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  1. Adri

    Help!Neighbour just brought me 11 wild turkey eggs from abandoned nest

    I really need some voices of experience. I hope it's not too late for these eggs. The neighbouring farmer was plowing his field for potatoes and the turkey had her nest at the edge of the field. He slowed down as he came towards her hoping she wouldn't leave but she did at the last moment...
  2. Adri

    2 hatched, but I'm not entering our incubator in a contest!

    My 11 y.o. son and his buddy got my husband to build an incubator with them for their science fair project. They found plans for a large still air incubator made from wood. My husband bought all of the parts that it called for, costing him about $50 to build it (the other boy's family...
  3. Adri

    Could my Silkies ever live with my standard flock?

    My second son loves our chickens so much and was spending a lot of time in the coop and helping with the chicken-related chores. As a reward and encouragement, my husband bought him a pair of Silkies. It was sort of an impulse buy. They are absolute sweethearts. They are currently living in...
  4. Adri

    Has anybody ever had a tiny yolkless eggs?

    My 11 Buff Catalanas have been laying creamy-shelled eggs that are increasing in size. Despite having 3 go broody on me (I've broken them), I get about 5 eggs a day. On Friday we were surprised to find a tiny, bantam-sized egg. At first I wondered if one of my smallish Polish hens had laid...
  5. Adri

    Does anybody here have any Chanteclers?

    I have 5 beautiful Buff Chanteclers, they were hatched on April 29th and I'm wondering when I should expect them to be ready to lay. While they don't really have any combs to speak of, the fleshy bits on their faces are still pink, not red like my Catalanas, ameraucanas and barnevelders. My...
  6. Adri

    Advice needed. Should I let her brood? Am I crazy to consider it?

    My Buff Catalana pullets just started laying on September 22nd. They are the only breed that has started laying for us so far. They were hatched on April 29th. Since last Thursday, one of them has stopped laying and has started sitting in one particular nest (the most popular one that often...
  7. Adri

    I've heard of having your ducks in a row, but how about this photo...

    I went to check the nesting boxes yesterday, and caught one Buff Catalana hen jumping out, there were 2 eggs in that box and beneath her I saw this... My son went to check the boxes later on and sure enough there were 3 identical eggs in them. I have several breeds, but I find it...
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    Hello, my name is Adri, and I'm a chicken addict...I now have Silkies

    yeah, this is probably the WRONG site to come to if I'm interested in recovery. At least my family is sharing my addiction. First it was our first flock of 33 chicks that I obsessed about, and my husband gave me as a Mother's Day present. He built them a lovely rustic shed and yard and they...
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    Ontario, Free roosters (1 white Ameraucana, 3 buff-laced Polish)

    We already have 3 other cockerels that we are planning on keeping (a Buff Catalana, a Buff Brahma and a Brown-Red Ameraucana), so we need to rehome the rest of the roosters. All of the cockerels are 7 weeks old and we purchased them from nearby Performance Poultry. IMO, the White Ameraucana is...
  10. Adri

    I need to know the laws of roosting.

    DH is ready to make the roosts, he will be hinging the roosts to the wall so we can hook them to the ceiling when it is time to clean out the coop. But first I need to tell him how many inches or feet of roosting space do I need per bird? How thick should the roost be? I've got some metal...
  11. Adri

    The coop is almost ready for the chicks!

    We are just waiting for the weather to warm up just a little bit before we move their brooder out. The winds were bitterly cold today and we haven't insulated yet. The coop is the leanto on the left. DH still has some work to do, like building the nesting boxes, roosts, ramp and yard. We...
  12. Adri

    Does anybody here have Buff Catalanas?

    I bought 12 Buff Catalanas pullets (along with 21 other chicks). I haven't read too much about their personalities and would love to know what to expect. So far the Catalanas like to sleep in the corners of the brooder in groups of 2 or 3, away from the rest of the chicks. They seem to get...
  13. Adri

    Ameraucana chick colouring question

    I've got 5 Ameraucana that are 2 1/2 weeks. I'm anxious to know who is a rooster, because we are only keeping the hens, and I'm curious about what colour two of them will be. I'm thinking that this chick is Silver: And these 2 are probably white: But these two are the ones I am curious...
  14. Adri

    I am head over heels in love with my first chicks.

    Last August, my DH, our 5 kids, 1 pointer, 1 fat old cat and myself, made the big move from downtown city living to country life. DH's company moved to a smaller city on the other side of the province, so we used the opportunity to sell our big victorian house with a city-sized lot, and bought...
  15. Adri

    Roof for our new coop (metal or asphalt?)

    Hi, I'm new here and would really appreciate some advice. My DH is currently building a new garden shed with a woodshed lean-to on the north side and a coop on the south. The coop will be 8X10 and DH is using rough cut lumber, but will be insulating just the walls in the coop part. We are...
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