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I get several eggs like that. I don't think there's anything wrong, just speckled pigment. That's what I've assumed so far anyway.
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I get several eggs like that. I don't think there's anything wrong, just speckled pigment. That's what I've assumed so far anyway.
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@Mother2Hens What a beautiful flock! I hope all the life events going take a break and your sister is better, soon! Lastly all the losses you have been through
Yes, sounds like it. Feathers only is likely hawk or fox. Fox are VERY hard to trap.@jchny2000
Well, I lost another one today. All that's left is feathers, and those were about 25-30ft from the coop. I lost four baby rabbits last night too, no trace.
This is the feed I use. Apparently, I need to set the box trap back out, something is visiting the Lengerich Buffet
Something may have spooked him, and hit his head. I see this in pheasant type birds more often. I had a young pullet get into our detached garage a few years ago. Ran under an old heavy desk, freaked out and hit her head HARD. We lost her almost immediately had a broken neck. A rooster chased her, needless to say he wasn't here long after.
I see that in my new layers and in girls that resume laying after molt.
She has some stunning birds for sure! Hope the truck works out, I would be fuming!I haven't been on much. It seems like most of us have a lot going on. It's a busy time of year! We also have had some health issues with my son. Plus my truck has also been in the shop 3 times in a month and going back again next week. I've only owned it for 5 months....makes the next several years of payments pretty daunting.But anywho, I wanted to post a few pics I took the other day. Our young cockerels are filling out very handsomely. I adore the splash. These are the ones we got from @kittydoc . Love them.
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Picture Day!
This is Hershey. She's a chocolate jenny. Her, Pancake, and Tintaglia are all the same age and were purchased as day-olds from the RK in Bloomington on Memorial weekend. Hershey is a go-getter, a sweetie, and a rooster-stomping feminist who's going to rule the roost most likely--even though she's one of the youngest and the second-smallest turkey I have.
This is Pancake. She's the most photogenic of the bunch, apparently. She's a heritage bronze.
this is Syd. She's a three-year-old Bouron Red hen from jchny2000. She and Sweetie are best buds still, but since Sweetie's gone broody, Syd's mopey and seeks out me for attention more often.
This is Drogon. Her and her sister, Balerion the Black Dread are both black turkeys (used to be called Spanish or Norfolk Blacks, but according to the APA, they're just black now). Balerion has bigger eyes than Drogon, and I'm the only person on Earth who can tell them apart. They're wonderful, hardy girls who have to get into everything
This is Major Tom, who's a major butthead on occasion. He's teenie weenie and adorable, but the least social turkey I've ever owned, and he hates Princess, the BBW jake with the big pretty eyes.
This is Princess. He's a hugable sweetie who sometimes looks like he's thinking about mounting me when I crouch near him. Ah, hormones, making our boys nuts as usual. He hasn't mounted anyone yet, but he just learned to gobble this week. He outweighs everyone else in my yard by a minimum of threefold. His feet are going bad, so we'll probably process him for Thanksgiving, but in the meantime, I'm loving on him every chance I get and trying to give him the best life a meat turkey's ever had. He's a darling boy, and I'm going to miss him.
This is Donah. She's a year-and-a-half-old BO who's such a darling that my yard will be darker without her. She's a regular lap chicken, so even though her eggs don't sell, I'm keeping her.
These are Breda, Cindy and Rainy. Cindy and rainy are EEs, and Rainy lays the most variable and nifty eggs I've ever seen. Pretty much every egg that comes from her is different in color, size, shape or number of speckles. She's also huge.
This is my cinnamon golden pheasant cock. He's super dandy.
This is Sweetie. she's a two-year-old White Holland hen, and she's missing an eye from a nasty sinus infection she had last winter/fall. She's from jchny2000 too. I took her and her tom in when they were really, really sick, and over a month or more, I treated them in my living room until they were well enough to go home. When jchny2000 decided to get out of turkeys this summer, I jumped to take Sweetie back--and weirdly enough, she remembered both me and my house and tries to come back inside every chance she gets! She's such a darling. She's also an egg-hoarder and will roll eggs from anywhere on the coop floor right under her. I've been digging them out from under her (she's a marvelous broody, btw, and a completely non-aggressive one, too!) and candling periodically. The Bourbon tom sh'ed been housed with at Janet's had really low fertility, and Major's very new at this mating thing (oh, boy, does he suck at it), so it looks like only two of the eggs are fertile, and one should be hatching really soon!)
Here's Syd and Princess at the feeder. There's a clear acrylic sheet on the other side of the feeder so I can see the feed quality and level without even entering the coop proper.
Here's the "brroder" side of the front part of the coop--with Syd's eggs. The metal trashcan has feed in it to keep birds, poo and mice out of it. There's a short 2x4 piece between two five-gallon buckets to serve as a roost for the sickies and bitties. Tintaglia, Syd and the chicks (black Marans mix, two blue Sumatra mixes and the sole remaining silver-laced Polish) all often stay in the front part during the night. Rainy, Misty, and Donah often sneak in there, too.
Here's the nest box setup--and Sweetie! Some of my vet supplies are kept on top of the nest boxes in the front part of the coop. Originally, we weren't going to have the front part available for the birds--just for feed storage, potentially a brooder, vet supply storage, and surgery bay--however, I wound up needing it for quarantine and brooding without having said sections built on the other side yet, so I wound up sticking them on the front part. The coop is one third "front part and nest boxes" and the other two thirds are "coop 'n roosts". There's a door and chicken wire walls to separate the halves.
This is the back part of the run--it's overgrown with ambitious squash vines. Major and one of the black jennies are in it, talking to me, while her sister is on the roof of the coop!
Duckies and amaranth. Only two of four are left, but they both look to be girls now! One is a Cayuga, the other's a blue Runner.
This is Major and Princess coming in to steal cat food. Our back screen door broke, so anytime I open the back door, I risk invaders. Most of the time, Princess comes in to get away from Major, who badgers him all over the yard. They don' really fight--not like I've seen other toms and rooster fight on occasion, certainly--but Princess is a super sensitive wuss (and I love him for it, of course) and won't dish anything back to Major. Princess spends the vast majority of the day seemingly strutting around the yard, not even eating. So I try to keep them separated most of the time.
This is itty bitty Tintaglia. She's a self-blue/lavender slate jenny--and super duper small. She's been a sickly, failure-to-thrive case pretty much since she came home, and she's about half the size of Hershey, who's the next smallest turkey in the yard. The big turtle sandbox has been repurposed as a dustbath, so I close it on cloudy days to keep the dust dry.
This is Hershey. She's a chocolate jenny. Her, Pancake, and Tintaglia are all the same age and were purchased as day-olds from the RK in Bloomington on Memorial weekend. Hershey is a go-getter, a sweetie, and a rooster-stomping feminist who's going to rule the roost most likely--even though she's one of the youngest and the second-smallest turkey I have.
This is Pancake. She's the most photogenic of the bunch, apparently. She's a heritage bronze.
this is Syd. She's a three-year-old Bouron Red hen from jchny2000. She and Sweetie are best buds still, but since Sweetie's gone broody, Syd's mopey and seeks out me for attention more often.
This is Drogon. Her and her sister, Balerion the Black Dread are both black turkeys (used to be called Spanish or Norfolk Blacks, but according to the APA, they're just black now). Balerion has bigger eyes than Drogon, and I'm the only person on Earth who can tell them apart. They're wonderful, hardy girls who have to get into everything
This is Major Tom, who's a major butthead on occasion. He's teenie weenie and adorable, but the least social turkey I've ever owned, and he hates Princess, the BBW jake with the big pretty eyes.
This is Princess. He's a hugable sweetie who sometimes looks like he's thinking about mounting me when I crouch near him. Ah, hormones, making our boys nuts as usual. He hasn't mounted anyone yet, but he just learned to gobble this week. He outweighs everyone else in my yard by a minimum of threefold. His feet are going bad, so we'll probably process him for Thanksgiving, but in the meantime, I'm loving on him every chance I get and trying to give him the best life a meat turkey's ever had. He's a darling boy, and I'm going to miss him.
This is Donah. She's a year-and-a-half-old BO who's such a darling that my yard will be darker without her. She's a regular lap chicken, so even though her eggs don't sell, I'm keeping her.
These are Breda, Cindy and Rainy. Cindy and rainy are EEs, and Rainy lays the most variable and nifty eggs I've ever seen. Pretty much every egg that comes from her is different in color, size, shape or number of speckles. She's also huge.
This is my cinnamon golden pheasant cock. He's super dandy.
This is Sweetie. she's a two-year-old White Holland hen, and she's missing an eye from a nasty sinus infection she had last winter/fall. She's from jchny2000 too. I took her and her tom in when they were really, really sick, and over a month or more, I treated them in my living room until they were well enough to go home. When jchny2000 decided to get out of turkeys this summer, I jumped to take Sweetie back--and weirdly enough, she remembered both me and my house and tries to come back inside every chance she gets! She's such a darling. She's also an egg-hoarder and will roll eggs from anywhere on the coop floor right under her. I've been digging them out from under her (she's a marvelous broody, btw, and a completely non-aggressive one, too!) and candling periodically. The Bourbon tom sh'ed been housed with at Janet's had really low fertility, and Major's very new at this mating thing (oh, boy, does he suck at it), so it looks like only two of the eggs are fertile, and one should be hatching really soon!)
Here's Syd and Princess at the feeder. There's a clear acrylic sheet on the other side of the feeder so I can see the feed quality and level without even entering the coop proper.
Here's the "brroder" side of the front part of the coop--with Syd's eggs. The metal trashcan has feed in it to keep birds, poo and mice out of it. There's a short 2x4 piece between two five-gallon buckets to serve as a roost for the sickies and bitties. Tintaglia, Syd and the chicks (black Marans mix, two blue Sumatra mixes and the sole remaining silver-laced Polish) all often stay in the front part during the night. Rainy, Misty, and Donah often sneak in there, too.
Here's the nest box setup--and Sweetie! Some of my vet supplies are kept on top of the nest boxes in the front part of the coop. Originally, we weren't going to have the front part available for the birds--just for feed storage, potentially a brooder, vet supply storage, and surgery bay--however, I wound up needing it for quarantine and brooding without having said sections built on the other side yet, so I wound up sticking them on the front part. The coop is one third "front part and nest boxes" and the other two thirds are "coop 'n roosts". There's a door and chicken wire walls to separate the halves.
This is the back part of the run--it's overgrown with ambitious squash vines. Major and one of the black jennies are in it, talking to me, while her sister is on the roof of the coop!
Duckies and amaranth. Only two of four are left, but they both look to be girls now! One is a Cayuga, the other's a blue Runner.
This is Major and Princess coming in to steal cat food. Our back screen door broke, so anytime I open the back door, I risk invaders. Most of the time, Princess comes in to get away from Major, who badgers him all over the yard. They don' really fight--not like I've seen other toms and rooster fight on occasion, certainly--but Princess is a super sensitive wuss (and I love him for it, of course) and won't dish anything back to Major. Princess spends the vast majority of the day seemingly strutting around the yard, not even eating. So I try to keep them separated most of the time.
This is itty bitty Tintaglia. She's a self-blue/lavender slate jenny--and super duper small. She's been a sickly, failure-to-thrive case pretty much since she came home, and she's about half the size of Hershey, who's the next smallest turkey in the yard. The big turtle sandbox has been repurposed as a dustbath, so I close it on cloudy days to keep the dust dry.
@Mother2Hens I love your landscaping, and your birds. Thanks for sharing!
Took a few photos of the Buckeyes today. 24 weeks old. Slow to mature kiddos! I have not seen the boy mate yet. And no crowing. Now, I know he "can" crow, he just chooses not to. Totally different personality in this boy from the SFH. Girls are not laying either.
Since these are my first Buckeyes, I'm reserving judgement on if I like them or not until they are mature. But so far, quite a nice personality in both male and female.
These are all photos of the same boy.
Girl w/Green Band
Girl with Red Band
Girl with Pink Band
Since these are my first Buckeyes, I'm reserving judgement on if I like them or not until they are mature. But so far, quite a nice personality in both male and female.
These are all photos of the same boy.
Girl w/Green Band
Girl with Red Band
Girl with Pink Band
I'm brand new to Buckeyes. They are a good dual breed - I've already had one of the cockerels and he had a lot of weight on him at 20 weeks. The weight on them is much heavier than any layers I've had. One of those girls is really solid!
I purchased heritage from a breeder near Indianapolis that has Jeff Lay and another line that escapes me right now
. The "norm" is maturity around 24 weeks so now is the time.
I'm not sure what the hatchery Buckeyes are like. They may mature earlier.
More information here: https://americanbuckeyeclub.blogspot.com/
I purchased heritage from a breeder near Indianapolis that has Jeff Lay and another line that escapes me right now
. The "norm" is maturity around 24 weeks so now is the time. I'm not sure what the hatchery Buckeyes are like. They may mature earlier.
More information here: https://americanbuckeyeclub.blogspot.com/
I'm brand new to Buckeyes. They are a good dual breed - I've already had one of the cockerels and he had a lot of weight on him at 20 weeks. The weight on them is much heavier than any layers I've had. One of those girls is really solid!
I purchased heritage from a breeder near Indianapolis that has Jeff Lay and another line that escapes me right now
I'm not sure what the hatchery Buckeyes are like. They may mature earlier.
More information here: https://americanbuckeyeclub.blogspot.com/
Was it the guy in Yorktown?
I'm starting to think about down the line doing some small scale breeding and the buckeye is on the list. Just starting to look at them is all. Love the look of those birds. Thanks for sharing.
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In the Brooder
Been busy and havent been on in a while. I am however haveing a BIG coop issue now. All my chickens have stopped laying. We had a lot of changes. I tried my best to keep things as cal as possible for them as they happened. I switched feeds to the new Oyster strong thinking it was a better brand than what I was using. We mostly finished the new coop and moved the run and chickens to where my mother in law requested they be moved to. I introduced the mama and three babes I was given. everyone is integrated nicely and mama even brings the babes to sit on the top shelf with her and the other chickens. But I think from when I switched foods the egg production started to drop. I have switched back for the last week now but anyone have any ideas? Was it the food? will they lay again? I figure the americanas probably wont but neither mt black sexlink or road island red will either.. Please help.
Feed change should be gradual, if you went cold turkey that could trigger it. Moving coops another likely trigger. Shortening days also probably contributing. Then switching back on feed, again a trigger.
They aren't shut down forever but pick a lane and stay there and let the birds get themselves settled again.
They aren't shut down forever but pick a lane and stay there and let the birds get themselves settled again.
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