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MotorcycleChick said:
I got an egg! Not very dark, but I think it may be her first. Had they begun laying, Beaglady?
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Crap! No, as far as I know she wasn't laying. I hope you end up with darker eggs, at least as dark as the ones in my kitchen, If i knew she was laying light eggs, I wouldn't have sold her as a marans. Chicken math says I owe you a chicken.....


As far as hawks, yes a big hawk, like a red tail, will take a grown chicken. The roos will keep watch for hawks and warn the ladies, but they need places to hide if free ranging. One winter, the blue Andalusian roo that's the grandaddy of your splash girls fought off a hawk that was trying to scoop him off of the snow.
 
I lost my first girl this morning. I had been checking the disease and illness section. Too many opinions, all seemed to fit. One difference. I didn't see a single thing that would kill her this fast!
On Sunday she seemed slow. Not bad slow. Just "I am waiting my turn at the FF" slow. I pet her, and asked if she was okay. Her answer was to run off. I thought I was imagining that she seemed sick. Monday she was moving around, but looked kinda puffed up. Nothing else seemed off. Maybe I was looking at a different girl, and this one was just coming out of a dust bath or something? Tuesday morning she was sitting on the branch. It is a roost that they only use during the day. I think she slept there. There was a small pile of greenish runny poo under her. It was the only green pile, and just the size of one poop. That is when I began to worry. Last night while talking to the cashier at TSC she said that the chicken may have gotten into something. THEN I remembered the broken light bulb I saw. My question there is that there was no bloody stool or crying in pain. She was not egg bound. No one else is acting odd in any way. Any ideas? Should I worry about the rest of the gang?
 
OMG Bobbie is funny! wash feet from the toilet! yeah me too!! But you have more than one bathroom! I only have one tiny one at least until I get the basement set up, which wont be for a loooong time!
 
beaglady said:
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I did just lose a pullet!
J/K. I am very happy with the new gang. I just hope they chill out!
I took a lot of pictures until the truest color came out. Definitely not a light brown. And between it being her first (I am so lucky to get her first!!) and the stress from moving, I will wait and see. As long as one lays a darker egg, I can be sure those are the eggs I incubate, and all will be well.
As for the fencing, I HAVE to keep the chickens enclosed. The neighbors have dogs that will eat the chickens, and their flock could have any number of diseases.
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MotorcycleChick said:
I lost my first girl this morning. I had been checking the disease and illness section. Too many opinions, all seemed to fit. One difference. I didn't see a single thing that would kill her this fast!
On Sunday she seemed slow. Not bad slow. Just "I am waiting my turn at the FF" slow. I pet her, and asked if she was okay. Her answer was to run off. I thought I was imagining that she seemed sick. Monday she was moving around, but looked kinda puffed up. Nothing else seemed off. Maybe I was looking at a different girl, and this one was just coming out of a dust bath or something? Tuesday morning she was sitting on the branch. It is a roost that they only use during the day. I think she slept there. There was a small pile of greenish runny poo under her. It was the only green pile, and just the size of one poop. That is when I began to worry. Last night while talking to the cashier at TSC she said that the chicken may have gotten into something. THEN I remembered the broken light bulb I saw. My question there is that there was no bloody stool or crying in pain. She was not egg bound. No one else is acting odd in any way. Any ideas? Should I worry about the rest of the gang?
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No advise, but sorry for your loss :(
 

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