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[Nambroth]

My salmon Faverolle is missing her beard, I'm wondering if it's being picked out by someone or if it has something to do with her beard getting soaking wet when she drinks and it being too cold....her skin looks fine.

My other hens 'liberate' my Faverolles from their beards regularly. I think they must have some ideas about proper ladies and beards.... anyhow, my favorelles just LET it happen with a dreamy look on their faces, so I sort of just shrug!! I suspect this is what is going on with yours, too. My favorelles dunk their beard in the water too, but it's never bothered them. The other hens are giving them a shave!!

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Also food may get on the beard ? One of my Americanas like to clean the food off the faces of the others esp the teen Roos who she hangs with

 

[rancher hicks]

Sorry kinda off topic but I'm having trouble finding this online...
For those of you with oil heat, how often do you have someone come out to service your furnace. This is our first time dealing with oil, we never had anyone out to service our furnaces in the past at the house we used to own or other rentals we've lived in. Just something I thought of and was curious if it's any different than having gas or electric heat.

Don't have oil. Have gas.

BUT, I just had the furnace guy here cuz I heard a noise and thought it was the furnace. Turned out it was a florescent light that is in the basement and for some reason it makes a humming noise. It didn't have bulbs in it, but it's hardwired in so I can't unplug it. It doesn't make the noise all the time though. Goes off and then stops after a few minutes. Gotta call an electrician for that. I put bulbs in but it still makes the noise and bulbs won't go on.

 

[Metella]

I have oil - I have it serviced every 2 to 3 years; like everything - you are "recommended" to have it serviced each year. I can only imagine the cost of having everything serviced like that! I would have to have a hen that laid golden eggs.

My Fav hen is a top hen - on one picks on her beard ! ha ha ha

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Hi

We set another hatch yesterday morning. Put in more NN eggs, hoping for fertility. Some of our first hatch are showing the frizzle wing feathers now.

With everything that normally goes on at home we are also rebuilding a wall and pipes to the upstairs bathroom. The project is turning out to be more than we planned. Always is!

 

[Lynzi777]

I have oil - I have it serviced every 2 to 3 years; like everything - you are "recommended" to have it serviced each year. I can only imagine the cost of having everything serviced like that! I would have to have a hen that laid golden eggs.

My Fav hen is a top hen - on one picks on her beard ! ha ha ha

That's what I thought....I think I want to have someone come out and clean it or the chimney or something....I can smell oil when the heat kicks on in certain rooms. Kinda makes me nervous. It's not a strong smell, but you can definitely tell it's oil.

 

[Lynzi777]

Well I think I just solved the mystery of why I haven't been able to hatch anything in my Brinsea the last few times I tried hatching. Since I haven't been adding water this whole time, I decided to add some today since lockdown is Wednesday, then top it off Wednesday. I've read numerous reviews that have stated people fill half the well days 1-18 and the both sides of the well days 18-21. Well the last two hatches I was filling one side of the well with water and they either didn't make it to day 18 or didn't hatch come hatch day. I also did not a humidity reader either. Now that I do, I decided since it's been low at 25% days 1-16, that I would fill the half the well and see where that got me. Would you believe that the humidity shot up and over 60%!! So immediately removed the water and it's going down as we speak. So come lockdown I think I'm only going to fill half the well instead of both sides. 60% is pretty average humidity for lockdown days. I have noted that some bring humidity to 60-70% some due 65%. So that will be perfect. I'm glad I tested this out today rather waiting till lockdown because I would have hated to screw that up during the time it should be remaining closed! Phew!!!

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

My other hens 'liberate' my Faverolles from their beards regularly. I think they must have some ideas about proper ladies and beards.... anyhow, my favorelles just LET it happen with a dreamy look on their faces, so I sort of just shrug!! I suspect this is what is going on with yours, too. My favorelles dunk their beard in the water too, but it's never bothered them. The other hens are giving them a shave!!

Lol, she just looks so different without the big poofy cheeks! I've never run into this with my EE's. I guess with the SF its better, I wondered sometimes if she could actually see past the beard it was so big!

Also food may get on the beard ? One of my Americanas like to clean the food off the faces of the others esp the teen Roos who she hangs with

I never see food, just wet and matted down after she drinks.

I have oil - I have it serviced every 2 to 3 years; like everything - you are "recommended" to have it serviced each year. I can only imagine the cost of having everything serviced like that! I would have to have a hen that laid golden eggs.

My Fav hen is a top hen - on one picks on her beard ! ha ha ha

LOL

 

[Lapeerian]

That's what I thought....I think I want to have someone come out and clean it or the chimney or something....I can smell oil when the heat kicks on in certain rooms. Kinda makes me nervous. It's not a strong smell, but you can definitely tell it's oil.

We get ours serviced annually. He runs diagnostics to get the greatest efficiency. One year we skipped the service and end up with an emergency call charge instead when it wouldn't fire due to needing new tips. That was before we had the woodstove. Another year during service he found that a part was failing, and was able to look up all the original warranty information and get the part for free, saving us from a more expensive repair. If you are smelling oil, I would definitly have someone check it out. Not an emergency call, but get in soon.
The filters are supposed to be changed every 3 months or so, but we don't since that is our secondary heat source now, and because we have an odd size filter that is impossible to find.

 

[Cass]

That's what I thought....I think I want to have someone come out and clean it or the chimney or something....I can smell oil when the heat kicks on in certain rooms. Kinda makes me nervous. It's not a strong smell, but you can definitely tell it's oil.

Sounds like your burner isn't firing the second that oil is shot into the firebox. Very correctable and shouldn't cost much for parts. If I lived closer I'd send Ray over to give you an idea of what was wrong so you don't get ripped off. I had oil for decades (still do, actually) and I have never cleaned an oil furnace chimney....as long as there is a cover on it so birds can't get down, you shouldn't have to clean it. I forget what the exact problem is when you smell oil...but I have had it happen and the burner guy fixed it up quite nicely. As long as he is there ask him if the nozzle is ok....cuz nozzles build up carbon and need to be replaced.