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[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Your male is pretty attractive too! Even tho the tails gone, I like his color, thats not a bad size for a lizard. Did you incubate or did they hatch?

 

[bradselig]

Your male is pretty attractive too! Even tho the tails gone, I like his color, thats not a bad size for a lizard. Did you incubate or did they hatch?

Your male is pretty attractive too! Even tho the tails gone, I like his color, thats not a bad size for a lizard. Did you incubate or did they hatch?

I bought the adults and have hatched the 4 younger ones. But again, easiest reptile to breed! Simply put a male in with female for about a week. Remove the male. The female will lay 2 eggs every 30 days or so. She will retain the sperm for several months of not longer. Put eggs in a mixture of perlite and vermiculite and wait about 60days. They incubate at room temp as well.

 

[Faraday40]

I bought the adults and have hatched the 4 younger ones. But again, easiest reptile to breed! Simply put a male in with female for about a week. Remove the male. The female will lay 2 eggs every 30 days or so. She will retain the sperm for several months of not longer. Put eggs in a mixture of perlite and vermiculite and wait about 60days. They incubate at room temp as well.

Those are very interesting geckos. Congrats on the new babies. It's been a while since I had reptiles. My all time fav was my monkey-tailed skinks. Pretty & peaceful giants. I must admit that prehensile tail in such a compact size is intriguing. Here's an old pic of Stanley who liked to eat while hanging from his tree.

 

[bradselig]

Those are very interesting geckos. Congrats on the new babies. It's been a while since I had reptiles. My all time fav was my monkey-tailed skinks. Pretty & peaceful giants. I must admit that prehensile tail in such a compact size is intriguing. Here's an old pic of Stanley who liked to eat while hanging from his tree.

Very cool! I love those guys as well. Hard to come by! Most sell for $600-$1200 a piece. When I was big into reptiles, I mainly had blue tongue skinks. I've had a little of everything though. I'm hoping to go to the noblesville show this Sunday.

 

[Faraday40]

Was out of town for a week. Finally caught up with this thread. Had a great time in the desert sun but a rough day returning. My chicken sitter did a great job, but unfortunately I have a very, very determined hawk. It killed one of my 3 Amigos. My neighbor sent our dogs out after it and called my chicken sitter (another neighbor). She cleaned up the pullet carcass to prevent the hawk from getting rewarded. This is the 1st time we ever lost a chicken of any age. I knew it would likely happen at some point, but the dogs, kids, tree cover & rooster usually deter most hawks. Because my chickens have kind of become a neighborhood project, many are saddened by the loss.

RIP Miracle. (She required assistance hatching, so we say it's a miracle she lived.) Miracle was the golden pullet. The 3 Amigos did everything together & never bonded with the flock. Perhaps that's why the hawk 1st targeted them.



Here's Miracle trying to go for a dog ride.




I've been keeping the chickens locked up for the past 3 days. Today I let them out while I cleaned. After 5 min, I called the chickens back & was handing out treats before locking them back up. All of a sudden SQUAWKING & FLAPPING! Less than 15 ft from where I stood a hawk made a grab for Princess then it flew right past me! Some ran to the coop, some needed my personal escort to walk from the bushes back to the coop, & some frozen in fear just needed to be carried.

Not sure how to get this particular hawk to leave. I've been looking at online pics & think it's a Cooper's Hawk. It's probably the same one I caught INSIDE the run over the summer. It flew in through the open human door & was sitting on the roost waiting for a chicken to walk out of the coop. Before that I've seen it here many times terrorizing the young chicks in the tractor. When approached it simply flies just a little out of reach. Not afraid of people at all, so I just start throwing rocks until it flies off the property. My dogs can do a better job chasing it off, but they're not out 24/7. Today it attacked even with the dogs outside - but not nearby.

The hawk has definitely been getting more comfortable here over the past 6 months. Anyone have advise?

 

[Biddiquack]

Crows will chase away a hawk or eagle. Maybe crow decoys would work? I have poultry mesh "roofs" over my runs, so the chickens still get to exercise when a predator is in the area.

 

[Rhandi74]

Just caught up on the thread. It is amazing how far behind you can get in a couple of days. We live in a small space for our large family. We have an 1800 sqft home and have 9 children and 3 adults living in it. It works for us and I do not feel cramped and even joke about all the space we will have when the kids are grown. My sick Marans pullet seems to be quite the fighter. She is no longer congested or wheezing and has regained most of her balance. She even managed to get out of her coop after I put her up for the day and got herself into trouble getting picked on by the rest of the flock. I fixed that problem but hope she continues to regain her balance so she can be put back with the rest of the flock. This morning she was standing up and walking around slowly. Jewel my cochin that hatched the ducklings is still mothering her huge indian runner ducklings, they stand about 6'' taller then her it is so funny, they are 6 weeks old now. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!

 

[flyladyrocks]

Had to bring out the poultry first aid kit this morning. Would love any advice you may have. My sweet Buff Orp hopped up on the window sill and her head was all bloody.Her ear had been pecked - that was scabbed over but the back part of her comb, right where it meets the head is torn and bleeding. My son said he could hear fighting early this AM when he went out to let them out.

I tried putting blood stop powder on her but it did not go so well. I would get it on, and she would shake her head wobbling the comb enough to rip it open again. Right now she is confined to the run all alone and not real happy about it. Tried to get her docile best friend in there with her but that little Legbar is a fast runner and flyer and it was not happening! Last time I looked she still had blood running down the side of her head/neck so she probably still needs to be alone.

Any advice? Especially right now on what to do for first aid. We are reconfiguring the perch arrangement - putting one more perch in hoping that will help. I am hesitant to let them out any earlier b/c it is dark still - they were out around 7:40 this AM. Maybe let them out into the run but not the yard earlier?

Thanks all - I have to run some errands I will check back in when I get home.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Had to bring out the poultry first aid kit this morning. Would love any advice you may have. My sweet Buff Orp hopped up on the window sill and her head was all bloody.Her ear had been pecked - that was scabbed over but the back part of her comb, right where it meets the head is torn and bleeding. My son said he could hear fighting early this AM when he went out to let them out.

I tried putting blood stop powder on her but it did not go so well. I would get it on, and she would shake her head wobbling the comb enough to rip it open again. Right now she is confined to the run all alone and not real happy about it. Tried to get her docile best friend in there with her but that little Legbar is a fast runner and flyer and it was not happening! Last time I looked she still had blood running down the side of her head/neck so she probably still needs to be alone.

Any advice? Especially right now on what to do for first aid. We are reconfiguring the perch arrangement - putting one more perch in hoping that will help. I am hesitant to let them out any earlier b/c it is dark still - they were out around 7:40 this AM. Maybe let them out into the run but not the yard earlier?

Thanks all - I have to run some errands I will check back in when I get home.

We had a problem with a hen that the roo had mated. She was shaking the flour off like you described. I mixed in a bit of sugar so that the dry goods mix was 1/4 sugar and 3/4 flour. Then I misted the back of her neck and I dipped her entire head in the bowl of flour sugar mix. It got all over her, she looked funny and she shook so do it outside. But that sugar and the misting seemed to retain enough flour that it still "scabbed" up after the shaking was done.

Currently my layers get let out by an auto chicken door into a run. Then once I feel like it, I let them free range. It works well for us but the birds to pace the fence line sometimes trying to encourage me to get myself out there in the cold.

 

[flyladyrocks]

Was out of town for a week. Finally caught up with this thread. Had a great time in the desert sun but a rough day returning. My chicken sitter did a great job, but unfortunately I have a very, very determined hawk. It killed one of my 3 Amigos. My neighbor sent our dogs out after it and called my chicken sitter (another neighbor). She cleaned up the pullet carcass to prevent the hawk from getting rewarded. This is the 1st time we ever lost a chicken of any age. I knew it would likely happen at some point, but the dogs, kids, tree cover & rooster usually deter most hawks. Because my chickens have kind of become a neighborhood project, many are saddened by the loss.

RIP Miracle. (She required assistance hatching, so we say it's a miracle she lived.) Miracle was the golden pullet. The 3 Amigos did everything together & never bonded with the flock. Perhaps that's why the hawk 1st targeted them.



Here's Miracle trying to go for a dog ride.




I've been keeping the chickens locked up for the past 3 days. Today I let them out while I cleaned. After 5 min, I called the chickens back & was handing out treats before locking them back up. All of a sudden SQUAWKING & FLAPPING! Less than 15 ft from where I stood a hawk made a grab for Princess then it flew right past me! Some ran to the coop, some needed my personal escort to walk from the bushes back to the coop, & some frozen in fear just needed to be carried.

Not sure how to get this particular hawk to leave. I've been looking at online pics & think it's a Cooper's Hawk. It's probably the same one I caught INSIDE the run over the summer. It flew in through the open human door & was sitting on the roost waiting for a chicken to walk out of the coop. Before that I've seen it here many times terrorizing the young chicks in the tractor. When approached it simply flies just a little out of reach. Not afraid of people at all, so I just start throwing rocks until it flies off the property. My dogs can do a better job chasing it off, but they're not out 24/7. Today it attacked even with the dogs outside - but not nearby.

The hawk has definitely been getting more comfortable here over the past 6 months. Anyone have advise?