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  1. wife2abirdman

    Wanted: Dark Brahma roo or cockerel

    I have 2 Dark Brahma pullets and need a Dark Brahma cockerel or roo for them. Needs to be older than 16 weeks old. Looking for decent breeder quality. I live in Maine so will probably need to be shipped unless you live in Maine or maybe in the Portsmouth NH area in which place I could probably...
  2. wife2abirdman

    WANTED:BBS Cochin Chicks

    My stupid cat just ate my chicks. It was a pretty difficult time just to get them to hatch. So now I am in a bind. I am looking for chicks from breeder/show quality Blue, Black or Splash Large Fowl Cochins, one of the chicks that was killed was a Star Cochin chick. Also interested in LF Gold...
  3. wife2abirdman

    my new broody

    Ok so I have only dealt with this once but back then I didn't really care if we got a chick or not. Now I care, so now I need info. I have a hen that just went broody two days ago. I had taken all the eggs out as they aren't fertile right now nor do I want mixed breed chicks. But she still keeps...
  4. wife2abirdman

    Leg bands metal or plastic? tips

    I have never used leg bands before as I never needed them in the past. I am now starting to think they might be useful just as some of my hens are similar and it is hard to tell which one is in the nest box laying eggs. So what do you think is better metal or plastic? Also what about when you...
  5. wife2abirdman

    Wanted Blue splash Marans

    I am so upset my beautiful "Blue Boy" Splash Marans rooster just died this morning!! It went from 35 degrees to -8 what is that all about, I really hate this coldSo now I need to find another rooster. Plus it seems that the breeder I originally got him from no longer does the Splashes I would...
  6. wife2abirdman

    soupy poops

    My chickens were awful skinny so I started giving them alfalfa cubes with their food. They have since in the last month gained weight but their poop is very runny. It is a decent color just some are really runny and others are more solid. Is there something I can add to their food? I still want...
  7. wife2abirdman

    brown leghorn pullet vs. cockerel

    Can I get some pics of some 10 week old brown leghorn pullet vs cockerel? I was supposed to get 4 brown leghorn pullets but 2 were DOA from a hatchery. The two I now have, the coloring is the same. The difference is the tail, one has a small tail the other has a huge long tail. Both have...
  8. wife2abirdman

    Vulture Hocks

    WHY are vulture hocks a disqualification? I understand what they are and I believe my three blue Cochin hens have them. I am fine with keeping them as pets but just wondering why they are a show DQ as they don't look like they detract from the looks or seem in anyway problematic. I get that...
  9. wife2abirdman

    heat lamp 7-9 week chicks

    It is getting really cold out and my baby chicks are down to 1 heat lamp and they are in a pen in the garage with all the other chickens(19 in all). The pens are all "open"-just chicken wire from ceiling to floor. We do have some bags stapled up to stop any drafts. I have 28 in the pen 14-7 week...
  10. wife2abirdman

    Brahma? Cochin?

    she is 5 weeks and came from Ideal she was solid yellow as a chick. Was sent as a Brahma. When her wing feathers were coming in they were lighter with more spots and darker and wider dark spots. This coloring is slightly off she is not quite as red-the real color being more like in the 3rd pic...
  11. wife2abirdman

    egg crushing newbies

    I have a flock of 10 pullets that are just starting to lay. Right now I get 3 eggs from the newbies. The problem is I went to get the eggs yesterday and one of the eggs was crushed not eaten but completely flattened. There was one from our EE who started laying last week and one from one of my...
  12. wife2abirdman

    WANTED**** LF White Cochin Rooster ***

    Looking for LF SQ white Cochin rooster willing to pay good price. I live in Maine- willing to pay shipping Also looking for a Black rooster. For hens/pullets-Buff, White, Blue, Splash or Gold laced interested in buying some chicks for the spring. nothing younger than 5 weeks please
  13. wife2abirdman

    best incubator for newbie at hatching

    I have always had chickens and I have taken care of my fair share of baby chicks, but I want to try my hand at hatching eggs. I have no clue what to look for in an incubator. I was thinking maybe something that can carry 24 eggs minimum.
  14. wife2abirdman

    do I have a serious problem??

    Friday I had a pullet who died suddenly. She just started laying so we were thinking she was just too small or was egg bound.She had no signs of distress other than the fact she didn't seem to know what was going on with the egg laying. Now I am not so sure. Our Faverolle pullet started sneezing...
  15. wife2abirdman

    20 week old just died suddenly

    I had a 20 week old Dominique who just started to lay. Mon egg, Tues no egg, Wens and Thursday egg Then yesterday she was acting weird like she had to lay an egg but no egg. All of the eggs had been tiny like they are supposed to be. We tried to see if she was egg bound but we couldn't find...
  16. wife2abirdman

    White cochins Salmon faverolle pullet

    Looking for quality standard size white cochins. My plan is to buy about 10-15 white day old chicks in April/May 2013 . I am trying to plan ahead now in case people have waiting lists. I prefer to pay with paypal, I am also looking for a nice salmon faverolle pullet any age up to 2 yrs old...
  17. wife2abirdman

    Fryburg Fair Maine 2012

    I don't know if this is the right spot or not. I wanted to go to see if I could buy some chickens at Fryburg this year. I always check the barn out but have not noticed in the past if the chickens were ever for sale. I know they have just about every other animal for sale there but was wondering...
  18. wife2abirdman

    gape worm?????

    Last week our 18 wk Salmon Faverolle acted like she had maybe a dislocated jaw. At the time her crop was full and after two days she seemed better even perked up a bit. This Sat she was fine even back to the spaz she is eating watermelon with the rest. Yesterday we slaughtered 4 roos, and she...
  19. wife2abirdman

    Marans or Welsumer?

    Some background- I have had chickens my whole life but I only ever had sex links, red stars, RIR, Rocks and broilers(oh and a Light Brahma rooster that we got a light Brahma hen out of-funny story!). Only in the last several years have I started getting other breeds. I just recently had to start...
  20. wife2abirdman

    4 mon chick lost or taken?

    I had 33 chicks in a large pen since June. I started leaving their pen "house"(it's really a pen we made in our garage) door open because of this heat and it is not properly vented. In the last 4 days I gave my brother 14 of the chicks. I now had 19 left. They are not small they are 4 months old...
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