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Oh how cute! There's zebras! I was about 125 before I had my son. I lost the baby weight and got down to 110. Basically just bones. With my ranch job I put on weight but its muscle mass. I come from a line of hefty ladies too. My mom keeps saying just wait just wait you'll get it too. It runs in the family. I tell get no I won't. I eat to healthily and get too much exercise to gain that weight. Your daughter is beautiful btw. And her son looks adorable too. How old is he? Looks about the same age as my son. He is turning 5 on the 15th. I can't believe he starts school this year. Holy gatos where did the time go?
LadyKotaDoria said:
I know what you mean. I'm 5'4" and a truck driver. I was 125-130# got it all the time. Went down to 115# I looked like death, I enjoyed putting wieght on. My family line has mostly hefty woman, I have joined them, I'm not happy about that. Apparently not unhappy enough to do anything about it and stop eating goods. My youngest has had 2 children, tried to keep the baby fat, but lost it. She can't keep wieght on. When in high school we were at the mall and I heard people talking about that pure anarchic girl. My daughter then took out a half eaten candy bar and finished it. To this day she keeps safety pins, just in case.
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I am amassed at how strong she is.
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I have baby pics to share today!! Shared these on a couple of my fav threads so apologize if you've already seen them elsewhere. Took these over the weekend when it was nice and sunny - no wind for a change. Let all the big girls and boys out to free-range so the babies could have the run for a couple hours. Still working on building the grow-out pen for them. They range in age from approximately 3-6 weeks and will be going outside all together permanently by the end of the week.



Splash checking out the big girls house.



Monsoon found something yummy in the deep litter.



Interesting place for Wildflower to decide to dust-bathe and nap - LOL



I'm saving this one for a caption contest - "Dude - you dead?"







My big girl Red "Esther" is the fav of all the boys and she decided my daughter's head was the best place to fly to get away.




Is this normal comb and wattle size for a 6 week blue cochin? I will be sooo upset if she turns out to be a boy. I only have one and I have been wanting one for a while. I will post this on the cochin thread too but thought you guys might have some opinions...
 
Gallo del Cielo said:
I think you can expect some pecking whenever you add new members to an existing flock. The trick is to know the right point to intervene. Also, all things being equal, the younger birds will most likely be lower in the hierarchy and the older birds will work to make sure they stay there.
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Arizonachicken said:
Good to know about the radishes! I have a ton in my garden right now.

In my experience, as long as the new hens are about the same size as the others, and there is room for the new ones to get away, they will work it out. With my last batch of chicks, I let the young ones free range with the older hens for a week or two. They'd get pecked, but could run away. So they pretty much established their place before they were cooped together. There still was pecking (nothing serious) but I just had to walk away and let them sort it out. I don't know if you have a rooster, but he seemed to help. He would protect the ones who were getting picked on...he kept the older hens in check. Just as long as there's no serious pecking, i.e. drawing blood, it'll sound and look worse than it is. It's all part of being a chicken.

As far as if there will always be pecking, yes. Just a peck here and there when someone gets out of place. There's a definite social structure.
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Demosthine said:
Depending on the breeds, there may be a good amount of pecking order issues. It has seemed like we've added something every month and only had minor issues, though. It's was the worst at night trying to get them all in the coop.

We just let them hash it out, with very minor intervention. Some say if you sneak them in late at night, it'll help things go better. Others recommend putting your small ones in a kennel inside the coop or run. That will let them get acquainted through a barrier and may ease the integration.

On rare occassion, it may just never work. Watch them all and see if there is a particular ring leader. Old timers are serious breeders seem to recommend culling these mean ones for the betterment of the flock. For breeding, you also want the docile traits, so culling also helps your future lineage.
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Thanks for chiming in.
The new ones are about 3 weeks younger and half the size of the older girls. They have been in a kennel/mini run inside the other run so all of the birds have been seeing each other and talking, just not integrated, for the last 3+ weeks. I do not have a rooster, not allowed, unfortunately. I think I'll just bite the bullet next weekend and integrate the new girls. Hopefully there won't be any blood.
 
MaddBaggins said:
Thanks for chiming in.
The new ones are about 3 weeks younger and half the size of the older girls. They have been in a kennel/mini run inside the other run so all of the birds have been seeing each other and talking, just not integrated, for the last 3+ weeks. I do not have a rooster, not allowed, unfortunately. I think I'll just bite the bullet next weekend and integrate the new girls. Hopefully there won't be any blood.
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I think you'll find your girls are surprisingly hardy and that things will go well. Give it a couple of days to a week to calm down.
 
Arizonachicken said:
How many hatched? Did you use an incubator or hen? How many eggs did you set? I know you mentioned it all before, but I forget!
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Incubator.. I wish a hen would go broody!! One of my dearest friends lost about 4 of her old hens.. We donated
18 for a shool project. Have 9 so far.. By next Monday I will know how many have hatched.. The teacher is keeping
the chicks till Monday .. 21 more at her home.. So far about 15 have hatched . Still waiting on the rest.. We have the majority going to new
homes.. Our neighbor came by and got their 10 this morning..
There is more black ones than other colors. They all have an extra toe, even the yellow leg ones..
 
As it would be Loraine has gone broody. I just went out back to add some new bedding to a
nest.. Low and be hold there she is still in one of the coziest spots..
Guess who will have babie chicks in about 20 days ;)

So any of you out there want to have your own babies, just hatch some in a incubator.
Then one of your hen's will go broody..

There is nothing like hand raising them. They are just so much more adorable, docile and
you can teach them special words like bugs & treat.. What other words schould we teach them?
 

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