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  1. MamiPollo

    My Aracauna Hen is Adopting!

    My araucana hen, Goldie, has been sitting on a pile of infertile eggs for almost 3 weeks. She is such a good mom to those eggs, and as a female who tried for years to have a baby, I think I know how she feels. So this morning, my daughter, a friend & I crossed the bridge to Indiana and drove...
  2. MamiPollo

    Hen eating poop, acting touchy & not looking pretty

    My columbia rock hen is about 9 months old. She started laying this summer and has been very predictable. She has missed a few days, including about 3 days recently but now has started back up laying an egg every morning the last two or three days. However, now she is behaving strangely. The...
  3. MamiPollo

    March Chicks Still Not Laying?

    I have looked over the sticky thread on this topic, and I see age but it is talking about old hens. I have 5 hens that hatched in March. One of them has been laying since August. The other 4 have bright red combs, but have not been laying eggs. Only the one who lays squats. One of the araucanas...
  4. MamiPollo

    Need some advice about hens going visiting!

    I need some advice. My hens are visiting my neighbors and it is time to take action. What would you do? I have 5 hens who are about 7 months old. They have a lovely coop you can see in my profile pic and I have been letting them free-range in my suburban backyard all summer. They are very happy...
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    How to Feed Chickens Without Feeding Rats??

    Yesterday my neighbors told me they saw a rat in their backyard. Today I saw the rat. He was going for some leftover breakfast I put out for my chickens. Ugh! My neighbor is calling the city about the rats. I am legal with my chickens except that they sometimes fly over my fence to my...
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    We got our FIRST EGG! Now hen is acting nuts!

    Yippee! Went to put the girls to bed last night and there was an egg in the nest box! Happy Day! This morning my hen, Hilda, the one I am sure is the one who laid it. She is the most mature and has been acting nutty for the past week. Apparently she thinks I am her rooster, because she sure...
  7. MamiPollo

    My young hen is acting funny

    My wonderful hen, Hilda, is acting funny today. I have been thinking she is going to start laying eggs any day. My brood is supposed to start laying sometime in Sept. or Oct. but this one has had a bright red comb and waddle for a few weeks, and I think she may be a bit older than the others...
  8. MamiPollo

    Neighbor is buying chicken feed

    I have been letting my chickens free range in my backyard the past 3 or 4 weeks. It has been working fine for the most part. I have an elderly neighbor on one side who has gotten interested in the chickens. He asks a lot of questions and I would see him standing in his backdoor watching them...
  9. MamiPollo

    Opossum in the Afternoon

    I came home from an errand about a week ago and my neighbor told me they had spotted an opossum in my backyard. I looked up and the ugly little critter was looking at me through a gap in the fence in my neighbor's yard. As we were talking, the opossum strolled across the fence and went into...
  10. MamiPollo

    Daytime Opossum

    Friday I came home from errands and my neighbor told me his brother had seen an opossum in my backyard. As we were chatting, I looked up and there was the opossum, peeking out at me from behind the privacy fence at the back of his yard. I said, "There he is! Look!" My neighbor couldn't see...
  11. MamiPollo

    I updated my website about my chicken house

    A couple of months ago, Teach1RUs helped me convert my ugly old metal shed in my backyard to a chicken house. It has worked out very well for my five hens. I wrote a website about it last month, and it has been very popular! So many people are interested in raising backyard chickens! I...
  12. MamiPollo

    New Webpage about my coop from old shed

    Sorry I have been away from the BYC forum for a few weeks. The last few weeks of school were super busy and then it is taking me a while to get caught up on everything. Whew! Is it ever HOT! What happened to spring? It's like August out there! I made a webpage about the chicken coop that...
  13. MamiPollo

    7 wk old lethargic x 2 wks & losing weight

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. female australorp, age 7 weeks, weight unknown.... 1 lb or less I guess. Much, much smaller than my 7 week or my 5 week australorp. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Standing around puffed up with her head pulled back and resting between her shoulders...
  14. MamiPollo

    7 weeks old, first time in the rain storm

    I finished my chicken coop (and will post photos in a little bit). I put 5 of my 6 chickens out there. They are 7 weeks old and have been living in my bathroom since they were approx. 2 days old. They did go out in the chicken tractor 2 or 3 afternoons, but I stopped that when it was too hard...
  15. MamiPollo

    Puffed up 6 week old pullet doing lots better

    I cannot find my original message, but wanted to post this in case it would help someone else. I had a 5 1/2 week old pullet who started staying puffed up last Tuesday. She would just go off by herself and stand there all puffed up, with her head resting back on her shoulders. She barely ate...
  16. MamiPollo

    From Old Metal Shed to Trendy Fresh-Air Chicken Coop

    Getting started on the transformation of my ugly old metal shed into a beautiful modern fresh-air chicken coop. View the before pictures here: http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m487/mamipollo/From%20Metal%20Shed%20to%20Chicken%20Coop/ This is based on the chicken coop shown in the April/May...
  17. MamiPollo

    Pullet puffed up on a hot day

    My 5 week old pullet, Maud, is puffed up. I examined her, but do not see any injuries or anything obvious. She came over and stood on my foot while I was sitting on the toilet, as if to ask for help. Is there anything likely that it could be? They are in the bathroom, but I have tried to put...
  18. MamiPollo

    I'm getting a chicken coop! Need some advice.

    The girls (all 6 of them) are flying around my bathroom now. I have a chicken house being built & should be delivered either Friday evening or Monday afternoon. I'm hoping and praying for Friday. I would post photos, but can't figure out how to do that here. You can see it here...
  19. MamiPollo

    Made a website about my chickens

    I hope this is okay to post here. I made a website about my chickens. http://www.squidoo.com/backyard_chicken Please let me know how you like it! Also, I will be adding to it as the girls grow (they are about one month old now), so be sure and check back!
  20. MamiPollo

    One chick pecking the others' eyes....What should I do?

    I have 6 pullets (they are supposed to be all pullets). The Columbia Rock (Hilda) is the oldest by 2 or 3 days from what I can tell. I got her last week. When I got Hilda I also got Alma, an Australorp; she is the youngest...about a week younger than the original 4. The original 4 are 2...
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