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[Leahs Mom]

When I had my hawk hit in October, I had one 8 week old chick that disappeared and I thought it got her. But I knew that I couldn't go without looking as they hide well and she was still too young to spend the night outside if she was out there.

I walked around for about 10 min. calling and I finally heard her peeping when she calmed down some. She is a light colored bird (as was her bio-mom who was killed in the attack) and stands out like a sore thumb in a flock of all dark birds. But somehow this 8 week old had managed to get up against the pole building door which is white, and hunkered down. Didn't make a peep until she saw me.

This is the little one. Imagine how freaked-out she must have been out there all alone for so long! As soon as the broody mamma heard her peeping she zoomed out of the hen house and started calling her.

 

[Leahs Mom]

And you'll do fine on the process. It was way easier than I thought it would be. We did have a friend that invited us over to teach us which was wonderful. It was very much like the video.

 

[Kiniska]

[COLOR=333333]Dex Holla posted: [/COLOR]
[rule][COLOR=4B0082]Kiniska~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Good to see your post. How is your English Black Orp rooster doing? Are you breeding him in the spring with one of your English Blue Orps?[/COLOR]
[rule][COLOR=800080]jchny[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Congrats on the quail babies. I bet they are fun to watch! (on your break time from building and clearing land!)[/COLOR]
[rule]

Hey M2H, the roo is doing very well. I have a few girls picked out for him. He is a bit smaller than my other bots so he is getting my biggest fattest girls come spring

 

[kabhyper1]

The little guys barely fit in their shoe box for brooder cleaning now. I went to put shaving in it and they were all out, on the floor relieving themselves. Guess I need a bigger box.

tonight...

First brooder cleaning...

They are 3 weeks and almost 5 weeks now.

 

[Kiniska]

The little guys barely fit in their shoe box for brooder cleaning now. I went to put shaving in it and they were all out, on the floor relieving themselves. Guess I need a bigger box. tonight... First brooder cleaning... They are 3 weeks and almost 5 weeks now.

So cute!

 

[Kiniska]

Hey guys, have you all ever seen a black crusty spot on a comb like this before? Are the boys getting to rough with each other or is it something else? There is sought bleeding and cracking of the skin at the base.

 

[bradselig]

  3&1/2 days later + 13 pages of posts to catch up on . . . . .
   We might of been interested in some of the GLW that a couple of you are selling if theyd been available back in may, but we are now working on a restoration project with Iowa Blues - hopefully we'll have some hatches next spring.   We may work on getting some more White Chanteclers later on for that breed restoration too, after our RSL's , EE's , Americauna , & Delw are old.   Good luck finding them new homes.
    On the topic of frozen pizzas - none are super delicious - i go for whatever on sale any given week.
    A good movie suggestion that we enjoyed A LOT was a recent one called "Now You See Me"   - keeps you guessing throughout the whole show

    Sorry about Toodles the Cat passing - its so heartbreaking to loose our pets - they ARE our family 

Ohh yes, I love that movie as well! I thought it was very good.

 

[Mother2Hens]

Originally Posted by lilmizscareall limizcareall ~ I'm guessing that it's a mild case of scaly leg mites. I'm not used to feather-feet, so it's hard to know what is normal. My BR didn't have any black spots as seen on your chicken's photos, but I looked online and found a few scaly mite photos with black spots. I couldn't find any other chicken foot problem that looked like that. It definitely would not hurt them to apply PetRx or Vaseline. There is a lot of info online about various treatments for scaly leg mites and for preventing them from spreading. It's not a big deal; it's just more of a nuisance to keep fighting them.
Re: “The Natural History of the Chicken” documentary

CCCHICKENS posted: I think I might of watched this. Is it where there is a silkie that is picked on and she wants to be a mom, and she finally hatches chicks. Then a hawk almost gets one of her chicks but it actually get her, and she ends up being okay. Was the silkie’s name lizzy? It could of been a different video.

CCCHICKENS ~ Yip, that’s one of the stories in the movie.

jchny posted: Its saying DVD only we have streaming. So I watched it on youtube. The last part on the silkie momma had me in tears
I would have been out that door a LOT sooner with a rifle with the last part. Poor brave silkie!
Definitely shows the entire spectrum on keeping chickens, respectfully too.

jchny ~ Well, maybe not the Bob the Headless Chicken segment!

 

[DarthLayer]

Hey guys, have you all ever seen a black crusty spot on a comb like this before? Are the boys getting to rough with each other or is it something else? There is sought bleeding and cracking of the skin at the base.

I'm NOT 100% sure but I would say either frostbite or a small wound.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

[COLOR=0000CD]limizcareall[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ I'm guessing that it's a mild case of scaly leg mites. I'm not used to feather-feet, so it's hard to know what is normal. My BR didn't have any black spots as seen on your chicken's photos, but I looked online and found a few scaly mite photos with black spots. I couldn't find any other chicken foot problem that looked like that. It definitely would not hurt them to apply PetRx or Vaseline. There is a lot of info online about various treatments for scaly leg mites and for preventing them from spreading. It's not a big deal; it's just more of a nuisance to keep fighting them.[/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=A52A2A]Re: “The Natural History of the Chicken” documentary[/COLOR]

CCCHICKENS posted: [COLOR=8B4513]I think I might of watched this. Is it where there is a silkie that is picked on and she wants to be a mom, and she finally hatches chicks. Then a hawk almost gets one of her chicks but it actually get her, and she ends up being okay. Was the silkie’s name lizzy? It could of been a different video.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=006400]CCCHICKENS[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Yip, that’s one of the stories in the movie. [/COLOR]

jchny posted: [COLOR=8B4513]Its saying DVD only we have streaming. So I watched it on youtube. The last part on the silkie momma had me in tears[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I would have been out that door a LOT sooner with a rifle with the last part. Poor brave silkie![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Definitely shows the entire spectrum on keeping chickens, respectfully too.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=A52A2A]jchny[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Well, maybe not the Bob the Headless Chicken segment! [/COLOR]

that was a good little video

I'm NOT 100% sure but I would say either frostbite or a small wound.

X2 but since it hadnt gotten really cold yet i am leaning towards a small wound