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  1. FireflyTX

    I know this thread is old but I hope you don't mind me Pming as well

    I know this thread is old but I hope you don't mind me Pming as well
  2. FireflyTX

    Broken egg stink and mess under broody girl on clutch

    I have a broody girl on a clutch of eggs. She will eat an egg (Gross, hoping she is doing it cause it isn't viable) and it is sticky and stinky under her and on all the other eggs. Leave it be or clean it out? The bugs are awful around her with this mess. She is separated from the flock and I...
  3. FireflyTX

    Strange looking yolks

    I was messing with it and a small hole broke open. There was a separate yolk sac with a white string attached to that on one end and a clump on the other. I am wondering if it was fertilize and it has been hotter than hell here. I do have a very active rooster.
  4. FireflyTX

    Strange looking yolks

    These are all eggs from my babies that just started laying this week. The top is 2 normal little eggs and the bottom IS NOT A BROKEN yolk. It came right from the shell like this. It is large and misshaped and seems to has white swirls in the yolk. There is only a small amount of the normal clear...
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    All eggs layed then 2 soft shells...seems weird

    Definitely not lack of calcium cause they get fed a lot. And for the most part I get normal eggs and they are super hard.
  7. FireflyTX

    All eggs layed then 2 soft shells...seems weird

    No stress, my chickens have it made. They did come from a feed store so who knows.....They seem ok. I am trying to figure out who did it but with everyone laying it's hard to figure out LOL!
  8. FireflyTX

    All eggs layed then 2 soft shells...seems weird

    I had all 11 of my chickens lay eggs within 24 hours and yet overnight they layed 2 soft shells within that same 24 hours. I get a few soft shells here and there and never concerned cause my babies are only 6 and 7 months old and almost all my eggs are hard as rocks. How the heck does that...
  9. FireflyTX

    Chicken not laying

    I have 6 acres so it might be tough to find. Kind of why I am thinking keeping her up for a few days.
  10. FireflyTX

    Chicken not laying

    So is keeping her penned up an option? To figure out if she is actually laying and I just can't find them. And to confirm, if she's not acting sick or weird, she's ok? This is my biggest concern since this is my daughter's chicken.
  11. FireflyTX

    Chicken not laying

    All the sudden my Buff stopped laying. She is about 7 months and was laying very consistently until last week in the nesting box. Everyone else is laying just fine. She is not acting strange or sick. Should I be concerned? Should I quarantine her to see if she is laying and possibly she has been...
  12. FireflyTX

    Bobcat attack - injured chicken question

    Just thought I would give an update. She made it through three night and is eating a drinking and walking just fine. The wound is huge though and praying infection stays away. She is quarantined in a cage with rags for bedding and I check other a lot to change any poo poo messes. Every morning I...
  13. FireflyTX

    Bobcat attack - injured chicken question

    I have a flock of now 9 13 week old and 7 7 week old. Something started picking my chickens off one by one starting with 2 of the smaller and then 1 of the bigger. That one left a trail into the woods and I searched to see what it was and I guess I spooked the bobcat out as it left the wood and...
  14. FireflyTX

    Baby Chick Spraddle leg

    I tried putting another chick with her. They are not having it. I can't tell if she is just figuring out to get around or it's actually getting better. My gut is telling me to keep her separate and brace it. Every time I put her back with the rest she just gets pushed around and she just hobbles...
  15. FireflyTX

    Baby Chick Spraddle leg

    This is actually an improvement over the last day. And even a bit since I braced to her other leg. So maybe just keep taking her out to feed and water and put her back with her sisters w no brace? Or brace and separate. Her toes will curl around my finger ok with no issue. And no crying when I...
  16. FireflyTX

    Baby Chick Spraddle leg

    I have a 5 day old chick with what i believe she has is spraddle leg, For a few days I have just been taking her out of the brooder several times a day to make sure she drinks and eats. She seems completly fine other than the fact she won't put weight on the one leg and she holds it out but it...
  17. FireflyTX

    When to take away heat plate

    So tonight and tomorrow night it will dip below 50. After that it should stay above 50 at night. Daytime is no problem. I am in Texas and it is already 70-80 during the day. I am attaching pictures of my chicks since you all may be better to tell me where I am at with age. I a guessing they are...
  18. FireflyTX

    When to take away heat plate

    My chicks are 4 weeks old and THRIVING! I put them out in the coop last week with their Brinsea Ecoglow heat plate. They come out during the day in the small run I made them and they just love going in and out of the coop. I live in Texas and right now it's about 80-85 during the day and temps...
  19. FireflyTX

    Raising Chicks & Ducks in the same coop

    So are they shut in their coop at night? Mine will be as they will be pasture raised. I'm sure they will need water overnight.
  20. FireflyTX

    Raising Chicks & Ducks in the same coop

    I have 10 baby chicks and next Monday they will be 4 weeks old and going out in the coop with their Brinsea Ecoglow heat plate. After I remove the heat plate I was going to get 2 baby ducks and put them in my make shift brooder that I raised the chicks. I was going to get them to about 3-4 weeks...
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