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[leslea]

Can you get a picture of her beak? I had a quail that had the top portion of his beak almost totally gone from fighting. Didn't get the boys sorted soon enough and they will literally kill each other fighting! Anyways, it did grow back but took quite a while.I fed him fermented/wet chick feed and he was able to eat.

I will try to snap a pic tomorrow.

It is still attached, but there is blood on both sides at the base, which worries me.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Oh thats good then, good chance she will heal up ok. Chopped eggs are a definite too, she needs the proteins to heal faster.

 

[bradselig]

I will try to snap a pic tomorrow.


It is still attached, but there is blood on both sides at the base, which worries me. 

IMO, which does mean much lol and without seeing it, but I'd probably just take my Dremel tool with a cut off wheel and just cut off the broken part. The wheel would likely cauterize the beak as it cut it off.

 

[Bawk]

Enjoying reading. We still are chicken-less. Changed mind on breeds and trying to decide--- have any of you had Dominiques? Trying to find about their temperament more. The thread doesn't say a lot but they are also hard to find. Then there are two checking on more to varying the flock... Trying to find if either are size of Dominiques... One is Cream Brabanter but they seem too rare to find, the other is Cream Legbars.

Any feedback?

Ah decisions. We have kids visit and they enjoy collecting eggs, holding chickens and learning about them. We are hoping for a calm breed too. We sell their eggs to help pay for their food too.

In the past we had different types....( barred rocks, ameraucanas, white leghorns, buff orpingtons... Are some) we wanted to try something different, not sure if we can get them.

 

[Bawk]

 
Can you get a picture of her beak? I had a quail that had the top portion of his beak almost totally gone from fighting. Didn't get the boys sorted soon enough and they will literally kill each other fighting! Anyways, it did grow back but took quite a while.I fed him fermented/wet chick feed and he was able to eat.

I will try to snap a pic tomorrow.


It is still attached, but there is blood on both sides at the base, which worries me. 

Hum if you had that yellow powder which stops dogs'nailsfrom bleeding if clipped to short, that would work maybe. Feel bad for her (and you)

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Enjoyinging reading. We still are chicken-less. Changed mind on breeds and trying to decide--- have any of you had Dominiques? Trying to find about their temperament more. The thread doesn't say a lot but they are also hard to find. Then there are two checking on more to varying the flock... Trying to find if either are size of Domiques... One is Cream Brabanter but they seem too rare to find, the other is Cream Legbars.

Any feedback?

Ah decisions. We have kids visit and they enjoy collecting eggs, holding chickens and learning about them. We are hoping for a calm breed too. We sell their eggs to help pay for their food too.

In the past we had different types....( barred rocks, ameraucanas, white leghorns, buff orpingtons... Are some) we wanted to try something different, not sure if we can get them.

I have kept legbars and the hens seem very sweet. They are a less dominant breed, so if you keep multiple types I would make sure the other chicken breeds are also as docile. None of the roosters were ever a problem for me.
Dominiques are not as popular around here, not sure why. The do lay a smaller egg than rocks or RIR. I have never kept them myself but I think someone is listed on the member sheet as having them.
here is our member list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zqcpdsOAzQeuVVHn8z-MK57ml5LMd7-F167MOavaFl0/edit?usp=sharing

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Hum if you had that yellow powder which stops dogs'nailsfrom bleeding if clipped to short, that would work maybe. Feel bad for her (and you)
Oh good idea, thats styptic powder I think.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Ugh-- I'm behind again. It's late, but I wanted to at least post a few photos taken this week.

Here's Bonbon ~ Imported English Orpington Bantam Chocolate ~ 2 year old hen


Bonbon and her tiny "chick" (hatching egg from @ellymayRans ). She's a tiny 7 month old Black Cochin Bantam hen who lays tiny eggs. Although she's half the size of a normal bantam, her name is "Screech" for her LOUD greeting. And she's the only chicken I've had so far who loves to be held!!


Here's another one of Bonbon's grown 7 month old "chicks" (hatching eggs from @ellymayRans ). She's a normal sized Bantam Cochin/Black Marans mix = Olive Egger (or something like that!) I'm returning her and her twin sister (not pictured) to ellymayRans one of these days! I'm keeping little Screech, though. On the right is Eliza ~ 1 year old Imported English Orpington Splash. You can't tell by this photo, but she is huge. I love her dark eyes.

Love your girls! Great pictures

Bonbon has the sweetest face.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Had the pleasure of meeting @1crazychick and DH this evening, very nice visit!
Had a big tree hit by lightning and scared me half to death! It ripped about 30 feet of the wood and bark off 1 side, and hit less than 10 feet from my hogs! They were probably more scared than I was, poor guys wouldn't come out of the houses. Glad the next few days are rain free, everything here is a miserable muddy mess. My hog pens are swimming pools, we have to move the fellas to the big pen anyways! The boys are about 120 and 150 now, so it will be a fun task moving them lol. Our little potbelly marla is easy, she just walks into the dog crate.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote:
I raised up a set of dominiques from Meyer Hatchery. They ended up being a bit smaller than the hatchery barred rocks but they took about a month to 6 weeks longer to get to the point of laying. I sold most right as soon as they got to the point of laying so the largest egg I saw was a pullet egg and it was a small to medium egg. I know a guy who just went on and on about how great the dominiques were so I tried some. This guy had raised his in KY and said they were quite popular there. The only thing I can think of is the quality I paid for. I paid for hatchery stock and perhaps the guy that convinced me to try the dominiques had true bred to the standard / heritage dominiques. I know there is a great difference from my heritage RIR and the hatchery RIR.
If the same is true for the dominiques, then I recommend looking and thinking really hard about what one hopes to get from their chickens. If it is a large number of eggs, hatchery birds are typically really good layers but their eggs might be a bit smaller or a shade difference in color when compared to the same from a heritage bird. I have found heritage birds to be calmer in most cases.

Children like color and naming birds. Keeping this in mind, I would think children would like a varied flock more than a flock of 1 breed. Eggs of varying colors is a big hit with children too. Differences between the birds is special to children too, so a crested hen or a feathered footer might just make one child's day. Then there are the chickens that just look so different from the average chicken that children must love or hate them at first glance. Silkies and modern game chickens come to mind first. Silkies come in a wide range of colors like orpingtons do, but silkies are much smaller and require much less food.

See lots to think about when choosing a flock. A list of priorities kind of helps but not always, sometimes it is easier to just go out there and get a great variety and see which ones become the favorites.