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  1. NightingaleJen

    Egg broken by/beneath broody

    Found most of an eggshell in our broody pen this afternoon when I went out to check on everyone; the broody (who has raised chicks before, FWIW) pretty clearly removed it from the nest. It must have been accidentally broken or she decided it was off somehow. I checked an egg from beneath her and...
  2. NightingaleJen

    Young rooster has funny walk

    This afternoon I noticed my almost year-and-a-half old rooster buddy, Gleam, is walking oddly. I don't remember him walking this way yesterday or the day before. Checked his feet—he had a bumble earlier this summer we took care of—and that's healed up, and the affected foot looks all clear to...
  3. NightingaleJen

    Calcium, roosters, and mash mixing--help?

    I feed our flock of 25 hens and two roosters fermented mash daily, made from (roughly) a dry (mason jar scooped) quart of Purina All-Flock. The birds also have free access to All-Flock and necessary calcium supplements and free range most afternoons. We had leftover Scratch & Peck grower, so I...
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    Stick tight fleas: Treating flock w/chicks and/or coop?

    Twice in the past month I have found what I'm pretty sure were stick tight fleas on our (now 3 month-old) chicks. I was able to remove both. While I have not seen any more—the most recently seen sticktight was Tuesday--I want to head any issues off at the pass, so we purchased liquid permethrin...
  5. NightingaleJen

    How did my rooster get poop on his comb and how do I clean it off?

    Well, I can make a fair guess as to how he ended up with poop on his comb, but should I try to clean it off? Brushing with a dry paper towel didn't do much more than confuse him, but temperatures are also going to drop below freezing tonight, so I'm cautious about using water with gentle soap...
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    Coughing /sneezing bubbles in eyes WITH VIDEO

    Just this morning my Buckeye hen began doing this. She had just been squawking away. What is going on?! 1) What type of bird , age and weight 13 month old Buckeye hen, about five pounds 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Coughing/sneezing, bubbles in eyes Odd breathing 3) How long has the...
  7. NightingaleJen

    Nighttime Peep Panic

    Due to a temporarily insane broody (you can read my thrilling Independence Day thread), we have a quintet of peeps in a temporary brooder this week... In our living room (our home is quite small and this really is the only option until we move them into the coop brooder, where we typically brood...
  8. NightingaleJen

    UPDATE: Hen repeatedly tossed newly hatched chick from nest. Am I doing the right things so far?

    We have a first-time broody Barred Rock whose eggs are due to hatch today. Sure enough, I heard peeping in the coop and popped out to check. Our hen had tossed the still-wet chick from the nest into the litter. I tried tucking the peep beneath the hen several times, including in the rear fluff...
  9. NightingaleJen

    Very broody hen rejected her private setup

    One of my young BR hens is seriously broody. Being fine with letting her set, after dark last night we moved her into her own little setup--the brooder, with food, water, shavings, and cardboard box with a small plastic dishpan of shavings and golf balls (which she has already been guarding...
  10. NightingaleJen

    Would appreciate help integrating 4.5 week chicks with 2YO flock

    Our newest flock of peeps is growing absurdly fast, almost certainly faster than did our first flock. Also, I have jury duty in five weeks. Having done a fair amount of reading and thinking, I would prefer to integrate the newbies earlier rather than later. We also do not have extra...
  11. NightingaleJen

    About time to remove the heat plate?

    Our nine chicks are 3.5 weeks old and feathering out nicely, with a couple exceptions (the smallest birds, of course, though they are catching up quickly). They have been brooding in the coop since their arrival; we had some unnervingly cool nights (low to mid-50s) for a nervous second-time...
  12. NightingaleJen

    Should I break out the Corid? Reddish poop.

    Our new chicks are a day shy of three weeks old. Everyone is happy, active, growing and feathering out, eating and drinking, mocking the grown birds from inside their (large but swiftly getting smaller!) brooder, etc. They have a heat plate and eat medicated feed and nothing else (though I have...
  13. NightingaleJen

    Distress peeping on day one—everything seems fine when I check

    We brought home ten two-day old chicks from the PO today. Everyone seemed fine, though the Buckeyes (quite small!) seemed a bit chilled. We got everyone into the (roughly 4x2.5') in-coop brooder (our basement-less home is under 800sqft and already houses two adults, a dog, and two cats), already...
  14. NightingaleJen

    Questions about Buckeyes and Wyandottes

    We're looking to add to the flock and I am wondering: Do Buckeyes do well with confinement in a good-sized (ATM, 18x30ish; presently working on expansion) run? Under current circumstances I cannot let the flock range as often as we used to. How well do the various Wyandottes handle heat and...
  15. NightingaleJen

    *Graphic Necropsy Photos Update* Dead Hen This AM—Vent Prolapse? (Photo Warning) :'(

    Early this afternoon I went out to visit and check on the flock, only to find Matilda, one of our nearly two-year-old EEs, lying in the bedding beneath the roost. Alas, she was not just scratching around searching for a goody. :( *sigh* I had to get to a meeting, but after a quick inspection it...
  16. NightingaleJen

    Cocci & Worms in Flock--How To Treat?

    After being repeatedly rebuffed for a fecal float at our own vet, our secondary vet (long story) was happy to do a float for our flock, though they do not treat chickens. Our dozen girls (who act pretty happy and healthy and begin hollering if we don't let them out of the run on time in the...
  17. NightingaleJen

    Swollen Area Around Eye

    Last night while out with the birds, I noticed some odd swelling around the eye of my ten-month old Dominique hen. It is no better today; I did bring her into the garage for an application of Vetericyn, because it looked as though there was a small peck mark or something on the area. Hubby...
  18. NightingaleJen

    Lethargic hen, yellowish poop, dirty rear

    Our seven month old EE was lethargic with tan colored poop on her rear this morning. I carefully cleaned her up, then put her into isolation with feed, water, nutriDrench water, and a little hard-boiled egg. She nibbled at her feed but that is it. Hasn't laid since Saturday or yesterday. Is it a...
  19. NightingaleJen

    BYC led me to believe the impossible!

    When our wee flock arrived as day-old chicks twenty-seven-ish weeks ago, we were expecting a male or two—especially since the hatchery had sent three extra birds. For weeks and weeks, Hubby and I had great fun trying to figure out which of our chickens was a roo in the making. Twenty-seven...
  20. NightingaleJen

    First full day in the run and you hear distress peeping while upstairs...

    ...so you race downstairs and outside, asking how you could possibly have lacked the foresight to know installing a slide from the upstairs window would be wise! PEEP PEEP PEEP! It's only a sixty- or seventy-second trip, but suddenly it takes three minutes. PEEP PEEP! PEEP! I should never have...
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