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  1. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    thanks. ive got hubby working on a new coop this week that will be a major upgrade from the one they have now. hopefully it will be done soon and she can be movrd in there with the bitties, if she accepts them. im just hoping she accepts them and dont go all psycho hen on them. im waiting on a...
  2. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    Its lookin like the eggs are no good. She got up today to eat something and i went out and checked the eggs. they smell like they are rotten and they almost seem oily on the outside, but my hands dont stink. they just dont seem like fresh eggs. anyway our feed store has baby chicks in so i was...
  3. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    OK thanks. I've been acting like its all good and she's been on them all day so hopefully they are OK.
  4. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    Well I came home this afternoon and she was out with the flock. I went and checked the kennel and it looked like the thing had Ben jostled around. I figure maybe when my hubby took her some bread out either the cow or the dog went after it. Anyway the eggs weren't warm when I felt them but I...
  5. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    ok she is still on them so so far so good. I check on her twice a day and I haven't seen her out of the cage since we put her in there. Should I worry that she isn't getting out. It doesn't look like she has eaten any of the food i left in front of her cage. We knew it was goin to rain last...
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    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    lol I know. He's such a sweet roo too. He just kept circling back around in front of her and dancin around. He's one of those sweet roos that finds the hens snacks and stuff. I was suprised because he wasn't the top roo when we had other roosters but now that he's the only one he is turnin out...
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    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    thanks. Yea I'mma try and just leave her be. I'll go out first thing in the morning and let her out and put out some extra food and water close by, since she chose a spot out of the way and in a bunch of tall weeds. The kennel is pretty small, one size up from a cat kennel, so it's just big...
  8. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    Ok I took one of our smaller kennels and put some hay in it and all the eggs and her. She wasn't thrilled about it but maybe she will be ok. I left the kennel in the bushes to help her adjust. Fingers crossed that she sticks it out and hatches us some chicks. Maybe this weekend I can get...
  9. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    they used to sleep in it but my lead roo got killed and the second in command roo likes to sleep in the trees. I'll try and get them in and leave them in for a while and maybe he'll get the hint. if this is her first time brooding will she abandon them if i move her? can i just stick a kennel...
  10. dragonmorgan

    Found a nest in the bushes...now what?

    I found a nest with around 12 eggs in it today. It's my first time and now Im not sure what to do. My chickens are free range and refuse to sleep in the coop. While walking through some tall weeds and brush today I stumbled upon a chicken laying in the grass. I hadn't seen her all morning, and...
  11. dragonmorgan

    My rooster got attacked and now he cant balance.

    The wound on the side of his head is what has me thinking it isn't a sickness or something that he ate. And the chickens spent a year living in the coop with a run until I started letting them out to free range the yard this past summer.
  12. dragonmorgan

    My rooster got attacked and now he cant balance.

    Any ideas what I can do to help him? He wont eat and is just laying in the kennel but he seems alert.
  13. dragonmorgan

    My rooster got attacked and now he cant balance.

    I have a small flock of free range chickens. Recently we have started having some go missing from, what we suspect, is coyotes. anyway we came home yesterday afternoon, after only being gone a few hours, and my buff Brahma too was staggering around and occasionally being attacked by the flock...
  14. dragonmorgan

    Rooster not being very gentlemanly with the ladies.

    The Other Roo Isnt Near As Rough As This One Is. They Arent Essential To The Flock Since I Dont Plan On Lettin Any Eggs Hatch But I Would Like.To Allow Them To Free Range The Yard More And Would Like To Have A Roo To Help Protect Them And Look After Them While They Are Out. I Have Quite A Few...
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    Rooster not being very gentlemanly with the ladies.

    I have a Buff Brahma roo that is just over a year old and he is bein very rough with the hens. I have 2 roos and 9 hens, used to have more but we lost a few over the winter. The other roo, an EE, is pretty nice to them. He at least sometimes does the dance for them. Anyway he seems to always be...
  16. dragonmorgan

    No Crow?

    My rooster didn't start crowing until around 10 months or so. I actually have 2 roos and 10 hens and only my EE roo crows (and only when he sees me come outside and wants me to bring them a snack lol). The Buff Brahma roo has yet to crow, unless he is super stealthy and quiet about it. They...
  17. dragonmorgan

    ugh 2 chicks dead already

    sorry it has taken me so long to respond. The electrolyte was only in the water for the first day or 2 to help with traveling stress. I don't know the exact temp of the brooder. I just set the light up and then checked back every couple mins and adjusted it until they seemed comfortable. Right...
  18. dragonmorgan

    ugh 2 chicks dead already

    I dont know what is happening to my chicks. We picked then up last week and have already lost 2. I know it happens sometimes but i wish i knew what was wrong. They've been drinking electrolyte water since they got home and the 2 seemed fine. Next thing ya know they ate all weak and floppy and 10...
  19. dragonmorgan

    Chickens not laying and almost 1 yr old

    We got our first chickens last May. So far we have only gotten 3 eggs and we got those last week with nothing since. The weather was really rainy and rough after those first eggs for I figured that was the reason for the pause but after 2 days of nice weather I am still not getting anything. The...
  20. dragonmorgan

    Could use some help with these chicks. The are obviously not what they were labeled as.

    That's what I am hoping for it to be. I am assuming these all came from the same hatchery so it didn't make sense to have 2 different kinds of EEs and label one wrong. Hopefully once they get some feathers in in a couple weeks I can post some updated pics and get a better idea of what I got...
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