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My 5 month old buff orpington had a fresh peck mark on her comb w/ a little bit of blood. I had read to use Blu Kote, so I took a q-tip and put a liberal dab over the wound. Her flock mates, who have been with her since day one, came after her like a heat seeking missle. I scooped her up...

After several days of digging through oily chicken poo (she was kept in a horse stall w/ a stall mat to make it easy to see what was passed), no shells came out. She acts fine, actually laid a second egg, and eats like a champ. My vet friend is concerned about zinc toxicity (brass is a mixture...

At midnight Sunday night, took 3 cans of corn out to try to move things along, but no luck. Five of the girls went to the vet the next morning for x-rays. One girl had eaten two shell casings and they showed up in the gizzard. She got a tube feeding mixture of wet cat food and mineral oil, but...

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Thanks for the info. Been looking through my chicken books, trying to figure the best course of action. Will try the whole kernel corn in the am, and have a couple of those greasy "chick sticks" that they were crazy about a few months ago. Have a friend who is a vet; might be taking all of my...

Help. While we were in the backyard watching the girls wander around the yard, one of my buff Orpingtons scarfed down two .22 shell casings she found. I couldn't get to her fast enough. Tried holding her at an angle and massaging her crop, but no luck. Will this pass, or is she just going to get...

Do they have the sweet orpington temperament? Will you be selling these in the future?

Good luck with your little girl. Rooting for you.

Thanks! We had a spell of really warm spring weather, followed by a weeklong blast of cold temps (when they went to the coop), and now we are back to more "normal" temps. Everyone is doing well; no bleeding, and the lamp has not been on since it blew up. The girls are now officially wearing...

Thank you for the blast of reassurance before I left for work!! So far this morning, all is well. No blood or suffering chickens...whew. Can't tell you how much I love and rely on this website. Thanks again.

Chicks 5 weeks old, first night in the coop was last night. Had remote thermometer in coop, checked on them several times...they had a great night. Morning check, no changes. Noon check: the red heat lamp had exploded in the coop. Don't know when it happened, but all the girls in one corner...

Hello! New member, reading old threads. How are you doing with your Jubilee Orps? Have some buff orp chicks that are the goofiest "lap rats"...they love people. Stumbled on pix of the Jubilees, and thought they were just gorgeous; wondering if you may have any for sale or could point me in the...

Loved your story! Have a 2 week old Easter Egger that picked me as "her person" from day one...the day I got her, she would walk away from her peeps and the feeder to sit in my hand. Hope she turns out like your Betty!

As we speak, my husband is outside, wiring the coop. Our initial building was going to be 6'x8', but it has since morphed into a 10'x14'. (The theory was that if I were an awful chicken owner and they all went belly-up, we could turn it into a potting shed. It's looking like it is going to be a...

I had read somewhere to plan on "about 25%" of my new chicks dying. As a Chicken Virgin/possible Chicken Idiot, my thought was that the loss would be more realistically around 50%. Ummmmm...at least not yet. All 22 that came on Monday are out in the brooder, peeping happily. (In one of life's...