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    Eggs died right before hatch. Any ideas?

    Hi all-- So I have 7 (yes 7) broody hens right now (out of only 22 hens total) so I decided to let the first one to go broody hatch some eggs in the house, b/c it is WAY too cold and too early to hatch outside. She's a Japanese Bantam. So I have her in a small dog crate, and gave her four...
  2. Mrs.Puff

    gurgling cough, leg paralysis.... UPDATE! CAUSE Found!

    Yesterday I came home to find one of my standard sized EE's (purchased as a chick from feed store, who gets them from Welp's in Iowa) slumped in a corner under the porch. She was already laying earlier this summer, but quit a month or so ago, and never started again. One leg was obviously...
  3. Mrs.Puff

    my cockerel wobbles and jiggles

    I have a little cockerel who I just noticed yesterday is wobbly on his feet and sometimes kinda trips over himself. He doesn't have bumblefoot. He's a couple months old, mixed breed. I had to cull a little EE earlier this summer who developed leg problems early on, and eventually couldn't walk...
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    banty pullets/roos FREE, japs, EEs, mixed breed in Iowa- Pic Heavy

    I have a bunch of banty pullets and cockerals FREE down here in Southern Iowa. There are 13 roos, and six pullets. They are a mixed bag of bantam EEs jumbled up with some other mixed breeds, plus some white black tailed japanese. They are varying ages, some feather-footed, etc, which i will...
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    Could someone post a pic for me? GLW or maybe a welsumer?

    I've got a chick I can't identify and I can't do any pics on here right now. She was chipmunk colored, with very definite streaky areas around the eyes. Now she's chocolate brown, with a little bit of black barring. Maybe the "partridge" color? I just can't figure it out. She's about 7-8...
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    This is mrs. puff and some chicks

    So I'm trying to learn how to post pics. Bear with me... img]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9031_100_0096.jpg[/img]
  7. Mrs.Puff

    day 5 no signs of life

    So I've candled my eggs that I got in the mail and I don't see any veins at all after 5 days. I should be seeing something by now, right? One egg has a big ole air cell. I think I can see the yolk just rolling around in some of them. Isn't it supposed to be kinda stuck in one place by now...
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    Feed for my older pullets

    None of my local farm stores carry feed especially for chicks in that "in-between" stage. They only have chick starter (always medicated, non-medicated is rarely available) and meat bird feed ("flock raiser") or layer feed. There is nothing with the right protein amount that doesn't also have...
  9. Mrs.Puff

    taking day old chicks from hen

    This post might not be in the right spot... so I have a ton of broodies, and my friend would like me to put some of her eggs under one of my gals, then she would take the chicks. Will the hen go ballistic? Will she keep looking all around for them, or will she go back to laying faster?
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    Sorry I don't have a pic-- help with chick

    I don't have any way to post pictures: Anyway, I got a chick from the pullet bin at the farm store (they order from Welp's Hatchery) and I just can't figure out what it is. It is dark brown/black with very distinct light colored streaks, and it has a white ring around the eye. Any guesses?
  11. Mrs.Puff

    My hens mob me--should I change feeding routine?

    My hens are getting to be a major pain in the rear when I go out to feed them. They jump up in the air and bite at my hands, fly all over the place, knock over the feeder etc. I give them feed in the morning, and maybe a little corn if it's been cold, and then I give them a little feed in...
  12. Mrs.Puff

    Free Japanese Bantam Pair- GONE

    Hey all-- I found a home for them--
  13. Mrs.Puff

    leg mites--substitute for kerosene?

    I've heard a lot of people use mineral oil & kerosene to help get rid of scaly leg mites. I can't find kerosene anywhere. Is there something else I can use, like lamp oil? Shouldn't just the mineral oil alone smother the mites? My gal's legs are UGLY.
  14. Mrs.Puff

    Do I need new genes?

    I have a bunch of banties. Mixed up ones. A couple EE's, a Mille fluer d'uccle roo, a brahma hen, etc. And I have a second generation. So my first generation is from three different hens, and two roosters. Now I have one of the original roosters, and one second generation rooster, whose...
  15. Mrs.Puff

    light on all nite

    One of my friends keeps a light on her hens all night long. She has a red heat lamp, and a white one. I was wondering if there's any problem with this. They lay okay, but the roosters are pretty aggressive and the girls have lost a lot of feathers. They are also loosing some feathers on...
  16. Mrs.Puff

    mr. chicken lost his crow..

    My Mr. Chicken, a banty EE, about 2 years old, has lost his crow. He tries to crow, but nothing much comes out. Just a scratchy noise. He seems kinda droopy, but not sick or anything. He seems depressed. What's wrong with him??!!
  17. Mrs.Puff

    How bright lights? will solar work?

    I don't have electricity, so I can't put a light in my coop unless it's one of those little solar powered deals used for landscaping. Would a few of those be bright enough? Could I put them outside to charge up for a while then put them in for a couple hours in the evening? Has anyone tried this?
  18. Mrs.Puff

    One egg on the mug warmer at school!

    Hi everyone-- I'm at school, I'm a substitute teacher. So I had a hen sitting on 2 eggs, due to hatch sunday. One hatched 4 days early! The other hadn't even pipped yet, but I could hear it cheep. So mommy decided the other wasn't going to hatch and she left it. It was cold as an ice cube...
  19. Mrs.Puff

    sustainable living forum, anybody seen it?

    I somehow got linked up to this forum on sustainable living and such from the BYC forum, and now I can't find it again. It was really cool! Anybody know what I'm talking about??
  20. Mrs.Puff

    Mr Rooster on TV!!!

    Just a shout out to myself--- My house and boyfriend and ROOSTER are featured on www.whotv.com. Check out the story "Life off the Grid". That's my place! That's my rooster!
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