2020 Flock Life

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

  • Chicken

    Votes: 90 54.2%

  • Egg

    Votes: 55 33.1%

  • Neither

    Votes: 21 12.7%
  • Total voters
    166
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hi everyone, excuse me for the absence..i've been very busy in trying to making a daily routine...
finally the feeding arrived at home (whoa) with a green bowl (i ordered a RED bowl but received green :rant:rant:ranti don't like that green at all, my favourite colour is red:gig)
even my silkie is concerning about that horrible colour
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but they eat again now. :)


:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs@MysticUniKitty i'm very very sorry for your losses,you are a great chicken owner.
what beautiful saddles!
 
MysticUniKitty said:
Well .... I guess the littles aren't doing good after all. Had three up and die today. One may have been to crop obstruction but the other two looked completely healthy and running around like normal yesterday. Though it was 90 degrees and the oldest put the food and waterer up on a taller brick so some couldn't get to it good. But to be safe I also started corid dosage for them since they are at the right age for that.
Lost my black EE, speckled Lakeshore Egger, and one of my Barnevelders.
We're all just kinda sad right now...

But I did get some fabric from my mom and was able to start work on making hen saddles as Sundae and Hershey are almost bald on their backs.

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Just waiting for the elastic to arrive, no one has it in store right now.
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EE and wynadotte boys.
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Kids looking ok hopefully we don't loose anymore.
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Big girls making a mess :gig
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I don't know where my first response went to this, maybe I forgot to hit enter...who knows!
I'm so sorry for the loss of your chicks 😪 ...I hate it when that happens! I also hope the rest of them make it!

I've never heard of hen saddles! We never had that problem with our Banty's! Do you have a pattern?
 
Waves said:
hi everyone, excuse me for the absence..i've been very busy in trying to making a daily routine...
finally the feeding arrived at home (whoa) with a green bowl (i ordered a RED bowl but received green :rant:rant:ranti don't like that green at all, my favourite colour is red:gig)
even my silkie is concerning about that horrible colour
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but they eat again now. :)


:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs@MysticUniKitty i'm very very sorry for your losses,you are a great chicken owner.
what beautiful saddles!
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Glad everything is good with you and you're back!

I'd be upset too as red is also my favorite color!
Great picture!:love
 
drstratton said:
I don't know where my first response went to this, maybe I forgot to hit enter...who knows!
I'm so sorry for the loss of your chicks 😪 ...I hate it when that happens! I also hope the rest of them make it!

I've never heard of hen saddles! We never had that problem with our Banty's! Do you have a pattern?
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thank you, I'm bummed i've lost so many this chick season, but it happens, plus that just means i need to hatch more :D

When you have the larger breeds it is more prone to happen, they had been good until just this past month, and it's just the australorps... i think this breed just doesn't have very thick back feathering so need a little more protection from my big heavy boy.
Yes! I got the pattern from here: https://timbercreekfarmer.com/how-to-make-a-hen-saddle-or-apron/

The pattern fits on a standard size piece of paper so it was easy to print off and cut out :)
 

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