Consolidated Kansas

[sunflowerparrot]

Thanks for all the support. Still having moments which I'm sure I will for a while. My one chicken that was pretty hurt didn't survive the night. Now I'm down to just 1. She is somewhat out of sorts and alone so I'm looking to re-home her. She's a blue laced red wyandotte right at 25 weeks old. She does have 1 small bite mark on her back & a few scratches, but she doesn't seemed bothered by them & I don't know how to treat them. If anyone is willing to adopt her I'd appreciate it. Just send me a private message & I'll get back with you.

Here is the last photo of Betty that I have so you can see what she looked like.

If you can't find her a home; she is more than welcomed to join my new and small flock. I have 2 hens (about 5 months old and not laying yet) and 1 rooster the same age. I just built a great coop and only have 3 chickens on the roost at night. I am in Winfield if you're interested. Maybe we could meet half way - let me know. Thanks!

 

[sunflowerparrot]

HEChicken, yeah who knows what a dog is thinking, but in the end she did end up with a bird both times & maybe the same one twice. She did not stop when I yelled repeatedly at her, the first time she went over to our old truck sitting out by the new coop & laid it down & the dogs were arguing over it. The 2nd time she ran from me towards the fence line & didn't stop until she finally dropped the bird when I told her to drop it. She absolutely knew she was in trouble because my DH saw her up by the house later & she looked sad like Uh Oh. I may want to get a shock collar & try that with her. I don't think she would be hard to train with one if it worked well enough.

I think it has been a week that we put my guineas in the grow-out coop - when can I open the hen door and let them out? I'm going to assume that once I let them out, they'll probably not return... but will hang out in the trees near the coops.
I was thinking waiting another week... what are your thoughts on this Trish?

 

[sunflowerparrot]

My little ducks! I let them play in the bathtub today with it half full for the first time. I was watching them every minute to make sure nobody was going to become endangered with the water level and no way to get out of the water. They LOVED having some depth to play in! How cute I let them play for about 10 minutes.. I think I'll start doing this every day with them. Not only does it give them practice with swimming, it sure helped clean out my tub!

 

[Hawkeye95]

HEChicken, yeah who knows what a dog is thinking, but in the end she did end up with a bird both times & maybe the same one twice. She did not stop when I yelled repeatedly at her, the first time she went over to our old truck sitting out by the new coop & laid it down & the dogs were arguing over it. The 2nd time she ran from me towards the fence line & didn't stop until she finally dropped the bird when I told her to drop it. She absolutely knew she was in trouble because my DH saw her up by the house later & she looked sad like Uh Oh. I may want to get a shock collar & try that with her. I don't think she would be hard to train with one if it worked well enough.

I like my shock collar-- works GREAT on my dog. The only down side is that they know when it's not on either. But as a learning technique, she will at least stop and pay attention to what you are saying.

If you can't find her a home; she is more than welcomed to join my new and small flock. I have 2 hens (about 5 months old and not laying yet) and 1 rooster the same age. I just built a great coop and only have 3 chickens on the roost at night. I am in Winfield if you're interested. Maybe we could meet half way - let me know. Thanks!

If you take her, be sure to treat her wounds with a triple antibiotics and I'd give her penicillin for a few days straight into the breast muscle. Dog bites can kill a chicken pretty darned fast. Atwoods has a bottle of Pen for pretty cheap-- it's about $11 I think? A package of syringes doesn't cost much either. I'd get her started asap.

 

[medawinks]

Still at school but am headed home, will try to read and catch up there. Have to ask now though in hopes of a response when I get home....

What does a broody silkie look like?

My DD's splash silkie has decided to sit with her tail in the air like she is laying an egg and will not get out of that position. I put her outside the nesting box and she still sits that way until I move away and she moves back into the nesting box.....

Is she egg bound or broody????

I hate to lose another one of my kids favorite pets......

 

[sunflowerparrot]

I like my shock collar-- works GREAT on my dog. The only down side is that they know when it's not on either. But as a learning technique, she will at least stop and pay attention to what you are saying.


If you take her, be sure to treat her wounds with a triple antibiotics and I'd give her penicillin for a few days straight into the breast muscle. Dog bites can kill a chicken pretty darned fast. Atwoods has a bottle of Pen for pretty cheap-- it's about $11 I think? A package of syringes doesn't cost much either. I'd get her started asap.

uhh - nevermind then - I'd have no idea how to do that.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Still at school but am headed home, will try to read and catch up there. Have to ask now though in hopes of a response when I get home....

What does a broody silkie look like?

My DD's splash silkie has decided to sit with her tail in the air like she is laying an egg and will not get out of that position. I put her outside the nesting box and she still sits that way until I move away and she moves back into the nesting box.....

Is she egg bound or broody????

I hate to lose another one of my kids favorite pets......

A broody silkie will fluff out-- wings out. They sort of hold their wings a bit away from their body and they start to pluck their breast bare. It's awful, they just pluck tons of feathers out and then plop themselves down and don't want to move. They won't get up but once a day to eat, drink and poop. If you notice that she continues to do this for more than a day and suddenly has HUGE-- and I mean.. HUGE poops... then she's broody.

Good luck getting her off that nest if she is. My silkies are baaaaaad about going broody. Mine just sit right down and spread themselves out. I have never seen one stand up or hunch over (and be broody)... maybe you just caught her when she was getting ready to lay or going for a practice run.

 

[sunflowerparrot]

I like my shock collar-- works GREAT on my dog. The only down side is that they know when it's not on either. But as a learning technique, she will at least stop and pay attention to what you are saying.

I bought Fern a shock collar (haven't used it yet..) but did put it on when I first got it and set it to vibrate mode. I fed the cats, walked inside and watched. Every time she went to eat the cat food, I'd push the vibrate button - I cracked up at her reaction - she turned around to see what was happening. Then she went back to the food - i pushed the button, she turned around - this went on for 5 minutes. She finally walked away lol

 

[sunflowerparrot]

Ducks! They had a blast with me putting more water for them the play/swim in than they've ever had yet... I might do this for them a few times a day with close supervision.. adorable!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3719343944587

 

[HEChicken]

Ducks! They had a blast with me putting more water for them the play/swim in than they've ever had yet... I might do this for them a few times a day with close supervision.. adorable!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3719343944587

It is fun, isn't it? When my muscovies were little, DD and I used to let them have a bath everyday. Muscovies are a little different than the mallard based ducks in that they don't like to swim as much, and don't really want to be out of their depth. Yet they have the same need to have water deep enough to clear the nostrils. We used to run the bath with enough water they could sit on the surface but still touch the bottom. They would dive under and splash water up over themselves and just have a blast. They always "emptied out" in the tub too - it was a mess at the end of every play session.

After they got moved outside, I put a kiddie wading pool out for them and keep 4-6" of water in it for them - they still get in it every day.