New Member Intro

[krizelle]

Ya'll sure do know how to make a heart melt Thank you all for the great tips and advise. I'll definitely be out there all day tomorrow making recommended improvements

nice pictures!! welcome here and I can't imagine how tiny a dwarf hamster is!

Dunkin (gray) sitting in a 2oz mini mason jar shot glass with room! he’s still a baby.. just came home 3 weeks ago. Sundance (white) in a 4oz mason jar salt/pepper shaker.. she was my sister’s but she moved out of state and couldn’t take her so we adopted.. she’s 2 years old and kinda overweight.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC! We're so glad you decided to join us! Please make yourself at home here!

 

[Sammi_0411]

Hello from the UK ! Welcome to BYC not in my expertise im afraid but like been suggested maybe post in forum of egg laying and chicken behaviours lots of well knowledged people be able to help. Hope pickle feels better soon

 

[Haphazard_Hannah]

Welcome to BYC! I just joined yesterday so I’m new too, and everyone has been so helpful - you’re gonna love it here

 

[Vickischics]

WELCOME to BYC.
You came to the right place. Many people have great knowledge on here. We are Egg-cited you joined us.

 

[Vickischics]

Welcome to BYC! I just joined yesterday so I’m new too, and everyone has been so helpful - you’re gonna love it here

WELCOME TO BYC TOO!!!
SORRY, I must have missed your introduction. I'll go find it.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Krizelle and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Hey Krizelle, welcome home to BYC, ask these folks anything, you will find them knowledgeable about more than just chickens. We are veritable storehouses of useless and sometimes useful information

 

[krizelle]

UPDATE!!
Sunday afternoon, Pickles became pretty lethargic and stayed in one spot until dark. I took her inside the house (in a dog crate with a basket filled with hay in case she ended up laying) and was about to do the Epsom salt 20-minute soak... I fed her a mix of crumbles sprinkled with 1 calcium pill and 2 baked & crushed eggshells. Seemed like a burst of energy came over her after she ate half of the first serving (I used the quail base for a quart jar) and she cleaned it out so I gave her another serving. I also gave her some hydro hen and this was the most I had seen her eat or drink since before 10/1. She was exploring in the house, Frenchie (the cat) came over and said hi and she wasn't scared or weary, she actually came up close but then the cat got scared and ran. She tried to lay and was moving hay around in the basket but then she kept getting up, then she started pecking me. I left her alone for about 20 minutes to see if anything would happen but she just kept eating and drinking. She seemed lonely so I ended up taking her back out to the coop with the girls and they were all happy to be reunited. She explored the newly renovated coop and then slept on the new roost we built.
Monday morning they were all happy and energized, each left a present for me except for Pickles. A few hours later, I was inside the shed cleaning and noticed she was in the coop pacing back and forth. I left at 11 am to run some errands and pick up some supplies. I get back at 12:30 and unload stuff into the shed and she's just getting out of the box... She runs out to the run and sure enough, she finally laid an egg! Although I'm not sure if I should even call it that. Because this is the softest I'd ever seen (out of the other 4 she did previously) and it is oddly colored. I wonder if it had been stuck in her this whole time and could she have more? Would she need antibiotics?

 

[DobieLover]

UPDATE!!
Sunday afternoon, Pickles became pretty lethargic and stayed in one spot until dark. I took her inside the house (in a dog crate with a basket filled with hay in case she ended up laying) and was about to do the Epsom salt 20-minute soak... I fed her a mix of crumbles sprinkled with 1 calcium pill and 2 baked & crushed eggshells. Seemed like a burst of energy came over her after she ate half of the first serving (I used the quail base for a quart jar) and she cleaned it out so I gave her another serving. I also gave her some hydro hen and this was the most I had seen her eat or drink since before 10/1. She was exploring in the house, Frenchie (the cat) came over and said hi and she wasn't scared or weary, she actually came up close but then the cat got scared and ran. She tried to lay and was moving hay around in the basket but then she kept getting up, then she started pecking me. I left her alone for about 20 minutes to see if anything would happen but she just kept eating and drinking. She seemed lonely so I ended up taking her back out to the coop with the girls and they were all happy to be reunited. She explored the newly renovated coop and then slept on the new roost we built.
Monday morning they were all happy and energized, each left a present for me except for Pickles. A few hours later, I was inside the shed cleaning and noticed she was in the coop pacing back and forth. I left at 11 am to run some errands and pick up some supplies. I get back at 12:30 and unload stuff into the shed and she's just getting out of the box... She runs out to the run and sure enough, she finally laid an egg! Although I'm not sure if I should even call it that. Because this is the softest I'd ever seen (out of the other 4 she did previously) and it is oddly colored. I wonder if it had been stuck in her this whole time and could she have more? Would she need antibiotics?

That doesn't look like an egg.