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  1. ladyride

    Hawks

    hawks I had just put baby silkies out in their playpen for the morning when from out of nowhere here he came collided with the side of the playpen I was walking to pick up top covering when he hit bold little sucker. It was a crazy woman alert I was yelling / screaming throwing my house shoes...
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    our 1st time

    We had never processed before but we had several roos that were starting to look tasty so today we decided to try out the new plucker & get those roos processed. Now I grew up on a farm but have lived in the city all of my adult life til about 3 years ago so this was a whole other world to me...
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    Hawk invasion East Tn

    Talk about hawk invasion we just had about 25 of the suckers circling the coops, swooping,etc. I have never seen so many like that in my life. Talk about chase the chickens into the coop game no chicken loss. But I was throwing rocks etc to scare them off til I could get everyone in .
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    They are here

    16 baby broilers are here I forget how small those little critters are. All alive here in less than 24 hours of shipping. Everyone has eat, drank & of course pooed. They are set up in the brooder in their tractor . Thanks to everyone on here for giving me the courage to try them. Now to watch...
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    They keep coming home

    Almost 3 weeks ago I had some kind of predator invade I lost 7 of my chickens. Well we found 1 injured no broken skin or anything but badly bruised on her chest we separated her for a couple days till she would have no more of it. 8 days later we had a hen to reappear, now I have had another to...
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    yeehaw !!!

    Yeehaw finally got my first egg today even found it in the nesting box Yeah !!!
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    my losses

    Well I have just had my 1st loss to predators I lost my buff orp 8 week roo he was growing to start orp line of chickeys , lost 3 other 8 week roos that came as packing peanuts,2 buff orps that just at pol, 1 white packing peanut,&found 1 injured. The white roo hadn't sounded off in a couple...
  8. ladyride

    Chicken Jail

    My banty roo has hit chicken jail !! He attacked my top hen last pm drawing blood , she was shaky for a good 30 minutes. I took several outside breaks today to just observe the little juvenile roo. In a way I feel for him all those raging hormones & 21 girls around . Now mind you none of them...
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    Foxes

    With all the other predators that I have to watch out for the skunks , possums, coons now I have to add foxes. Was sitting out on back porch discussing with SO about going to close up the chickeys when a full grown fox ran across the yard. it sure was pretty but it was flying. Talk about running...
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    What am I ???

    Am I a hen or a roo ?? I am getting concerned earlier today this one was crowing as if t was supposed to now this one we know is a roo they were having a crow off it sounded like we were watching this & just laughing til we realized we had just gotten a BO roo to raise for our orpingtons .
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    Don't you just hate when someone calls you stupid ?

    We just started a new computer program at work . End of the day almost done with a frustrating , semiproductive day I had to call a colleague to ask about what he had ordered & it was stated to me via speaker phone you are just trying to make me feel as stupid as you are . Now the definition of...
  12. ladyride

    seems like neuro please help

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. light brahma, approx 15 weeks 2) What is the behavior, exactly.head twitching , when taking a few steps goes in circles, can't maintain balance 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?this am since letting out of coop 4) Are other birds exhibiting...
  13. ladyride

    red or blacker broiler

    Has anyone raised the red or black broiler from Ideal ? What were your results ? Just wondering as an alternative to the cx's ?
  14. ladyride

    out of the brooder

    Well my little bitties about 2 weeks old got put in the open coop today they still got their light for warmth at nite . But at like 90 for daytime temps it had been being turned off in the daytime windows open they have been doing so great. It was so funny watching them chest bump , run & chase...
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    cocci in baby chicks

    I have an established flock of 23 chicks 13 weeks old I also have 10 day old chicks in the brooder. The question is can I put my baby chicks on the ground where the others have been without anyone coming down with cocci ? The " older crowd has been allowed to free range all over ". Each set has...
  16. ladyride

    baby fluffy butts have arrived

    baby fluffy butts have arrived & are settled in al have eat drank & seem to be happy.
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    my little pallet coop.... pic heavy

    getting started coming together now for some paint the inside there is still some trim that needs to go on , the roosting poles to go in , but it is ready for the new little buff brahmas coming this week . By the time they are ready to go out the run will be done.
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    little coop

    well dh said ok about my buff brahmas now we are building the little coop for them, they will be here june 16th . It will be 4x8 it will also be completely enclosed inside of the run , the big main coop is 8x8 with the coop as part of the run. We have orpingtons & light brahmas in there. The...
  19. ladyride

    acv & vitiamins

    Can you mix the polysol vitamins with acv in chick water? I have some coming soon & wanted to give them the best start.
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    chick treats

    ok so I tried the cabbage in run for 8 week chicks to have fun with they want nothing to do with it along with apples shredded a few days ago. Guess I got wierd chicks , tried grapes no luck gonna try some oatmeal 2 morrow see if they like that . They love the bugs they find . they attack their...
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