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[mg15]

@mg15 -- I have seen other posts about scabbing on hens too. I will ad pictures.
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mg, what CAUSED the scabbing? Something new I haven't heard of in chickens?

I don't know. I am hoping this regimen wipes them out !

 

[mg15]

@mg15 -- I have seen other posts about scabbing on hens too. I will ad pictures.
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mg, what CAUSED the scabbing? Something new I haven't heard of in chickens?

Well I don't really know. So the second vet said her skin could not grow follicles and s would not be able to grow skin. She is soaking daily and put on silver sulfadizine.

 

[shroomie]

Hi! I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I'm looking to get some free hens . Located in the bay area and can pick up.

 

[Sylvester017]

@shroomie -- there are often posts for free birds but sometimes not. Good luck &

 

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@InCal Chick

How's everyone doing? What's new? Do you all still have poultry? This year is my first year hatching turkey eggs and I am pretty excited.

Still here, and my 8 pullets from last spring have now all "graduated" to full hen-dom! I've had no time lately to hang out on BYC since our daughter and 2 very small kids moved in with us in March... The 3 year old loves the chickens and is learning how to gently pet them and give treats.

So, hi, everyone, from far northern Cal's redwood coast where spring has definitely sprung now. Love reading your chicken news!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

The weather in the SF Bay Area has been wonderful!

My three hens are doing well. Maybe going to add a few more to our flock next Spring.

 

[Sylvester017]

@Nifty-Chicken -- very good to stagger hen additions -- when one age group slows down egg production the new hens pick up the slack -- plus the younger hens learn from the elders -- and all birds young or old are great for the garden, fertilizing it and foraging for insects. However, all OUR birds are for pure pet entertainment and therapy with eggs being a side bonus that you don't quite get from a dog or a cat

 

[Nikon]

How's everyone doing? What's new? Do you all still have poultry? This year is my first year hatching turkey eggs and I am pretty excited.

We built a new coop for a new flock spring/summer for 7 random hens and are about to add 5 more because we're crazy.

Our original flock went through a massacre years and years ago, first neighbor's dog and then a coyote.

New flock conists of and given by a family member from their massive order:

Buff Orpington
Cochin
Crazy Cackle Toppy ( currently broody and def crazy)
Fayumi
Australorp
Cackle hatchery AustraWhite
Buff Brahma

Adding:
Americauna
Olive Egger
Copper Marans
Blue laced red Wyandotte
Light Brahma

 

[casportpony]

We built a new coop for a new flock spring/summer for 7 random hens and are about to add 5 more because we're crazy.

Our original flock went through a massacre years and years ago, first neighbor's dog and then a coyote.

New flock conists of and given by a family member from their massive order:

Buff Orpington
Cochin
Crazy Cackle Toppy ( currently broody and def crazy)
Fayumi
Australorp
Cackle hatchery AustraWhite
Buff Brahma

Adding:
Americauna
Olive Egger
Copper Marans
Blue laced red Wyandotte
Light Brahma

Congrats on a new coop and new chickens! Those are all great breeds. Make sure you get pictures!

 

[casportpony]

How eggciting! You will need to come back and update with pictures.

Still a chicken tender here. 5 hens & 2 five week old chicks; are they even considered chicks anymore?!

How's the weather over there?

I do need to get some pictures! Lol, I call them chicks for many weeks!

Turkey poults are fun to hatch! Did you hatch a couple of chicks with them? The chicks act as tutors and help show the poults to eat and drink water. Poults need more help with that!

They are fun and I did okay. Set 40 eggs and 34 hatched. I've had poults before, so I knew about putting a chick in with them, but thanks for mentioning it.

No pictures at the moment but can take some. I had Showgirls, silkies, olive eggers and Lavender Ameraucana

DO get some pictures and if they not over a month old, enter the Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Incubator!

roadtrips are fun! Especially when there’s something fun and exciting involved

I always take one with me when I'm running errands like Home Depot. They are emotional support chickens

I used to take my peachick to Tractor Supply with me. I did this until he was six months old.

Ove still got much ducks and geese. I’m not planning on more but who knows where flock life might take me this year.

I have a bunch too. What breeds do you have?

Still at it! Been times where I thought I should take a break, but I still have mine. My oldest hens are 10. My hen that you helped me with many years ago is still alive and a bit cranky now lol. We are upgrading the coop this weekend so that should be a fun project.

Wow, 10 is old. Glad to hear the one I helped you with is still alive and doing well. What sort of coop upgrades are you making?

Doing well here! In the thick of chick season and too many living in my house Someday hope to have enough space for a turkey or two! For now making do with lots of bantam chickens and 4-H!

What types of chicks are you doing? 4-H is a wonderful program, I wish I had had the opportunity.

Hi castorpony!!!!. Long long time...
I still have hens and one rooster.
Iam trying to make headway with our 12 year old Japanese bantam. She has a whole breast of scabbing. Took her to a chicken Veterinarian he her skin is never going to return normally.
But I Soak her in Iodine and skin antiseptic. Then dry to put on silver sulfadizine.
I have seen other posts about scabbing on hens too. I will ad pictures.

Long time! A couple of mine have scabs like that from their perch. What does she perch on?

Ups and downs and ups.

Ups: currently getting an average of 7-8 eggs daily from various birds - 11 chicken hens, one duck hen. I'm a victim of my own bad chicken math. Excess eggs are inexpensively sold to friends to offset feed costs.

Downs: Buddy the dog is a confirmed chicken murderer, with 6 kills to his name. The first 5 are on me - I fell asleep early one afternoon, only to find 4 carcasses, one head, and two feet. This isn't the worst of it. A month or so later either a bear, or my cursed feral goat busted through my poultry netting. Result: 9 missing birds, one heavily injured bird (who managed to survive and currently is a good layer). The only loss since was due to a suicidal hen flying into Buddy the Chicken Murderer's pen.

Ups: 4 more golden layer ducklings and two (male/female) Toulouse goslings are spending warm days outside, nights inside. They are so naive, they follow Buddy the Chicken Murderer around like he's a parent. While he surely thinks of them as just super special squeaky toys. NO, he does not get unsupervised visitation with them.

Sidenote - anyone in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area that wants an 8 month old absolutely gorgeous Lavender Orpington rooster - contact me via PM. He needs to go very soon, as I'm two roosters too many, and my hens are taking a bit of a beating.

Glad you're getting lots of eggs and a little money to help offset the cost of feed.

Dang, sorry about your losses.

Congrats on the ducklings and goslings! Get lots of pictures!

If you're ever in the Gilroy area, I could take your rooster.

Wow! Sriously long time! How are you?

Hi! Thanks for the tag. I still have seven hens. My oldest, one of the originals, is eight. The youngest two are going on four. I’m thinking of a few chicks this year, and if I get some, they will be from Alchemist Farm in Sebastopol.

Time flys! I can't believe your oldest is eight.

I had an NPIP Silkie breeder who called her birds "chicks" 'til they were 6 months old! We call our youngest birds in the flock "chicks" all the time even if they're 2 or 3 years old -- if they are the youngest then they're always "chicks" to us!

I call my peafowl peachicks until they are a year old. Once they are a year, I call them yearlings. Ducklings are ducklings until they feather out. Once feathered out, I call them juveniles.

Yep, I still have chickens. I used to have only Buff Orpingtons but now my flock of 5 is 2 ameraucana (probably easter eggers), Plymouth rock, black australorp and welsummer. More colorful eggs and easier to see who is having issues based on egg laying habits.
I don't have quails anymore but I might hatch some in the future once we get a power outlet set up for outside. I'm not brooding chicks indoors anymore, too smelly!

That's nice mix of breeds! Good point on the egg color making it easier to spot problems. Brooding indoors does get pretty smelly.

Hi there! I just had new chicks in the brooder for a week when I had to get emergency surgery for an infected gallbladder, then complications… Just got back home yesterday. My family is learning all about taking care of my critters (sheep, chickens, chicks) while I lay in bed and direct… to top it off, sheep stall needs mucking out very soon… Frankly I‘d much rather be doing all that myself than being sick .

So sorry to hear that you had to have surgery. I hope you feel better soon and that your family can learn how to do your animal chores. Like you, I'd rather be out doing stuff than sick in bed.
Get well soon!

Hi! I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I'm looking to get some free hens . Located in the bay area and can pick up.

I have some fully feathered mixed-breed chicks that I'll sell cheaply.

Still here, and my 8 pullets from last spring have now all "graduated" to full hen-dom! I've had no time lately to hang out on BYC since our daughter and 2 very small kids moved in with us in March... The 3 year old loves the chickens and is learning how to gently pet them and give treats.

So, hi, everyone, from far northern Cal's redwood coast where spring has definitely sprung now. Love reading your chicken news!

Sounds like you got your hands full!

The weather in the SF Bay Area has been wonderful!

My three hens are doing well. Maybe going to add a few more to our flock next Spring.

The weather has been so nice!

Have you though about what you might get?