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Henicillin said:
After being thrown around by that blasted bear and her cub for three nights running, we figured that the bee colony was dead. Not so. Alan picked up the hive boxes on Friday. He found two frames that were stuck together and still had live bees on them, so he left them out there. Yesterday he noticed that the tiny ragtag group of remaining bees, rather than dying or dispersing, are still balled up on those frames, and are vigorously defending them. Today they're in extremely defensive mode, which suggests that either that queen somehow survived or that they have a queen cell and are raising a new one. So, they're getting a hive body today. If they manage to come back from this, I want to breed queens from them, as they're like Energizer bees - they just keep going and going and going! They've had a tree fall on them, experienced a long, cold, wet winter, and now have been tossed around by bears, and they're still at it? Go, bees, go!
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YAY BEES!! I was reading about their genetics while at the dentist office a few weeks ago, and how they can change their "type" based on what the hive needs. Bees rock.
But bears, I don't want to encourage. I'll just buy some honey from a local person more brave than me.
Gramma Chick said:
ChickPrincess
I was wondering how you handle the food ? The babies are still on Baby food right ?
And the hens are on layer ?
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I was wondering that too... since I have ducklings younger than my chickens, and I will soon enough be having baby chicks along with mommas.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/768956/all-this-chicken-feed-stuff-is-getting-complicated this thread was helpful, basically they say feed starter/grower to everyone (life long) with calcium supplement (oyster shell) separately (for those who need it).
This was very helpful to me, since mine free range ... but I wanted to supplement their feed - which I now know should be with the starter/grower rather than the "layer" food, since that can be harmful to the youngsters and boys.
featherz said:
Yah, and I switched them to the giant ecoglow 50 just for the next few nights since a few of the boys don't have full feathering yet -- the ecoglow 50 is huge and leaves lots of room for them to get up there. :p

Remember, here is MY alien roo (the one on the ecoglow) only 8 days ago..

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I am not sure if that is cute or creepy....
rancher hicks said:
Someone asked me how I know so much about chickens and I told them I read. Here's the latest on adding heat to the coop.

"New keepers often imagine that chickens need to be kept warm in cold weather, which isn't the case. They are perfectly hardy - and happy - as long as they're kept away from both draughts and damp surroundings. " Prolonged exposure to damp conditions within the house can lead to respiratory illness, something chickens are particularly at risk from, and which can prove extremely debilitating. So always check that there's plenty of ventilation provided, and that it isn't at the chicken height when the birds are roosting on the perches. Under the eaves of roofs and at the top of side walls is the best place for ventilation holes and / or slots to be located.

However it's not just a lack of ventilation that can promote a damp environment. The droppings produced first thing in the morning can be very wet, soaking into shavings if your late letting your birds out and in wet weather, the birds themselves bring in water and mud as they come and go. " This to-ing and fro - ing during the day can also lead to the ground directly outside the house becoming poached and muddy.

To help with this, the area at the bottom of the ramp - or just outside the pop hole - can be spread with gravel or hardwood chippings." - Practical Poultry magazine.


For me I think I'll clean in front of the pop hole and fill in with river stones and gravel a foot or so. Right now I have large flat rocks they have to jump up on before entering the coop.

Take care,

Rancher

forgot two more marans chicks and another EE. Still more eggs to go. NOT including the incubator for which today is lock down.
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thank you for sharing the advice.
stonykill said:
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YES haha! omg it has been a thousand years since I've heard that!
 
featherz said:
more pics, from an alternate camera. :)

The guy on the right is my guy who was crowing at 3 weeks.

The Lemon Blue on the left is a gorgeous pullet. Hang on to her as long as you can. The black chick that was crowing really early is actually a Peanut Butter chick from the Black pullet he was in with.

Another pair of boys.. not fully feathered out yet..


These 2 boys are going to be nice- The one on the right should look a bit like Ralf in another 8 months. The one on the left is going to be neat to watch mature. I haven't seen a Lemon Blue boy star out yellow as a chick. Usually they start a pale blue.

Would be nice if these two ended up girls..


I'm going to say pullets on these 2. The black one is going to another awesome colored hen. The Lemon girl should look like Abby but the one in the above pic is spot on for the Lemon Blue coloring!!!
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County Boy said:
Can't be- Silkies have black legs, 5 toes. Maybe a Barred Rock?
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Barred Rock wasn't in their "Exotic" breed selection...I'm guessing after some research either a Dominique or a Cookoo Marans??They both have the balck with a white spot, white wing tips and a whitish bottom?!? Hope it's a Maran, chocolate eggs if its not a Roo!?!?
 
stonykill said:
maybe. A barred Rock has a white spot on it's head. This has white on it's head although it looks a little larger of a spot than I would expect. All I know is HE looks angry
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Heeeeeee!?!?! Why would you saaaay such a thing?!? Hahahaaa if the Mystery Chix turn out to be Roos, ill end up with 3 unless they made mistakes sexing the Pullets!?!
 
Lock down today and I swear I heard peeps. Moved them to the cartons. 30 eggs.

As for the chick posted. It's spot tells me it's roo, It's comb tells me it's a Dominique. Unless that was not one of the Mystery breeds.

But then if you knew it would not be a mystery would it?
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does anyone here have BR's from Kathy in MO? I am looking for a rooster from her, but she seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.
 
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