What a sweety pie @ashncarson ! Love that it looks pretty much like a Mille Fleur d'Uccle, but white!!
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What a sweety pie @ashncarson ! Love that it looks pretty much like a Mille Fleur d'Uccle, but white!!
There is a cute picture of her on my facebook I took today that shows off her blue ears! she is a pretty girl, just needs a bath now. this was a older picture of her!What a sweety pie @ashncarson ! Love that it looks pretty much like a Mille Fleur d'Uccle, but white!!
oh I want some of those! beautiful!
So sorry to hear that you lost a chicken. We had that happen twice last year, with 2 chickens we had gotten together. I just went ahead and buried mine, not sure what had caused it. I know others would do more like the necropsy. Mine never showed any signs of anything either.One of our birds bit the dust (or, in this case, pine shavings) late this afternoon or this evening. I went out around 9:15 p.m. to lock down the coop. I shut the pop door then, when I opened the people door to go inside and put the stragglers up on the roost, I immediately noticed one of our 2-month-old Barred Plymouth Rock hens laid over dead. Not thinking, I began to walk down into the coop, but then I realized there may be a wild predator still in there, so I backed up, went out, and called in backup. My backup for the evening was my 14-year-old, 12-year-old (wielding a flowerbed edger), and my 10-year-old. My 8 year old decided she didn't want to see a dead chicken. I don't blame her. I carefully walked down into the coop first and made sure there was no wild predator. When all was clear, my 12-year-old came down in with me to do a more thorough double-check.
Nothing. There seems to be no external reason our sweet hen literally fell over dead. I brought her in and checked her out. She has no signs of any physical issues or stress. She also showed no signs of being ill before she died. This creeps me outa bita lot, because one of the signs a chicken has bird flu is a chicken suddenly falling down dead. [Gulp] I refuse to do an at-home necropsy on the hen. I never liked dissecting in biology lab, and I can't bring myself to open up one of my sweet hens. I don't know if I should just chalk it up to a freak deal, or report it and seek to have a necropsy done. I was especially disheartened, as I have to say that Barred Plymouth Rocks are quickly becoming quite possibly my favorite chicken breed because of their curious and loving disposition.
Oh trust me your garden looks great. I'm serious the weeds and grasses in mine are now 3 foot tall. Making a run to town to get the roundup just hasn't been in my schedule. I have been way too busy.Danz, haha i know the greenhouse feeling. My coop is my greenhouse, omg the weeds... I got a pic for you of my usually low weed garden.
Danz, I can see why you can't bear to sell off the games and ornamentals. Those are absolutely beautiful birds.
Thank you. I appreciate them for their beauty. I do wish they were a little more prolific though. A couple months a year to lay eggs sure doesn't pay for their keep.
coleco, this is the place for all whose friends have grown tired of listening to chicken talk!
So agreed!!!
My first batch of shipped Aloha eggs was a disaster. One managed a partial zip and quit, another had help out but it was malformed and didn't make it. I sure hope my next group nets something. It went into lockdown today. I didn't candle before lockdown. I normally do but I guess I just didn't want to know for sure how slim the odds were. This box was more damaged than the other and had more breakage so I don't know if I'll get anything of the whole production. Sigh.
So sorry about the eggs. I quit shipping in eggs quite a while back. I decided I was better off to pay for and have the chicks shipped cause at least you end up with something, even though it costs a fortune.
I have to smile reading this. I have had plans so many times that never came to fruition. I always seem to put the horse before the cart. I.e. ordering plants or bulbs before I have the garden bed ready. I used to run a landscape design business and had a wonderful yard full of flower beds. But that was with no chickens, no dogs etc etc. And I was younger and healthier. I can only dig out old pictures now to show how things used to be.@ashncarson
Ohhhh, it IS soooo EXCITING for me! lol I can hardly contain myself with the vision I have in my mind's eye!!
As long as your neighbors chickens are healthy I think I would do so.Hello all,been reading the past posts in here and have a question. I have 3, 9 week old silkies. I have a neighbor who has Polish chickens that are 3 weeks old was looking to take two of hers,is this not a good idea with everything that's going on?
One of our birds bit the dust (or, in this case, pine shavings) late this afternoon or this evening. I went out around 9:15 p.m. to lock down the coop. I shut the pop door then, when I opened the people door to go inside and put the stragglers up on the roost, I immediately noticed one of our 2-month-old Barred Plymouth Rock hens laid over dead. Not thinking, I began to walk down into the coop, but then I realized there may be a wild predator still in there, so I backed up, went out, and called in backup. My backup for the evening was my 14-year-old, 12-year-old (wielding a flowerbed edger), and my 10-year-old. My 8 year old decided she didn't want to see a dead chicken. I don't blame her. I carefully walked down into the coop first and made sure there was no wild predator. When all was clear, my 12-year-old came down in with me to do a more thorough double-check.
Nothing. There seems to be no external reason our sweet hen literally fell over dead. I brought her in and checked her out. She has no signs of any physical issues or stress. She also showed no signs of being ill before she died. This creeps me outa bita lot, because one of the signs a chicken has bird flu is a chicken suddenly falling down dead. [Gulp] I refuse to do an at-home necropsy on the hen. I never liked dissecting in biology lab, and I can't bring myself to open up one of my sweet hens. I don't know if I should just chalk it up to a freak deal, or report it and seek to have a necropsy done. I was especially disheartened, as I have to say that Barred Plymouth Rocks are quickly becoming quite possibly my favorite chicken breed because of their curious and loving disposition.
I would say it's probably a freak deal. If she was sick others would be sick as well. The cases of no signs at all of AI are usually because they die so quickly. Others would be showing cold like symptoms or something. That just happens with chickens from time to time. Rarely a day goes by I don't loose a bird of somekind. Usually chicks but sometimes an older bird. If I do a necropsy I always find a reason. In chicks or younger birds it's either failure to thrive or mold or something. Of course you have to remember I have several hundred birds here as well. Just watch all your other birds for any signs of weakness.
One thing I might mention right now is the humidity and higher heat is very hard on birds. I keep fans going in my coops in summer for that reason and open as much ventilation as I can. Heat is much harder on chickens than cold. I fix water baths for the birds to stand in when it's hot outside as well.
Coleco, You should come get one of my heritage barred rock cockerels. Not criticizing your birds at all, but you could really make that barring exceptional. I'd give you a cockerel, cause I have a few extras I won't be able to sell soon. Not big enough to eat or breed yet. I'm sure I have some young chicks as well I could sell really cheap if you want to add some.I also have an affinity to barred birds, i have some barred cochin bantams and this year some standard barred pullets. So sorry to hear you lost 1.
Thanks LarvisChica, we have 2 of them, one white the other is black!@ashncarson ohhhh your silkie/D'Uccle!! Too stinkin' CUTE!!! And...Craigslist Free!!! I comb those posts daily, well, actually, almost hourly. I am currently "grounded" from CL Free until a few of my projects see completion LMBO! It amazes Kenny that people actually want what he considers trash. I see TREASURES!!! he he he Right now I'm having the DT's from the CL Free. shrug. Anyhow, lots and lots of great stuff available for projects for the chicken garden and coop, etc. That's where I find broken cement pieces!(I'm also completely remodeling our home, and 85% of my materials come from there as well).