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[birdman55]

well some random pics from today

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thanks! Yes young females and older will display also. I'm pretty sure they are both males though. One is more obvious than the other by the loosely barbed feathers near the tail. Some days I swear I see it on both then other days I don't! ?? They say a year before you're able to sex the white. So I guess I'm holding out hope I at least have a pair! I don't need 3:1 ratio for sure!

That's always tough. I think there's always one bird I spend weeks going back and forth on. I'm sure I see something, and then the next time I look I'm not so sure. Hoping you just have a confused and impressionable young hen copying the for sure male.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thought I would share some pictures of the day. The girls are unimpressed with the snow, but unfazed by the cold or otherwise.

Lots of milling about, scratching and pecking:

She Who Sleeps Standing Up and Fancy the Partridge Plymouth Rocks, and Skua the red sexlink, just chilling.

She Who, looking quite severe.

This is the path down to the doghouse, which has clearly been popular (Skua makes another appearance here) :

Fancy pants:

Traffic jam!

These crazy birds have also been eating the snow! Maybe they think they can eat their way out of winter or something.

Georgie the Black Copper Marans. These were the shots of her after she cleaned every bit of snow off my boots.

Frou-Frou the Splash Marans

Rosie the Sebright, otherwise known as the cutest little birdy in the coop

They're even eating snow off of each others' beaks! (It's Skua again, too. Not sure why Debra Jo was cooperating for this!)

They also got a dust bath going in the coop addition:

Biddy-bird the supposed-to-be Speckled Sussex, clearly the center of attention:

Of course, there are some grumpy faces. Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn and Huka the Silver Lakenvelder are clearly not having any of this winter stuff.

And to finish up, here are the two crazy ones, Ihi the Golden Campine and Marama the Fayoumi, who have decided now is a good time for a molt. Why, girls? Why?!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Thought I would share some pictures of the day. The girls are unimpressed with the snow, but unfazed by the cold or otherwise.

Lots of milling about, scratching and pecking:

She Who Sleeps Standing Up and Fancy the Partridge Plymouth Rocks, and Skua the red sexlink, just chilling.

She Who, looking quite severe.

This is the path down to the doghouse, which has clearly been popular (Skua makes another appearance here) :

Fancy pants:

Traffic jam!

These crazy birds have also been eating the snow! Maybe they think they can eat their way out of winter or something.

Georgie the Black Copper Marans. These were the shots of her after she cleaned every bit of snow off my boots.

Frou-Frou the Splash Marans

Rosie the Sebright, otherwise known as the cutest little birdy in the coop

They're even eating snow off of each others' beaks! (It's Skua again, too. Not sure why Debra Jo was cooperating for this!)

They also got a dust bath going in the coop addition:

Biddy-bird the supposed-to-be Speckled Sussex, clearly the center of attention:

Of course, there are some grumpy faces. Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn and Huka the Silver Lakenvelder are clearly not having any of this winter stuff.

And to finish up, here are the two crazy ones, Ihi the Golden Campine and Marama the Fayoumi, who have decided now is a good time for a molt. Why, girls? Why?!

Great pictures, you have a beautiful variety.

 

[Faraday40]

When I checked in on my chickens tonight, one of my hens was making strange head movements. I checked back 10 min later & she still was making those groovy-looking moves. Her crop feels hard & large. I'm separating her for tonight. (Of course now that she's walking around our basement, she's no longer doing the head thing & seems normal.) My plan is to observe & research tonight. I don't want to attempt anything until I actually know something's wrong.

Could someone please give me a good link for symptoms of impacted crop. (There's no squishy feel or odor.) I want to read about the symptoms & treatment. I've heard often that by the time a bird acts sick, it may be too late. She could have just eaten too much. I haven't seen the head neck stretch for the last 20 min, so perhaps it's nothing. Oh, she pooped once. It looked normal.

I feel so much like a 1st time mom with a newborn. Am I over-reacting?

 

[Nwchickma]

Chickens in the basement must be going around . This one had some frost bite that wasn't looking so great so I pulled her in. She escaped her cage while I was cleaning it. The cat was less than thrilled.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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He is already there... yuup leave him.

Quote: Welcome and thanks, just PM her

Quote: fantastic post

So sharing a silly video my 15 yr old made! Cracks me up every time I watch it! Goofy kids and the things technology allows now! How fun. It wouldn't let me watch it on my phone? Just my PC. So not sure it will work for mobile viewers or not?? First time ever posting something on YouTube! Lol

I did LOL

 

[Acornewell]

Quote: OH MY GOODNESS YES!!!! INTERESTED HERE!!!

 

[flyladyrocks]

I'm starting to get frustrated I have lost birds for no apparent reason before, but this is starting to look like an Illness. but for the life of me I see NO signs !! I had another Rooster drop dead tonight. Good and fat, no wounds no nothing!! Was out eating with his girls all day, came in for dinner and watched his girls eat then when a spot opened he ate. I weighed him, is is 8.3 lbs so is good. o sorry he is or was an EE.
any ideals????

 

[chickiefreak]

hey guys last night my leg bar roo sven was not moving much and this morning i found out he's gone D: my baby boy!!!!!!!!