California - Northern

[Miss Molly]

just soaked her for 30 mins, nothing gave

Chooklet is coming over this afternoon to drain fluid with me 

poor Barbara

Cheryl, I'm so sorry about your hen. I will keep her in my thoughts...

 

[WildflowerJLH]

Today while at the doctors office, I was changing into a examination shirt and realized I had a egg in my pocket. WHO DOES THAT! I very very careful to get it home in One piece...after all it was a isbar egg...

Not at the Drs office, but I forget I have eggs in my pocket ALL THE TIME! One time, when we were butchering some meat that we had allowed to grow a little longer, we found the egg that she would have laid that day. Husband put it in his pocket and forgot about it until he broke it in there!

 

[WildflowerJLH]

Betty is officially broody. When we opened the coop doors this morning she was in the lay box. When I passed out treats this afternoon she remained in the lay box. When I checked under her butt for eggs she stayed in the lay box (growling). Tonight it was pitch dark and all the chickens were roosting Betty was STILL in the lay box. Yay! She has 4-5 eggs under her now. Do they take care of themselves? Like potty, eat and drink? Should I ever freshen up her bedding? I'm so excited - my first broody hatch!

I have a broody, too! One of my BOs from last spring started sitting on 1/14. I have not looked under her, yet, because she is not in a laying box. A bunch of the girls had picked their own laying spot in the barn, and I did not feel the need to break them of laying there, but now that she is broody in there, it is not very accessible. I did find a freshly laid warm egg in another box the day after she started sitting, so I added that one under her.

Will I need to move her to keep the chicks safe from the rest of the flock? We let a broody sit last year, but she abandoned the next after 18 days. Not exactly ready for this, but I don't want to discourage her!

Cheryl, please keep us posted on Barbara's progress

 

[capayvalleychick]

 

[WildflowerJLH]

LOL! Thanks for sharing!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

That's hilarious!!! Took me awhile to figure it out, but I did!

 

[debs_flock]

Quote:

Ah, that was ALWAYS one of my favorite Farsides, had it hanging on the wall at my office LONG before I got back into chickens.

I think this is right up there as another all-time favorite.

Deb

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Ah, that was ALWAYS one of my favorite Farsides, had it hanging on the wall at my office LONG before I got back into chickens.

I think this is right up there as another all-time favorite.

Deb

I love The Far Side... Gary Larson is toooo funny!

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I can't believe how hard it is to find black copper marans hens or pullets around here! I've been looking for a month and no luck everyone wants to keep them, even their culls:/ I need another project haha. My husband is on a 4 hour trip to pick up my silver laced wyandottes! That might keep me busy for a bit

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

I know lots of people use shavings or paper towels when they brood chicks in a container. I use clean potting soil (with no fertilizer). It's easy to use, the chicks love to dust in it, and it warms up quickly. Since it already has sandy particles in it, I don't need to worry about pasty butts.

Anybody else use it?