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[Faraday40]

Photo time!!!



Cool spot on a hot day.





The Bieles are sweet, but they always look grumpy to me.




This is "Trouble," a silver sebright.


Trouble's BFF, "Bubbles" = a cuddly Dominique who always wants to be held.


Don't Bieles know they're too big to fly up into trees?
No worries. They always come running when the food comes out.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Loved all of your babies, oh my!! am messing with facebook posts and saw your awesome littles!

 

[2 scoops]

Where u located

Awe sorry. ..not on my list! How do you process the gorgeous ones!?!

 

[ellymayRans]

Speaking of littles! My sister n law got married last month and we got pics back. I did all of the flowers for the wedding. All real, all roses.. Somewhere around 400 flowers! 12 bouquets, 20 boutonnières, 26 center pieces and 12 ceremony isles bouquets!! The pics turned out gorgeous! Just a little proud and of my gorgeous boys of course!

My youngest boy everyone says he's the next Magic Mike! Lol! He's quite the dancer!

My little boys are the two "toeheads"

Then the bride and groom of course. It was a beautiful day!

Picture overload I know but too many good ones to not share with my BYC fam!!

 

[ellymayRans]

Where u located

Me or were you asking the owner of the rooster I was commenting on? @browncow15

 

[pginsber]

I'm glad I can let you know you can safely cross one breed off your list! The Hedemora hen is pretty evil, she is super stand-offish and unfriendly with me and nasty to the other chickens, so her perpetual broodiness is one in a long list of reasons she will be "leaving" soon lol. Her "brother" was the rooster that pecked my poor Isbar rooster's eyes out..... my disclaimer is that the Hedemora are a landrace breed, so I'm sure there is a lot of variability in personality like there is in appearance.

Hemedora's are pretty to look at, but glad to know some of their characteristics--it will keep me from adding them, too!



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What is it about landraces that you're particularly interested in?

I moved my EE's into a new pen 3 weeks ago and I only get 1 egg a day since, out of the 7. They have already gone through molt, I would think they have had enough time to get used to the new place. Anyone have any ideals why they have stopped laying? 2 of them are 2, 1 is 4 the other 2 are just under 1 but were laying before I moved them. Then I have the 2 new flock members, 1 is not laying yet ( too young still ) and I'm pretty sure the 1 and only egg I am getting is coming from the other new hen.
I am stumped on this so any ideals are welcome. O and I have not change the feed.

Do you have added lights in your new coop area? I imagine they might just be settling in to the winter time of year and probably won't ramp their laying back up unless you provide them supplemental light.

Cuddles Update:
I haven't had to tube feed Cuddles for 2 days, & the previous 2 days before, I only tube fed 1x per day. I do have to bring her inside at night &/or morning to fill her crop by offering treats. Tonight DD was feeding Cuddles some hard boiled egg (on the kitchen floor). As I walked past them, Cuddles bawked at me. I turned, looked down at the hen, & asked if she wanted some bread. When she saw me take out a loaf of bread, she went crazy with her happy egg song screams. She waddled across the floor to stand at my feet. Her personality is coming back!

Her abdomen doesn't feel heavy & squishy. Firm. Her poops are looking closer to normal. Of course it's hard to tell what's normal in chicken poop. It's no longer surrounded by a pool of white goo, so I'm saying it's better.

The biggest symptom remaining is that she doesn't push her way to the food like she used to. When I call the flock for treats, she comes but doesn't run. She pecks for scratch, but doesn't bull-doze her way to the front. At bedtime when I compare crops, hers is not as full. (That why she came into the house for a bedtime snack.) I also have not actually seen her eat chicken feed.

It sounds like all good news for baby Cuddles. I'm so glad to hear it!

As I understand it, the white goo poops are normal if there are darker/firmer poops in-between. It also seems normal that she'll be more shy with the flock until the pecking order is re-established.

If you compare the pecking order of a flock to a pack of dogs, the pack leader always goes to bed with his belly full. The bottom of the pack may go to bed hungry. Since she's not at her normal pecking order, she might not get as much food as your used to noticing in her crop. This could be normal, and may not be cause for concern as long as she has some food in her crop at night.

If she's healthy enough to be outside with the flock during the day, perhaps she should stay outside with the flock instead of coming in for nightlunch. I only suggest this because if she's coming in and out of the flock, she may never have the opportunity to establish herself in the pecking order. I don't know the details of her special night time snacks, so please only take this as one person's uninformed suggestion.

Speaking of processing day I went was there for about ten minutes or so while I picked up my new young buff orp roo from Sally Indiana at racins place I like his set up it was funny when racin or his helper couldn't really tell if the new guy was a guy or gal but as I was looking at him I cout a glimps of a very beautiful blue orp going into a calming cone then the process be gain... To say the least I can't really do that specially with preggo around I did get to walk around and see all his turkeys and a few of his chickens before they darted into there Judy holes but took the lol buff roo home compared to my gals there's no question he's a roo he's already taller at 6 months fatter legs too I'm happy with him the girls not really sure yet my one girl who was at the bottom of the chain when they were all housed together apperently is at the top now that I seperated the buffs and she's not wanting to give it up yet and the other hens are following her lead so time will tell what happens

I'm thinking of starting a Gofundme for Daskhan to get him a keyboard with punctuation keys. He deserves it, don't you think?

 

[2 scoops]

I guess you

 

[Faraday40]

Next step for Cuddles or should I wait?

Cuddles is acting normal, performing her tricks, & moving her way back up to the upper roost.
I still see some watery poops around the solid part. Is that part of the deworming?

She is not eating chicken feed. She will drink, eat grass, & some treats. At night her crop is not full & hard like the others, so i've been bringing her inside for some egg, mealworms, & bread. No eggs. Started MOLTING like crazy. As she walks her feathers float away in a trail behind her. With all the feathers I see, she should look bald by now.

I treated her with Corid followed by Fenbendazole. Not sure what to try next or just wait some more.





BTW- I rushed to deworm the whole flock & didn't stock up on eggs. Now I must toss the eggs during the withdrawal. Molt is starting, followed by winter. Why didn't I think to deworm 1/2 now & 1/2 later?

 

[Faraday40]

It sounds like all good news for baby Cuddles. I'm so glad to hear it!

As I understand it, the white goo poops are normal if there are darker/firmer poops in-between. It also seems normal that she'll be more shy with the flock until the pecking order is re-established.

If you compare the pecking order of a flock to a pack of dogs, the pack leader always goes to bed with his belly full. The bottom of the pack may go to bed hungry. Since she's not at her normal pecking order, she might not get as much food as your used to noticing in her crop. This could be normal, and may not be cause for concern as long as she has some food in her crop at night.

If she's healthy enough to be outside with the flock during the day, perhaps she should stay outside with the flock instead of coming in for nightlunch. I only suggest this because if she's coming in and out of the flock, she may never have the opportunity to establish herself in the pecking order. I don't know the details of her special night time snacks, so please only take this as one person's uninformed suggestion.

I'm thinking of starting a Gofundme for Daskhan to get him a keyboard with punctuation keys. He deserves it, don't you think?

Cuddles comes inside for about 10-30 min, then she goes back outside.
It's nice to have her personality back.

 

[chick rookie]

@pginsber You asked: Do you have added lights in your new coop area? I imagine they might just be settling in to the winter time of year and probably won't ramp their laying back up unless you provide them supplemental light.
My answer: O darn!! I didnt even think about that. No I don't have a light timer there yet. Will get on that. Thanks a bunch!!!