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  1. Mother Therese

    Scissor beak....fix?

    It might be a good idea to have a little scale for her to weigh her every couple days, then you'd know if she was growing. also, she will need a deep food dish so she can scoop the food with her beak. Good Luck!
  2. Mother Therese

    Chicken ate rubber lizard, please help

    she laid an egg, and since has been acting normal.
  3. Mother Therese

    Chicken ate rubber lizard, please help

    Hi, my hen ate a soft rubber lizard, about the size of an adults finger yesterday. her crop was not full last night going to bed, i could feel it in there, and this morning i was the same, with the same feeling of a small amount of scratch that was there last night. she has been sitting the the...
  4. Mother Therese

    Bare back, feathers picked off, end of feather left behind

    thank you.
  5. Mother Therese

    Help please! Injured baby chick!

    maybe bad bruising from being in something's mouth. check for teeth impressions around the outside of the swollen area. hope she gets better.
  6. Mother Therese

    HELP! My chicks have been dying and I can't figure out why!

    I have Double checked your math, you are right, i got 1.56, as long as I am correct that there is 128 oz in a gallon. Good luck
  7. Mother Therese

    Bare back, feathers picked off, end of feather left behind

    Hi, I have these two hens that were getting bullied, about a month ago, and lost the feathers on the small of their back. the feathers were pecked, but the tip of them left behind. I am wondering if i should pluck the last little bit of the feather so that new one's will grow back, or leave them...
  8. Mother Therese

    Can you keep 2 roosters.

    Do you know about what age the trouble starts? I don't want to get rid of my austrolorp unless i'm sure the EE is a roo.
  9. Mother Therese

    Raising Roosters together?

    Have you kept hens with your roosters without experiencing problems?
  10. Mother Therese

    Can you keep 2 roosters.

    hi, I have 5 chickens. 6 weeks old. One is a black austrolorp cockerel, he is the alpha and is very sweet and docile. One, I believe to be an easter egger, it is too young for me to tell if it is male or female. however it occasionally gets in the face of the austrolorp cockerel in the yard...
  11. Mother Therese

    How long do chickens live?

    I think you should rename your chickens after your husband and his family.
  12. Mother Therese

    How long do chickens live?

    This means may chickens will out-live my old neighbor who hates them!!!
  13. Mother Therese

    When do chicks get wattles?

    Did your chickens end up being hens or roos? Wondering because i'm having the same question about my 3 week olds
  14. Mother Therese

    Help, Sizorbeak on a Child-loved chick!

    Try not to emotionally attach to that chick too much.
  15. Mother Therese

    Help, Sizorbeak on a Child-loved chick!

    I had a great uncle die far away earlier in the week. I chickened out and told my son he was a chicken expert and i sent the chick to live with him. My son doesn't know the old guy is dead.
  16. Mother Therese

    Help, Sizorbeak on a Child-loved chick!

    Last night we sent the little chick to heaven. she was not growing, and was looking very tired and sick. i guess when the condition starts so young it's hard for her to get enough calories. within a week all the other chicks were double her size, although she spent most of her time trying to...
  17. Mother Therese

    Question about breeding

    Hi, I have 3 Australorp chicks, 2 share a mother, all three share the father. When they turn into hens and roosters, can i let them hatch out a few eggs in the spring, or are they too closely related?? What are the rules??
  18. Mother Therese

    Cleaning brooder?

    I read somewhere that you are suppose to regularly fluff up the bedding, so it stay's dry. You should probably clean it when it starts to stink.
  19. Mother Therese

    Help, Sizorbeak on a Child-loved chick!

    Hi, I have a one week old barnyard mix chick that is developing sizorbeak. I noticed 5 days ago and it is getting progressively worse. the beak appears to have dammage on the top, and it curves towards the damage. and the bottom part curves the other way. Is there anyway to reset the beak? Will...
  20. Mother Therese

    Scissor beak....fix?

    I have a one week old chick who seems to be developing scisorbeak. she appears to have damage under her right nostril, like another chick pecked her or something. her top beak is curving towards the dammage and her bottom beak is curving the other way. I'm wondering if i should wait and see how...
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