just kept going at it. I brought her in...
  2. donnap1967

    Is Oyster Shell mandatory?

    I am pretty new to the whole chicken raising experience. Some of my babies have finally started laying so I switched everyone over the Purina Layer crumbles. Should I be feeding oyster shell as well?
  3. donnap1967

    Free Silkies in Northern New Jersey

    I hatched silkies in June and have a couple silkie roosters I need to find a good, loving home for. I am not allowed to have roosters where I live and as much as I love them, I cannot keep them and risk losing the whole flock due to neighborhood complaints. They were born on June 26th so...
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    Dairy products for younger chickens

    My chickens are 7 and 9 weeks old and they love a treat of milk or cottage cheese once in a while. I was wondering if the calcium in dairy is a bad idea since they are not laying yet?
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    Help, my chicks are making a huge, wet mess in the coop!

    My chicks are 7 weeks and 9 weeks old. I put them in the coop we built outside for the first time a few days ago. Every night the 9 week old silkies are fine as they chose a nice spot in one corner of the coop to sleep in. However, my 6 assorted standards, who are the 7 week olds, have decided...
  6. donnap1967

    Do I paint the roost???

    I am nearing completion on my chicken coop but I wasn't sure if I am supposed to paint the roost. It is a 2x4 that runs the length (about 6 feet) of my coop. I thought it would make for a tad bit easier cleaning if I paint it, but I don't want to make it slippery for the chickens. So do I paint...
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    Help a Polish to see better?

    I am just wondering something. Kinda silly really. I have a Polish chick who is about 8 weeks old. I know Polish chicks all have the vision problem when their feathers come in but I feel so bad for her sometimes. When she is out in the yard with her friends (she is the only polish of the...
  8. donnap1967

    What size feeder and waterer??

    I am getting ready to order the feeder and waterer for my new coop in preparation for moving my chickens outside. I have six standards and four bantam silkies. I am thinking of ordering this waterer and this feeder with a cone. Is a 3 gallon waterer and an 11 lb feeder big enough for this...
  9. donnap1967

    Roost height question......and another question please!

    How much 'head room' do I need to leave for my chickens? My roof is slanted to the back and the back is where the roost is going to be. I want to make sure they aren't bumping their heads on the roof and yet I want to make the roosts higher off the ground than two feet lol. So how much space do...
  10. donnap1967

    Where do you buy your poultry supplies in Northern New Jersey?

    I apologize right off if this is the wrong place to post but I had no idea where else might be good. I live in Northern New Jersey and not many people have chickens around here it seems. I know of one place around here that sells a couple different chicken supplies but honestly it's limited to...
  11. donnap1967

    First time coop build and questions? *NEW pics*

    Hello all. My DH and I are building our chicken coop. We are first time chicken owners. (I begged ) I have four silkies and six standard chicks. The silkies are about 6 weeks old and the standards are 3 weeks old now. We are building a coop that has ended up to be about 6 1/2 ft x 5 1/2 ft. I...
  12. donnap1967

    Will babies not lay eggs until spring?

    I have four 5 week old silkies and 6 two week old various standard chicks. They won't be of laying age until winter. Since they don't normally lay over the winter, does that mean we won't get eggs until Spring '09?
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    Are silkies more prone to Marek's???

    I just read a website that said silkies are more prone to Marek's disease? Is that true? Edited to add: I have four silkies that are 5 weeks old as well as 6 two week old chicks of varying breeds. This is going to be the extent of my little backyard flock. Are larger operations more likely to...
  14. donnap1967

    Wyandotte Comb Question

    I have two chicks from MPC that are a week and a half old now. Yesterday I noticed that my Golden Laced has a different comb than my Silver Laced. At least that is what is looks like to me. Any ideas why and if you think they are definitely different? Golden Laced Wyandotte Silver Laced...
  15. donnap1967

    Post your poultry comic strips

    It is SOOO hot out!! Just look what happens in this hot summer sun:
  16. donnap1967

    MPC Chicks are here!!!! *Updated Pics on Page 3*

    My order shipped on Monday and I had them by Tuesday. I am very impressed they came so quickly and I am relieved as well. We were expecting temps in the 90s for today so I am glad they were already happy in their brooder. They all arrived alive and chirping. They are so adorable I can't stop...
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    Preparing for Hatchery Chicks to arrive

    I have very limited experience with chickens. Right now I have four silkies that are 4 weeks old that I hatched at home. I am getting an order of six day old chicks (standard breeds) from My Pet Chicken this week sometime. I am planning to keep them separate for a week to quarantine before I...
  18. donnap1967

    Silkie with straight feathers?

    I hatched some silkie eggs and one of them is feathering out with regular straight feathers. I contacted the breeder I got the eggs from and she says this has never happened with any of her silkies before. Will she most likely have straight feathers forever? I know they molt and get new feathers...
  19. donnap1967

    Chickens are terrified......

    ....of the little slice of watermelon I put in their brooder for them. lmao! Poor things! I am such a mean mommy. They are three weeks old and I have tried oatmeal, yogurt, berries and now watermelon over the last few days. They turn their beaks up at all of it and now they are terrified...
  20. donnap1967

    Crazy Silkies?

    I got some silkie eggs on ebay and hatched them and I have four babies. They are so hyper and fearful though. I thought silkies were supposed to be friendly. I have tried spending time with them, just putting my hand slowly into the brooder and letting it sit there...tried feeding them from my...
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