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  1. char259

    Curious as to why my new hen holds herself like this.....

    She is a rescue and I have her isolated... but I just couldn't leave her there! She holds her tail to the left constantly and maybe you can see how her toes are soooo long. She is... hesitant... in the pen, moving around very cautiously. She appears to ok, but that tail worries me. Her...
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    Roo but what kind?

    He has feathered feet. And he was a freebie from a friend who needed to get rid of one of her boys. Thanks!
  3. char259

    First GREEN egg.....

    Pearl, my Marans/Easter Egger cross laid her first egg yesterday! A beautiful dark olive one! ..... I have been corrected.... sorry Pearl!!! ...... Pearl is a marans/ameraucana cross-not EE cross. her dad is a blue wheaten ameraucana and mom is a black copper marans. but SHE is now technicaly...
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    Bumblefoot - Treat one foot at the time or both?

    My SLW hen has it. I noticed what I thought was her limping a few days ago. I've had her since April. She is not an easy bird to catch but catch her I did. It seems that she has maybe a 3 classification on one foot and maybe a 4 on the other. Obviously she's had it more than a few days but did...
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    Easter Bunny/Eggs???

    Children's Sermon One Easter Sunday morning as the minister was preaching the children's sermon, he reached into his bag of props and pulled out an egg. He pointed at the egg and asked the children, "What's in here?" "I know!" a little boy exclaimed. "Pantyhose!!"
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    138 -

    I'm obsessive on keeping records of my chickens.... in the month of July my 6 hens laid 138 eggs. I have no idea if that's an impressive number but I'm really proud of my girls.!
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    Pearl and Abigail

    On June 22 I posted a thread in the 'Wanted' section saying that I would love to add an Olive Egger hen to my small flock. One reply caught my eye and I began PMing with a fellow board member dinahmoe. Seems she had a young pullet olive egger that she was willing to part with.... google maps...
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    Molt question

    How quickly can/does a molt occur? My SLW was bare from her middle back to her tail when I got home yesterday. She acted fine - stayed in the coop with her and did not observe anyone picking on her. She mingled with the rest of the flock freely. I examined her closely and there doesn't appear...
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    Shrimp - yay or nay?

    I bought some fresh shrimp for supper tonight... and was wondering if it would be ok to feed the heads to my flock. And if you agree would you cook them or not? P.S. Said heads are still on ice just in case you say 'yay'. Charmain
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    Black Copper Marans?

    This is my hen Henrietta. She was abused by her last Roo (before I got her) so she is growing out some new back and tail feathers. And at some point in time her upper beak has been broken (or something)... but anyway. I bought her as a BCM. I keep reading that BCMs have feathers on their...
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    Would love to add an Olive Egger to my small flock

    Anyone have one available?
  12. char259

    Poo ??

    Putting this here - hope it's the right place. It's not an emergency or injury but it is health related. 5 hens. Seemingly happy, healthy, laying, eating, love treats, have been wormed, don't fight with each other. But for the last few days I've seen some poo that issssss ummmm not loose, not...
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    BCM not laying

    I have just 5 hens. 2 Easter Eggers, 1 SLW, 1 BO and 1 BCM. Some days I get 4 eggs, sometimes 3, others 2, rarely 1, but I know the BCM isn't laying at all because the eggs I get are always blue and/or light brown. The EE's lay the most consistently. She was stressed when I got her. Had been...
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    Is there anything my chicken's SHOULDN'T have?

    For instance - you shouldn't give dogs chocolate. I'm enjoying trying different things to give my chickens - what the like and don't like - but I'm wondering is there is anything they shouldn't have. Thanks!
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    Very sleepy hen???

    I have a black copper maran hen of undetermined age. For the last few days she has been sleeping excessively. Every time I go out there she is sleeping. Sometimes on the ground. Sometimes on the roost and sometimes on the nest (but not laying). I wouldn't think she's being broody since she's...
  16. char259

    Young vs Old - how do you tell?

    How would I tell if a 'young' rooster I bought is actually an 'older gentleman'? Are there physical attributes to watch for? Or how do I know if someone is lying to me when we're negotiating a buy?
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    Specific Worming question - what to do with the eggs?

    I will be searching and reading about worming but I have a specific question: My vet recommended Wazine and I wormed my small flock yesterday. Specifically because I happen to notice one of my hens passing a worm. Wanted to worm everyone at the same time. My question is: Do I throw out any...
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    Will he settle down with the new hens

    I bought a roo and two hens who were housed in the same pen and they get along famously. But last week I bought home two new hens and 'Mr. Bill' is terrorizing them. So far I've tried.... First day I let the roo and two hens out of the pen to free roam and let the new girls have 3 or 4 hours...
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    A strange one - hope you can help

    Hi everyone - I'm new here - and I'm confused I've read the sticky about identifying preditors but I'm confused. I'm just getting started - I have 4 hens and a rooster (do you want me to tell you their names? :-)). Everything has been hunky dory for the first three weeks. (I only had two hens...
  20. char259

    Whew.... I'm glad I found you guys!

    Ever since I found out there were chickens that lay colored eggs I've been wanting to have some of my own. I know own two Americaunas? (lay blue eggs) a Americauna? Rooster and now a Lace Wing Wyandotte and a Buff Orpington. 4 hens and a Roster. The question marks are because I 'think' they are...
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