Frazzemrat1
Free Ranging
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Araucana thread anyone?
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I'll be putting Bonita back outside this afternoon when it stops raining. She is a lot more lively today. I think she would be happier outside. She isn't eating much but is drinking very well. I still don't exactly know what happened but I hope it doesn't happen again. Thank you, everyone, for your concern.
That’s great to hear! Keep us updated on how she does.
I have never wanted cockerel stew as badly as I did this morning! After dividing the coop THREE DIFFERENT TIMES this weekend (because either Mama broke through to the boys side or Buck made it over to the girls side) I thought I had everything sealed up because I hadn't had any trouble since Sunday. This morning I opened up the boy's side first, only Mano and DT came out. I could hear a ruckus within the coop so I opened up the girl's side and Buck was in there on top of my bantam pullet!
Now mind you this is 15 minutes before I leave for work, and its actually warm out so I didn't have on a jacket. So I wrestled with him awhile, finally got ahold of him and as I'm taking him around to the boy's side I'm thinking "why is he soaked underneath? Do chickens even sweat?" As I dropped him to the ground I notice what had to have been cecal poop all over my arms and hands! That tells me that little jerk slid underneath the bottom fence, which is about a 2" opening once all the straw is pushed away. I think it gave just enough to let him through.
Yesterday when I put Bonita back outside I noticed that really excited Buck. He had paired up with Bonita, so that is HIS girl. She acted scared of him when he danced at her through the fence so I'm wondering if he is responsible for the injury on her head and possibly hurting her during mating causing the laying issue??
At last glance everyone looked okay aside from ruffled feathers on their backs. Its my long day at work though so hopefully none of the pullets have any damage from him and everyone stays on their side of the coop and run. Sorry for the long rant, I just had to get that off my chest.
Cecal poops are the worst!
After dividing the coop THREE DIFFERENT TIMES this weekend (because either Mama broke through to the boys side or Buck made it over to the girls side) I thought I had everything sealed up because I hadn't had any trouble since Sunday. This morning I opened up the boy's side first, only Mano and DT came out. I could hear a ruckus within the coop so I opened up the girl's side and Buck was in there on top of my bantam pullet!
Now mind you this is 15 minutes before I leave for work, and its actually warm out so I didn't have on a jacket. So I wrestled with him awhile, finally got ahold of him and as I'm taking him around to the boy's side I'm thinking "why is he soaked underneath? Do chickens even sweat?" As I dropped him to the ground I notice what had to have been cecal poop all over my arms and hands! That tells me that little jerk slid underneath the bottom fence, which is about a 2" opening once all the straw is pushed away. I think it gave just enough to let him through.
Yesterday when I put Bonita back outside I noticed that really excited Buck. He had paired up with Bonita, so that is HIS girl. She acted scared of him when he danced at her through the fence so I'm wondering if he is responsible for the injury on her head and possibly hurting her during mating causing the laying issue??
At last glance everyone looked okay aside from ruffled feathers on their backs. Its my long day at work though so hopefully none of the pullets have any damage from him and everyone stays on their side of the coop and run. Sorry for the long rant, I just had to get that off my chest.
Is Buck one of the cull or keeper cockerels? When you brought Bonita inside the other day did you notice treading on her back from being mounted? I know that over zealous cockerels will mount pullets/hens so much that the feathers on their necks can get pulled out.
Buck is definitely a keeper. He's clean faced but he is the most correct as far as the SOP goes, and his head is BEAUTIFUL. Bonita didn't have any treading on her back, but she had a lot of "stains" on her tail feathers...if you know what I mean...Cecal poops are the worst!
Is Buck one of the cull or keeper cockerels? When you brought Bonita inside the other day did you notice treading on her back from being mounted? I know that over zealous cockerels will mount pullets/hens so much that the feathers on their necks can get pulled out.
Would putting the 2 pullets you got a few days ago in with the other pullets/hens be an option? So that you could put the 3 rowdy cockerels in the integration coop until you are ready for fertile eggs.
That's a really good idea. I'm not sure the integration coop is big enough for those three...and I'll have to run some silt fence across the dividing run (Cholo and his girls are on the other side), but I'll see what I can figure out. Thank you!
You need to post more pictures of your flock Trish.
If I had a decent camera I would. The camera on my phone SUCKS and my old digital camera is out of commission. Wish I had a nice Nikon but the one I want runs about $700! Plus I just got the bad news from my accountant yesterday I owe $1400 in taxes so that won't be happening anytime soon!You need to post more pictures of your flock Trish.
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