California - Northern

[Miss Molly]

:cd Way to go Broody!

Are the Chocolate Orps good layers? 

Well... to be Honest, she had only been laying a few month before she went Broody.
All of my other Orpintons lay pretty good. I Imagine she will do the same...

 

[liz9910]

Hi Liz, There is a Dealer in Modesto: I am using the Freedom feed now and like Petrock(Deb) said, they are laying like crazy and the eggs are very nice looking and tasting.

Thanks Ron I will give them a call

 

[capayvalleychick]

I do have an extra breeding pair of slates, if you were interested just jumping in.

Ooooooooohhhhhhh....... I'll have to pm you.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Those are beyond cute!

 

[SilkieRose]

My little lady, Benina, modeling her new spring dress!! She is a perfect model

-My Coturnix Quail are on lockdown tonight!!! 33 eggs, but I've had some temp issues so I'm hoping for at least 10

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I also have an RIR who seemed to be sitting a lot- 5 months old- I took her out & she was walking like she was drunk. She's normally a sketchy runner & she could barely keep her head off the ground. I deduced that her right wing is broken. I think that she must have gotten caught up the last time she was out free ranging. Poor thing. I splinted her wing to her side with vet wrap & giving her some vitamins, electrolytes, higher protein & just making sure she can get to the food/water. What else can I do?

 

[Deerling]

It's 4am and I'm up! I've got five babies in the brooder, seven in the incubator and one having a difficult hatch that I'm hands-offing for now, but not going back to bed until she gets the strength to give her eggshell hat the old heave-ho. I want to get some of the chicks out of there and check on this little one, she's fully zipped but has been resting a long time, but I don't have a spray bottle. I wasn't worried too much before because humidity was getting really high with so many babies hatching, but right now it's steady at 75% and I don't know how much it would go down if I open it up. I think there is one or two pips in there still. Two of my store bought eggs have hatched!

Freedom Feed sounds great! I asked about King Feed locally and they said the same thing about how many pallets they have to order. When I looked on the website I think I saw somewhere you can buy it in Sonoma, which would be worth the drive. The Freedom Feed sounds great, though, maybe I should try that. I wonder if it's for sale around here.

That silkie in the dress is so cute! Where is she off to in that getup? Our Silkies are just babies, but we love them (and their marans buddy) so much. I'm excited for them to grow up and be big fluffy butts.

I'm sorry about your RIR. Others here will have better advice, but I just wanted to say it sounds like you've done really well by her and I hope she feels better soon.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Good morning everyone.

Deerling, I have wet a paper towel and put it in the incubator when I needed to get a chick. It seems to me their personalaties start early, each one is an individual and comes into the world in their own style - I wish they knew how hard that is for us observing. It has gotten easier for me but...my whole 3 hatches under my belt.

I loaded the EOs last night. This will be my first try incubating shipped eggs in an incubator. I had broodies the last timeI ordered eggs. I will check in a few days to see if there is any change in the air cells or if I can find them at all on the porous eggs. The shells don't seem thin, just really spotted and more spots on the large end of course.

Looks like we have another pair of hawks trying to nest somewhere close. The sharp-shin pair has been here for years but while working outside lately there is another pair calling and flying around. I haven't ID'd them yet but my big girls are not happy with the reduced free time!

Good luck with getting the wing mended SilkieRose. They are amazingly tough creatures and we have such a knowdelgable group to draw advice from I'm sure she'll be fixed up soon.

 

[ronott1]

My little lady, Benina, modeling her new spring dress!! She is a perfect model

-My Coturnix Quail are on lockdown tonight!!! 33 eggs, but I've had some temp issues so I'm hoping for at least 10

.
I also have an RIR who seemed to be sitting a lot- 5 months old- I took her out & she was walking like she was drunk. She's normally a sketchy runner & she could barely keep her head off the ground. I deduced that her right wing is broken. I think that she must have gotten caught up the last time she was out free ranging. Poor thing. I splinted her wing to her side with vet wrap & giving her some vitamins, electrolytes, higher protein & just making sure she can get to the food/water. What else can I do?

When I read walking like she was drunk I though of the initial Mareks infection.

It sounds like you are doing the right things for her!

I hope she gets better soon.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Good morning everyone.



I loaded the EOs last night. This will be my first try incubating shipped eggs in an incubator. I had broodies the last timeI ordered eggs. I will check in a few days to see if there is any change in the air cells or if I can find them at all on the porous eggs. The shells don't seem thin, just really spotted and more spots on the large end of course.

Looks like we have another pair of hawks trying to nest somewhere close. The sharp-shin pair has been here for years but while working outside lately there is another pair calling and flying around. I haven't ID'd them yet but my big girls are not happy with the reduced free time!

Good luck with getting the wing mended SilkieRose. They are amazingly tough creatures and we have such a knowdelgable group to draw advice from I'm sure she'll be fixed up soon.

Boy hope it was not this guy

 

[lizanne]

Let me know if you want to get rid of a Wellsummer pullet!

We can only have a total of six chickens inside city limits. I brought home 4 last week....leaving room for 2 more.  LOL  I am thinking I will add a Wellsummer and then either an Australorp (anything but black!), Cochin or Barred Rock......oh, there are just too many choices.  My hubby already thinks I am nuts....

Does the the law where you live say anything about the age of the chicken? Where I am it is 10 chickens OVER six months of age (giant loophole). That means I can have as many baby chicks as I want, right?