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Pentamom said:
I was thinking the same thing....and the other has purple on it's back. LOL! so cute!!

So to give you guys the readers digest version of what's been going on, my dad who took early retirement from his job (he lives with my husband and I~don't know if I mentioned this.) got himself another job and gave me a week notice that he was moving to arkansas. So that pretty much meant my life got turned upsidown real quick. Now I'm running all the kids everywhere daily (which I never had to do) and I'm NEVER alone. So I've been extremely stressed out (and losing weight from not eating and just drinking coffee all day) and, I'm just trying to run this house as smoothly as possible. 5 kids is A LOT when you are doing it by yourself. My husband leaves at 6 am and isn't home until 7:30+ pm. so I'm literally a single parent. My dad has lived with us for 3 years, so I was spoiled for 3 years. It's all about working out a routine, and I'm trying to be supermom and I'm so sick to my stomach about it. I dealing, but I even find I'm not on Facebook as much. LOL! I just don't have the time.

I know, poor pentamom waaa waaaa waaaa...(insert sarcasm here).

But that's what's up.

On a lighter note, what is good for getting my brooder box ready and when would these babies go in it?
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Was wondering how things were going for you, last heard...you were trying to get live back to "normal" after sandy-storm. Sorry to hear things are so hectic for you, but it will calm, you will find a rhythm to things again
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!..keep it simple...breathe#1..Smile#2..#3-laugh, because you are still here and that's a good thing! Hey, glad to here your babies are on their way!!
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GoldDogsMom said:
So...haven't really been on here for awhile but looking for some more advice.

Just when I thought the feather plucking was resolved...just let the girls out for their afternoon free ranging and another hen with plucked and bloody feathers! I have upped their protein intake, tried blucote which helps but is it too cold (41 right now) to be spraying stuff on them? I did get some bitter apple spray for birds but again worried about them getting chilled!

Thanks in advance,

Leslie
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Hi Leslie, I missed the post!

Do you know who the pecker is??? Bye bye to the pecker, but I assume you don't know who it is, and I agree about the spray and being outside in this cold (Did you know laying hens tend to peck short feathers more frequently than long ones, and there is some evidence to suggest that hens laying brown-shelled eggs are more likely to engage in feather pecking than hens laying white-shelled eggs) HOWEVER if they need the spray you should isolate them and care for them....IF there is blood on the bird you have to ISOLATE or you wont fix anything.

POSITIVE you have enough space in the coop for them??????
feed and water is always filled?
PARASITES? sure you don't have any?? You are NOT overcrowded correct? You have ENOUGH nest boxes? you have plenty of perches for the birds?
I read something about too much light as well, always use red or a dimmer in the coop.
Heat.... NOT TOO WARM either with adequate ventilation
How have you added protein and is it on a daily basis?
There is always the debeaking route as well as the sunglasses route????
And last is a hard to swallow suggestion.... you may have to remove your weaker birds permanently as I had to....
here is a thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/621392/pecking/20 interesting about the horse feed I think it was that they suggest... high protein


I hope you can nip this and not have to deal with cannibalism : (
 
LittleMissPurdy said:
Was wondering how things were going for you, last heard...you were trying to get live back to "normal" after sandy-storm. Sorry to hear things are so hectic for you, but it will calm, you will find a rhythm to things again
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!..keep it simple...breathe#1..Smile#2..#3-laugh, because you are still here and that's a good thing! Hey, glad to here your babies are on their way!!
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I know! Just as soon as I think I'm getting things back to "normal" then crap happens again. I seriously can't WAIT until the new year. LOL~I need a fresh start! I can't be without my Chicken~Folk. You are all growing on me!
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LOL!! Now with the new mobile BYC it is easier to keep up. (and post pictures.) LOL!
 

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