Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[fisherlady]

So you did continue to have prolapsing? Over a period of days as you worked on repairing the problem? or subsequent weeks or months? 
Did you notice your hen pushing the area right out again after massaging it in? I didn't have the heart to stress her any more today. She's in a crate in a coop by herself right now. Food water and darkened. I'll try again tomorrow if that sounds like what I should be doing. Just try moving the egg to the center after lubing and gently massage to help her a bit then back to rest again? 

I did collect 2 dark eggs from the other 2 wellies today so very excited about those pretty eggs!

She continued to prolapse the first week or so, but gradually the frequency and extent of them decreased.

 

[chxmama]

CCL pullet eggs (actually CCL + Welsummer, so technically easter egger from @dheltzel stock)



same CCL eggs with the big girls for comparison



A picture of our moveable hoop coop so the girls can still be on grass (since our predator problem became too great). I am really loving this option!


And just because it's a fun picture! Blossom, our black sexlink. Awesome forager, great layer, sweet disposition. <3



Wanted to post a pic of the new dark brown welsummer eggs, but ran out of daylight. Stay tuned for more!

 

[chxmama]

She continued to prolapse the first week or so, but gradually the frequency and extent of them decreased.

Great - thanks! I may have more questions again in the days to come.

 

[BullChick]

Great pictures!

 

[dheltzel]

CCL pullet eggs (actually CCL + Welsummer, so technically easter egger from @dheltzel stock)



same CCL eggs with the big girls for comparison



A picture of our moveable hoop coop so the girls can still be on grass (since our predator problem became too great). I am really loving this option!


And just because it's a fun picture! Blossom, our black sexlink. Awesome forager, great layer, sweet disposition. <3



Wanted to post a pic of the new dark brown welsummer eggs, but ran out of daylight. Stay tuned for more!

Great pics! Those are pretty eggs and such a nice coop too.
Can you post pics of the Olive Egger pullet? I think I have one growing out, but she hasn't laid yet and I would like to see what your looks like.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Well, Ana has officially left her babies on their own now. One of her little olive egger cockerels even found a home on Tuesday Her one little girl is developing a little crest. She's a wild little olive egger that's apparently half cream legbar. I'm anxious to see what color her eggs end up being when she grows up. She's a fiesty little thing that dives into the garage looking for food every time the door is left open but very flighty so catching her is next to impossible. Pictures as soon as I get some Ana's other 3 babies (2 OE and 1 lav am) are all doing great. They tend to hang with mama sometimes during the day but are pretty much their own little flock now.

 

[BullChick]

I wish my chicks would separate from the ducklings. Even the poults are going to the ducklings for parenting now and then. The poults hang with the 19-week-olds most of the time, but I see them running after the other littles now and then too. The lone chick that wandered over from the neighbors is well integrated too.
I am hoping to get rid of the Pekin baby boy and the four Muscovies within the next two weeks. Anyone have any thoughts on how the girls will cope? There is one Pekin baby girl and one Muscovie baby-ish girl. They don't interact with each other or the adult Pekin pair.

 

[chxmama]

Great pics! Those are pretty eggs and such a nice coop too.
Can you post pics of the Olive Egger pullet? I think I have one growing out, but she hasn't laid yet and I would like to see what your looks like.

Thank you! It is fun getting different colored eggs. The kids get really excited so that just doubles the satisfaction. Wait until you see the dark wellie eggs (though it's probably old hat to you after collecting and hatching hundreds. LOL)

We have 2 of your Olive Eggers and when they were young, I knew which ones were the olives and which were pure by the difference in head coloring, but now that their crests are mature, I am stumped! I think that their crests aren't as full and feathery, but that is just a hunch. I've been watching to figure it out and as soon as I do, I'll get your some pics. You might have it figured out before me though!

All of the birds are very pretty though. We have a variety of crest development as well as hackle coloring. Some are cream, some more golden. I'll get some pics. Maybe it will help me identify too.

Funny story:
so while we were away, we had a friend take care of the chickens. Dh spoke with her today and she kept commenting on all the neat egg colors she collected while we were gone, but that the lavendar one was just so unique and she had never seen anything like it before. He could not figure out what she was talking about since we don't have any lavendar egg laying hens.

He discussed the green and the blue, the various shades of brown - darks, light, even the pinkish hue we get, but that lavender had him stumped. He relayed the conversation to me and I couldn't stop laughing as I reminded him of the "practice" egg I put in the box to suggest where the girls should conduct their egg laying business. Apparently, she hasn't tried to crack her lavender egg to eat yet. Won;t she be surprised and baffled when she does (It's ceramic!)!

Too funny not to share with ya'll.

 

[chxmama]

Great pictures!

Thank you! <3

 

[BullChick]

Thank you! It is fun getting different colored eggs. The kids get really excited so that just doubles the satisfaction. Wait until you see the dark wellie eggs (though it's probably old hat to you after collecting and hatching hundreds. LOL)

We have 2 of your Olive Eggers and when they were young, I knew which ones were the olives and which were pure by the difference in head coloring, but now that their crests are mature, I am stumped! I think that their crests aren't as full and feathery, but that is just a hunch. I've been watching to figure it out and as soon as I do, I'll get your some pics. You might have it figured out before me though!

All of the birds are very pretty though. We have a variety of crest development as well as hackle coloring. Some are cream, some more golden. I'll get some pics. Maybe it will help me identify too.

Funny story:
so while we were away, we had a friend take care of the chickens. Dh spoke with her today and she kept commenting on all the neat egg colors she collected while we were gone, but that the lavendar one was just so unique and she had never seen anything like it before. He could not figure out what she was talking about since we don't have any lavendar egg laying hens.

He discussed the green and the blue, the various shades of brown - darks, light, even the pinkish hue we get, but that lavender had him stumped. He relayed the conversation to me and I couldn't stop laughing as I reminded him of the "practice" egg I put in the box to suggest where the girls should conduct their egg laying business. Apparently, she hasn't tried to crack her lavender egg to eat yet. Won;t she be surprised and baffled when she does (It's ceramic!)!

Too funny not to share with ya'll.