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  1. chickengal30

    Needed, a good home, in the Tampa bay area, for my broody hen.

    Hello fellow Floridians!! I have a bit of a problem, I have a sweet, year old, Dark Cornish hen who keeps going broody. Shes serving her fifth sentence in the broody coop. It works very well, but a couple of weeks later shes broody again (and Ive done all of the keeping her out of the nest...
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    5th time going broody......what to do?

    Im at my wits end. One of my girls keeps going broody. Its the fifth time this year. Shes a dark cornish, usually an excellent layer and just over a year old. I dont have (nor do I want) a roo so her efforts are wasted. Unfortunatly getting her a chick (or some firtile eggs) isnt an option as...
  3. chickengal30

    Could new feed cause a stop in laying?

    Hello everyone! I posted yesterday as I have a ten month old hen who I thought was egg bound. She usually gives me 6-7 eggs a week, so when she stopped it seemed odd for her. Its day five and there's been warm baths, massages, electrolytes, isolation, runny poo and some weight loss. On day...
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    Ist time egg bound hen, pls help.

    Hello. Ive read a ton on being egg bound but wanted to ask you all as nothings happening. Laura, is a black sex link, and is ten months old. This is the fourth day with no egg (no signs of moulting or being broody) Shes been in and out of the egg box, trying to lay but nothing. As of...
  5. chickengal30

    So worried.....

    I need some advise please. I have four nine month old girls, I added two five week olds to their run (in a separate pen for their protection). Last weekend I put them all together, and its still not going well. The little girls are eleven weeks old now but spend the day up on the roosts, and...
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    Added two twelve week olds.........advise please.

    Hello all. I have had two chicks in the same run as my four nine month olds - separated by a secure gate, since they were five weeks olds and have let them out with the big girls for a few "get to know you visits" they were chased but no serious pecking going on. Well today I tock down the...
  7. chickengal30

    Why is it purple?.....PICS

    Hi everyone! One of my ladies, Laura whose a black star (eight months old) has a very large comb, that flops over one of her eyes, I dont have a problem with that, but as you can see in the picture, the ends of the comb have turned purple. Its not overly hot or cold to touch, and she is the...
  8. chickengal30

    Will the big girls poo hurt the little ones?

    My two, four and a half week olds are going into the big girls run today (I have four, seven month olds) in a separate cage for their protection. My question is, I have sand as my flooring in the run, and clean the poops out every day, but those of you who have sand will know you dont get 100%...
  9. chickengal30

    Wow! mixed emotions!

    Went and checked on the girls this morning, and oh no, there eating an egg in the run, I wonder why its in the run as its from my dark cornish who always lays in the nest box. When I checked the nest box, there was my probable answer - my E.E had finally laid her first egg, its not at all...
  10. chickengal30

    How can you tell if its sour/impacted crop?

    Hi all. Hopeing to pick your brains please. One of my girls, a dark cornish, is six months old, is laying almost every day and seems wonderrfully healthy except the last two evenings her crop has been huge. (I keep the girls in an enclossed run and coop in the day and let them free range most...
  11. chickengal30

    He said I could get more...!!!!!!!

    OMG!!!! After years of wanting and waiting I finally became a chicken owner in March of this year. I have four, six month old pullets (of which two are laying every day... the other two have yet to lay.......) and I am loveing keeping them sooo much. Well this morning, whilst eating his...
  12. chickengal30

    Shamo or....?????

    Hello! On Saturday I asked you all what my mystery pullet is, she was supposed to be a Speckled Sussex, but shes definatly not. Most of you sudgested Dark Cornish which I agreed with, but I contacted the Hatchery who supplied the farm store I bought them at, and they dont sell Dark...
  13. chickengal30

    Conflicting reading...how well will a Dark Cornish lay?

    Well thanks to you all, I found out yesterday that one of my seven week old girls is infact a Dark Cornish, who was sold to me as a Speckled Sussex Now, Im new to chicken keeping so am learning all I can, but Ive been reading so much about the breed, and have come up with some who say there...
  14. chickengal30

    What is she.....thanks!!

    Hello. This is Eleanor whos seven weeks old, I bought her as a two day old, she was chipmunky looking. She was sold as a speckled sussex, but Im really not sure, theres no white at all, and shes mainly black. Any suggestions anyone.... thanks so much! Shes a real sweetheart too!
  15. chickengal30

    will mosquito netting cut down on air flow too much?

    Hi all! I'm hopeing some of you will be able to answer my question. I have a coop and attatched run that is covered in the small holed hardware cloth, Im in Florida so have our fair share of mosquitos. If I cover the hardware cloth in screen or mosquito netting, will it cut down on the air...
  16. chickengal30

    What do I look out for?

    Im a newbie and I realy want to do the very best I can with my birds. When I go and pick them out from the pen in the feed store when I buy them (next month) I know to look for straight toes, clean vent, clean eyes and beaks and generaly healthy chicks, is there anything else that I should...
  17. chickengal30

    Vermx / DE Use one or both??

    Hi all, Im not getting my cheeps until next month (my coop and run will be finnished by then) but I have a question about worming please. 1, Am I right in saying that food grade DE dusted around the coop, in their feathers and added to there feed will discourage parasites/worms? I have read...
  18. chickengal30

    Heres my first coop!!!

    I got this super playhouse two weeks ago, on Craigs list, for $200. We had to dismantle it to get it out of the sellers back yard, so while its like that, I'm painting it, then Ill put it back together, caulk it, and do the final coat of paint. Im super excited about it! Its going to be...
  19. chickengal30

    Old chicken lover, New BYC er!!

    Hello all you fellow newbies! Im so excited to be getting my girls next month, and I wanted to say Hi, and welcome to you all!
  20. chickengal30

    Finnaly....my time has come!

    Hi everyone! Ive been reading BYC for over two years, living through you all and yearning for my own chooks, but the timming just hasnt been right - well now it is!! YAY!! YIPPEE! : I wanted to show you all what I bought last week to use as the coop. Its a cedar playhouse (thanks to BYC Ive...
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