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ALOHA ALL! =) Happy New Year & Kung Hee Fat Choy! :) I haven't been here since we got our last 2 hens (Velma and Daphne), I think. We lost Daphne last year as well as our senior citizen dog (she was 13yrs) and our senior cat (she was 19yrs). So it was a tough time. But this Spring, the...

Hi everyone, I have a confession to make - I posted about this in the Emergencies section but didn't mention anything here b/c I was so embarrassed! But here goes... The collage below is of my Production Red & my White Leghorn the day we got them. They were 3 days old. The very next...

I consulted via phone with my hatchery but am feeling very guilty & very on-edge about the treatment I've been giving to my little girl. Somehow, with all precautions & 4 of us sitting in the same room as our 2 chicks, none of us saw one of our cats on the bin & how in the world she worked a...

Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone remembers me, it's been over a year I think, since I've been on here. It took me a couple of years to get over the loss of Sienna, Tallulah & Chick-Chick & I didn't think I'd take on anymore backyard hens again. I took in a rescue bantam chick but she's...

Hi everyone, A few weeks ago I checked in here to share that our Tallulah had passed away of unknown causes. Now I'm back to share that her sister, Sienna, passed today also of unknown causes. I am sad beyond tears and distressed beyond words. Both of them were about 3-1/2 years old and...

Hi everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this so if this is the wrong place, I hope someone can move it to the correct place... The other day we found Tallulah on the bottom of the coop, her face in the dirt, making strange noises. By noon the next day, she had passed away. I'm...

I know I have very little info below but I need to hear opinions and input, maybe someone's got an idea... 1) What type of bird , age and weight. RSL, 2 yrs and 4 months old - just started molting about a week ago. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lying on dirt in coop as if she were...

In your experience, what is the egg-laying frequency for your girls? I ask b/c I've seen several posts say that game bantams usually lay about 4 times a week while others say less. I had also assumed that Uma would not lay as much as an RSL. In the past 15 days, Uma has laid 14 eggs...

Hi everyone, Uma just started laying on Saturday, she's approx 4-1/2 months old. She's laid 3 eggs in 4 days and is a mostly indoor game bantam. She's almost frantic the entire time leading up to laying and this can go on for HOURS. She paces, scream, squawks, and she is LOUD! However my...

Aloha all! I haven't been to the boards in awhile due to life and the fact that there was nothing really happening with Uma. I was nervous the members who said she was a roo were correct and we who believed she was a she were WAY off base. She started SCREAMING one morning and there were a...

From those who said 100% roo a couple weeks ago...to those who say 100% pullet now... From those who said EE, BBR OEGB, Duckwing, Brown Leghorn, and Light Brahma (or dark? I forget lol)... This is the bebe at 7 weeks. She's a jumpy flier that's for sure, so sweet. So I have the RSLs...

I moved my Cornish X and RSLs outdoors relatively early, around 4-6 weeks b/c my Cornish just got too big for inside (messy too) & my RSLs were too much as a pair to keep indoors. Now with the bebe, my "mystery" bantam, I'm not sure what to do. It has nothing to do with age (she's 6 weeks...

I'm back again, this time more than a week has gone by since the last pics. Just to recap, this is a rescue chick from my friend's yard & it had a solid black sibling that didn't make it. It's a product of her neighbor's chickens & they could be breeders (or not). My avatar is a pic of...

Just popping in to see what everyone thinks now about what breed & what gender or if it's still too early. I'm leaning towards pullet b/c I want her to be a her lol.

I have a question: what is the longest molting time you guys know of? Sienna has been molting for what seems like forever. It's not a full-on feathers all over the creation kind of molting, it's a gradual molt if that makes any sense. I swear she's been molting for 3 months or more. She...

Aloha everyone, I haven't been to the boards for a long time, been busy & there's not much going on w/my RSLs except for the fact I think they've slowed down in laying (they're both almost 3). ANYWAY the reason I'm here is I am sure someone can help me with the latest addition to my chicken...

Aloha everyone, I haven't posted in awhile so I don't know if anyone remembers me but I'm the one in Hawai`i who became a chicken mama b/c of my daughter's preschool project coming home. Turned out she was a meat chicken that my daughter named Chick-Chick. Well...she passed away in June of...

Hi everyone! I haven't stopped by in awhile due to life but had some time today so here I am. My girls are happily in laying pattern I am proud to say and I have had very little to do with that lol... We get about 18-21 eggs per week, 1 a day from each RSL and 2 a day with 1 day rest after...

It's madness when it comes to saimin. Just goes to show that Cornish Xs can get air! She's 5 months and a week old.

I couldn't get a good pic of Tallulah's body before my camera battery died...anyone have an opinion just from this view? Sienna's comb and wattles are not as big and not as red. Someone said that maybe Tallulah's ready to lay but Sienna isn't ~ Sienna's been the "slower" of the two in...