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[debs_flock]

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It's now in it's window to hatch

They have an incubation period of 26-29 days, that would be today through Tuesday. When I candled it on Friday night I didn't see anything, although the veining still looked good. When I candled it last night, I did see some movement and the egg is fairly full looking.

But I definitely know where the old adage "don't count your chickens before they hatch" comes from. I've seen many a seemingly perfect egg that just doesn't hatch

And I HATE to assist them and find I was too early or too late!

 

[lawatt]

hopefully she returns but you never know. Dusk is the worse time for chickens disappearing

it actually wasn't dusk, the fog started blowing in around 6pm last night, so i put all the chicklets in their pens early.

I'm sorry. A hawk is the most likely culprit.

I'd think the same, except that the only other time a hawk has tried to take one of them (last december), they all SCREAMED and flipped out and then wouldn't come out of their hiding places for several hours (and the hawk missed, they were all accounted for once they got over the fright) -- i'm not sure how one could have taken her so stealthily? the teen-aged gang of chicklets (all 11-14 weeks-ish) hangs fairly tightly together, so it's strange that she could have been nabbed & no one else got alarmed. but it would also be strange for her just to wander off...

 

[lawatt]

on the plus side, i was able to confirm my suspicion yesterday that the chickens are eating the young poison oak leaves, trying to re-sprout from an area under the oaks that got weed-whacked earlier this summer -- they won't eat big established leaves, but the little ones they are chowing on. so convenient!

 

[ChickNmamma]

on the plus side, i was able to confirm my suspicion yesterday that the chickens are eating the young poison oak leaves, trying to re-sprout from an area under the oaks that got weed-whacked earlier this summer -- they won't eat big established leaves, but the little ones they are chowing on. so convenient!

OOooooooh! Poison oak eating chickens! I wonder if eating their eggs will allow you to develop an immunity to poison oak, like drinking goat's milk from goats that are eating poison oak does.

I think I may have to fence off a part of the hill from predators and let the chickens have a go at that poison oak!

 

[ronott1]

it actually wasn't dusk, the fog started blowing in around 6pm last night, so i put all the chicklets in their pens early.


I'd think the same, except that the only other time a hawk has tried to take one of them (last december), they all SCREAMED and flipped out and then wouldn't come out of their hiding places for several hours (and the hawk missed, they were all accounted for once they got over the fright) -- i'm not sure how one could have taken her so stealthily? the teen-aged gang of chicklets (all 11-14 weeks-ish) hangs fairly tightly together, so it's strange that she could have been nabbed & no one else got alarmed. but it would also be strange for her just to wander off...

We only have fog in Woodland in the winter when the wind is not blowing too hard.

I hope she shows up!

 

[lizanne]

Liz you can do it for a while but those huge marans will crush the buttons snuggling soon so be careful.

Thanks. I guess I'll have to separate them soon. Right now the quail think the chicks are their mama's. They run around under them, and cuddle up under their wings.

 

[lawatt]

We only have fog in Woodland in the winter when the wind is not blowing too hard.

I hope she shows up!

my house is often ABOVE the fog, like this morning -- but sometimes when the fog bank gets high enough we are IN it, and then the fog condenses on the oak leaves and it rains underneath the trees...

 

[lawatt]

OOooooooh! Poison oak eating chickens! I wonder if eating their eggs will allow you to develop an immunity to poison oak, like drinking goat's milk from goats that are eating poison oak does.

I think I may have to fence off a part of the hill from predators and let the chickens have a go at that poison oak!

i hadn't thought of that! although i don't exactly want to test the theory out, in case it doesn't... they aren't eating lots of it (like a goat would), but i had wondered why the poison oak that got weed-whacked was growing back so slowly -- i think the chickens are nipping the very-young leaves while they're scratching in that area for bugs...

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Well then you might want to be careful handling them if you are allergic to poison oak - because it will be on their undersides and their feet.

Once I get my area cordoned off I can test it for you - but I do know homeopathic works similarly. A very tiny dose of the irritant on the inside will build your immunity to it. Some people used to eat pieces of young poison oak leaves but I think that is too high a dosage.

I use the homeopathic tablets anytime I get into that nasty stuff. I used to get it really badly - whole arm swollen, red, pussy and itching from just brushing against it. Now I get a bump - or a welt (if I smacked myself with a stick) and I take my tablets when it starts to itch - wash it off with Tecnu and forget I ever had it. If I really got into it (pulling it up by the roots with bare hands, for example

(yes, I did that once by mistake)) then maybe I will have to take the tablets for a day or so. Much better than before!

 

[lawatt]

Well then you might want to be careful handling them if you are allergic to poison oak - because it will be on their undersides and their feet.

Once I get my area cordoned off I can test it for you - but I do know homeopathic works similarly. A very tiny dose of the irritant on the inside will build your immunity to it. Some people used to eat pieces of young poison oak leaves but I think that is too high a dosage.

I use the homeopathic tablets anytime I get into that nasty stuff. I used to get it really badly - whole arm swollen, red, pussy and itching from just brushing against it. Now I get a bump - or a welt (if I smacked myself with a stick) and I take my tablets when it starts to itch - wash it off with Tecnu and forget I ever had it. If I really got into it (pulling it up by the roots with bare hands, for example

(yes, I did that once by mistake)) then maybe I will have to take the tablets for a day or so. Much better than before!

none of my birds appreciate being handled, so i'm not in too much danger there... although i KNOW my cats run through it now and then, and i've never gotten it from them, so perhaps i'm less reactive to it than i think (i've managed to avoid getting it since having a bad case in 6th grade). but that's good to know, just in case! i tried looking on-line about poison oak/ivy and eggs, but don't see anything one way or another...