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[Adam7]

Hi, I believe I have just had some bad luck with an aggresive flock. We bought three adult chickens from a flock (where 40 birds have been killed because of aggression). We have culled the most aggresive one and separated the last two. One had been hurt pretty bad, but she is SO SWEET. She is my favorite chicken ever. She is an Orpington and so funny and sweet. I want her to go to a good home, but she is easily, easily bullied. She is currently healing up in a kennel in my garage. She looks pretty pathetic, but still sweet and perky as ever. She is an awesome egg layer. I believe she would do alright on her own to someone who could give her some TLC.

The other one is a Red Star. It's not that she is aggressive, just not a good combination with the already bullied and pecked at Orpington. She is a great egg layer.

Both are only a yearish old (told to us by the farmer we bought them from...I'm not chicken expert, but they are great egg layers)! I need two kind hearted people to take them. I refuse to sell them to someone who will not treat them well. I will cull them instead if needed. We are getting 5 new chicks next week.

I seen your add on CL this morning. Good luck finding your bird a home!

 

[theOliverofarm]

I found a good home for the healthy one! Now, to convince someone to take my sweet Cornbread off our hands. She is such a good chicken and my favorite.

 

[dennarahl]

So, I think I've figured out the broken egg mystery. I looked in the coop this morning, there was an egg and it was almost completely cracked all the way around, and frozen..Then a few hours later I found another egg, perfectly fine. So, I think what happened with the broken egg a few days ago was that it fell, got broken and the chickens ate it.
I can't get these girls to lay in the nest box...They lay where they are standing.

Update..we have 5 baby chicks! Even the ones from the green eggs look like the chicks from the cuckoo marans, hmmm. We shall see. e

the daddy is completely black, and the mommies are either the brown type of EE or the wheaten colored EEs. i can post pictures when i get home if you want.

 

[dennarahl]

So I put my lamp on a timer. It will shut off for 30 minutes 4 times during the day. What other ways are there to ween them off the lamp? Is it to early to start weening them? (1st week)

They start chirping up a storm when the lamp cuts off. Is this ok?

does the place theyre in get any daylight? if so the easiest way to wean the light is turn it off during the day and let night come naturally. if you cant do that, when theyre good at ambient temp you'll just have to take away the light. dont worry about weaning them off, they'll get used to it in a day or two. ive had to do both ways.

 

[coloradogal]

the daddy is completely black, and the mommies are either the brown type of EE or the wheaten colored EEs. i can post pictures when i get home if you want.

I noticed the same thing from my black marans roo and my cuckoo marans and ee mix hatchlings. They all look very much alike coming out of the shell. They have the white tipped on the wing and the spot on the head. that's part of why I got so excited when any of them looked different at all.

 

[chlskt]

Anyone have any problems with the new chicks getting covered in yolk and seeming not to dry when hatched? I have one that seems sticky, any ideas on how to fix this and clean them without killing them from cold?

 

[Dnetschke]

does the place theyre in get any daylight? if so the easiest way to wean the light is turn it off during the day and let night come naturally. if you cant do that, when theyre good at ambient temp you'll just have to take away the light. dont worry about weaning them off, they'll get used to it in a day or two. ive had to do both ways.

They get mid to late daylight. So maybe I'll cut the lights off late day to night time.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Anyone have any problems with the new chicks getting covered in yolk and seeming not to dry when hatched? I have one that seems sticky, any ideas on how to fix this and clean them without killing them from cold?

I had one hatch with the yoke sac still hanging out. I kept it in the brooder an extra two days in a little tub with a moist paper towel in the bottom. Then I moved it to the brooder and neosporined what was still exposed two or three times a day for a few days to keep it moist and infection free.

If the yoke sac is broken that's a different issue though and definantly Not Good. My immediate reflex would be to seperate the injured chick and neosporin the heck out of the injured area but I haven't dealt with that level of issue before.

Good luck...

 

[suncatcher]

Quote: Check outside, maybe little pebbles in your yard would work. I too was thinking if it happened to me, what could I use??

 

[dennarahl]

Anyone have any problems with the new chicks getting covered in yolk and seeming not to dry when hatched? I have one that seems sticky, any ideas on how to fix this and clean them without killing them from cold?

Definitely check where their "bellybutton" is, and make sure it's normal and not a gaping wound or anything weird. If everything seems OK, then its probably fine to clean up. Work in a really warm area, having the baby under a heat lamp works well. Use REALLY warm water, darn near hot. Use a wet cotton ball, paper towel, q-tips or whatever works best. You don't want it to be drenched, just wet. Rub the fuzz gently and try not to get the baby so wet the fuzz wets down to the skin. If you find its only get clean when it gets really wet in a spot, just do little spots at a time so he's not wet all over all at once. My experience is cleaning stubborn pasty bums and this seems to work for me. When its really stubborn I cradle the baby in my hand and just soak the little bum in water, keeping the rest of the body dry. I've never had a problem with the babies getting chilled because they stay under a heat lamp the whole time.