NY chicken lover!!!!

[cutipatooti]

Exciting times here - one of our Easter Eggers has started laying, unsure if it's Dove or Princess Di, but have never had blue shelled eggs before, so still get a little thrill when I check the nest box.
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The girls enjoyed those warmer days last week, didn't even seem to care about the rain when they got the chance to peck and scratch on the muddy grass for the afternoon. They always look so funny and spiky when they get wet!

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Congrats on the blue egg. I love your sweet little chicken family.

 

[Hilly78]

I just put in some silver Brakel and Welsummer.

Oh nice! I love Welsummer. I used to have a hen that would basically hug me.

 

[FishMtFarm]

I'm throwing in some silkies, showgirls, and mixed breed frizzles this week. Who knows, might do some olive eggers too.

 

[boskelli1571]

I just put in some silver Brakel and Welsummer.

Braekels are beautiful....save some for Chickenstock please

 

[Beer can]

Anyone got anything going in the incubator? I'm throwing a few marans and Doms in hoping this weekend.

I'll be setting as many as I get March 10th for the Easter hatch along. If they start laying ...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/19532619

 

[Pyxis]

I've got a couple ko shamo eggs in the incubator - and three emu eggs

 

[Aria]

Interesting. I am reading of different breeds Braekel>Welsumer....
We will be want to add to our Flock. We always had just Silkies.
We love them...but they are NOT good layers. We now have
on Rhode Island Red, 3 Easter Eggers. They lay large eggs.
Looking forward to adding other breeds. Regards, Aria

 

[Gramma Chick]

Have you applied the blood stopper?

No I think her feet where bleeding because she was walking on them ..she was trying to get to the coop . The baking soda water bath worked great for stopping the bleeding and warmed her up .
You can also use flour or corn starch to stop bleeding .
When my chicken Baby was a chick she had a another hen attack her..
The blood was pouring out of her neck so much I thought she was a goner .
I held my finger & thumb on her neck for pressure ..and put corn starch on it
it stopped bleeding immediately

 

[Gramma Chick]

It's a yearly gathering of some of the folks here - all welcome. We are situated near Canandaigua Lake

familys are welome
A picnic , a Raffle table ( donated items ) chickens to buy and sell , sometimes Bunnies, usually Raw honey , Chicken related items , to buy ,

 

[Gramma Chick]

I'll be setting as many as I get March 10th for the Easter hatch along. If they start laying ...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/19532619

have you dewormed them ? it is a good time to do it ..when they are are not laying much ..you have to toss the eggs for 2 weeks Or you and the chickens can eat them if you want ..we still ate them ..so we were dewormed too maybe ..HA HA