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[CapricornFarm]

Nope, he can climb out.

Um harness? Spider baby strikes again!

 

[CapricornFarm]

If she didn't lay eggs I'd agree! I don't know what has gotten into her. I'm sure they are all a little stir crazy but "tater she's mean!"

I saw a picture of a polish rooster on here that laid eggs. I mean it had the right topnot, saddle feathers, crowed and laid eggs. So both sexes. Must be crowded in that body!

 

[Anansi]

Day 2 of no broody, so far so good.

Coffee and hot water are on, cinnamon apple streusel oatmeal inn the slow cooker, zucchini bread and banana muffins on the counter with the butter.

Have a great day, see y'all later.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning all skipped 109 posts to get here.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Um harness? Spider baby strikes again!

Good morning, the Milk Drinker finally got to sleep at midnight. However, he only woke once last night, so that helps.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I saw a picture of a polish rooster on here that laid eggs. I mean it had the right topnot, saddle feathers, crowed and laid eggs. So both sexes. Must be crowded in that body!

She was the sweetest thing till new chicks arrived. She's fine with me unless I'm trying to protect anther hen. I haven't seen her go after the older girls--other then GG. I know the boys are young but I thought they'd step in to stop a squabble.

 

[apryl29]

This should help. Don't worry, it isn't gross. Just funny.

You're welcome!

That was delightful!

This one!

That one doesn't move though. I need one that does the motion.. that just looks like it's looking up.

Ok , so hubby is not pleased i ordered another incubator. But it was almost time to go to town so i went.
Stopped in the hardware store to buy nails. Came out, pulled the handle.... and the whole assembly came out! Had to go around the other side of the car. I slid my butt across the console between seats and crushed the water bottle with my butt. SO my whole butt was soaking wet! and i had to go get my bone density test done! The lady was very nice and never mentioned my wet butt. We talked about goats and chickens for quite a while.

Once she heard chickens and goats she probably thought 'Oh, the wet butt makes sense now'.

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My smallest hangin with my biggest!

Awww He's so pretty!

Ha spiders catch the flies and what the birds can't catch.. They are welcome in my coops..

umm I even had a orb spider that had a web over my FF bucket in the basement catching flies I left her alone.

good thing I live alone.. but I evict the upstair spiders

Same. We have 'daddy long legs' or basement spiders.. We named one Gerald. He's gone now, but a pair in opposite corners of my bathroom met up one night & made babies. A few days later the eggs hatched and we had baby spiders in the shower. We had to check before we used it. I don't mind them, they eat the ants that find their way in every spring. REAL spiders die if they come near me. The hairspray trick does work. Had a huge one crawl out from behind our baseboard heater.. it died.
Also:

I had a massive spider (body the size of my pinky to the first joint with a 3" leg span) that did this in our kitchen door frame. After the 3rd time I walked into its web, I caught it and gleefully dumped it in the chicken run..... after calling the birds.

It didn't even hit the ground.

When I took Jaiden to the vet, we were put in a little exam room to wait. While we were waiting I saw a spider crawling across the floor. I spent a good 5 minutes trying to get her to notice it. It was a good last meal.

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GASP! I want to love them all! How old are they now?

Well, I've given up on the 6 eggs in the lockdown bator.

I candled them, no movement and the embryos aren't even close to filling the egg. I think my buggy bator did them in. So I turned of the bator and will toss the eggs tomorrow. I'm debating doing an eggtopsy. It will be hard to see dead baby chicks.

I should be getting my Ovation tomorrow! I'll be adding more Cornish eggs to the bator and candling the mixed flock and other Cornish eggs. I'll be leaving the Chocolate Orpington eggs alone because I only set them yesterday. I'll have to do some shuffling if I'm going to use my less buggy bator for hatching. I have 9 Cornish eggs (which are probably mostly infertile), 6 mixed flock eggs, and a dozen of the Chocolate Orp/Banty Cochin eggs in there now. Even if all the Cornish eggs go off, it will be hard to add new Cornish eggs to the 24 CO eggs when it comes time to hatch the 6 mixed flock eggs since my Ovation only holds 28 eggs...... I'm already wishing that I sprung for the 56 instead of the 28.

Personally, (with no hatching experience) I wouldn't bother if you don't think it would help. You know the incubator was messed up so that's likely the cause.

So I'm having trouble with B!tch Pudding. My year old Wheaten Americauna. She earned that name when I first brought the chicks out to the coop. She seemed to take joy in tormenting them. I thought it was because she was one of the youngest birds until then, so showing them she's boss. Thinking when they got bigger she'd be nicer. She went into molt and things settled down.
Chicks are full size now and she's as nasty as ever. I've seen her grab Frannie my BC by the comb and try to drag her off. She suddenly beats on the Gimpy Girl mercilessly. I heard screaming and found Cinnamon attempting to run from her. B!tch Pudding had her by the wing and wouldn't let go.
I've been in a pecking match with her trying to protect other hens. The boys--cockerals--seem to avoid her.
What's going on!?!

Can you cage her for a bit, put her into a time out and see if that corrects her behavior? Not actually sure if that'd help, but I have no idea otherwise.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[apryl29]

Sorry! That was my fault. Try this instead.

This is much better. I didn't mind the one you posted, it was actually interesting in a gross way, but then most of my youtube feed was parasite infected animal wounds.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

@apryl29 Once the weather is nice and I don’t have to worry about frozen water that’s my next step. I’m hoping with the weather getting warmer and they can spend more time outside she’ll be nice(r). Her total 180 in personality is shocking.