Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

I love orioles ...love that orange color.....used to have a bike that color.

 

[gladahmae]

Still just one chick hatched out of 6 eggs set. I'm going to be quite disappointed if they were all quitters, and I'm sure the Broodies will not be too happy either.

 

[aart]

Still just one chick hatched out of 6 eggs set. I'm going to be quite disappointed if they were all quitters, and I'm sure the Broodies will not be too happy either.

Oh bummer
Maybe that one was just the early bird..and the rest will be out by morning.
Had you candled at all?

 

[aart]

Holy ****, there's a lot of chickens out there!
Chicks are getting big at 6 weeks and mingling more with flock since I removed the coop partition wall a few days ago
Hoop coop build started. Re-banding of chicks, with cockerel ID's in place, happens this week. Cockerels and hoop coop may be leaving site within a couple weeks. May build another hoop coop to stay here, will ease the population pressure and assist/simplify the fall sorting/culling process of older birds.

 

[gladahmae]

Oh bummer
Maybe that one was just the early bird..and the rest will be out by morning.
Had you candled at all?

I didn't candle at all. I did look at/listen to all of the eggs tonight and noticed that either all of the writing got worn off of 3 eggs, or 3 eggs got donated by other hens with all of the best box squabbles. So I will leave the mama with the chick (she's been broody for over a month) be and let the one that's only been broody for about 10 days keep the "mystery" eggs.

 

[Grammi]

Can someone please tell me what this hen is doing? She's been doing this now for about three weeks. Thanks guys!

Someone will be able to help you. I haven't seen this in my chickens so I have no idea. But there are some very wise people here who might be able to give you an idea.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Can someone please tell me what this hen is doing? She's been doing this now for about three weeks. Thanks guys!

My chickens do this when they eat a lot of food. I heard its to adjust their crop. And from that video it looks like she ate a lot recently.

 

[aart]

Can someone please tell me what this hen is doing? She's been doing this now for about three weeks. Thanks guys!

Looks like a crop problem. They often make a similar movement to adjust their crops, but doing it non stop indicates a problem.
It could also be neurological.
ETA: FIXED DROP TO CROP

Mary, she is doing well in terms of maintaining her weight. She definitely eats. But only a little at a time. She's not lost any weight either. She's too fast to catch as well, so i haven't been able to inspect her. She doesn't stop when distracted...she's quite sharp

Catch her at night when she's roosting rather than the daytime rodeo with the fish net! If you can't hold her and actually feel her body, you really can't evaluate weight loss or condition. Mary

'Catching' them off the roost at night is definitely the way to go....haha!
Might want to put her in a wire dog crate right in the coop/run for a few days to evaluate her intake and output.
Remove feed at night so you can check her crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptying.

 

[uchytil]

Baltimore Oriel

Put out some oranges.

 

[1muttsfan]

Looks like a drop problem. They often make a similar movement to adjust their crops, but doing it non stop indicates a problem.
It could also be neurological.


'Catching' them off the roost at night is definitely the way to go....haha!
Might want to put her in a wire dog crate right in the coop/run for a few days to evaluate her intake and output.
Remove feed at night so you can check her crop first thing in the morning to see if it's emptying.

X2 good aadvice