Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[wingstone]

find the bowl of food with the meat on top..

 

[LeBlackbird]

Anyone want to take a look at my 11-12wk old hen and tell me what you think? She started showing signs of this at 4-5wks. She eats, drinks, plays well with others. She just doesn't use her one leg. At first we thought maybe she dislocated her leg, but we are new to this and pretty naive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Alright, couple surprises first!

1; 90% sure she is a he

2; He's a Rhode Island

Red Sexlinks have mainly white tail and wing feathers

For comparison, similarly aged New Hampshires. Of the two with their heads up, The top one is male, the bottom one is female




As for the leg, no idea what is the cause. Could've dislocated it, could be slipped tendon, could be genetic. Whatever it is, the outlook is not looking good. With the problem this far along, I'd opt for cull. Putting the leg back will be extremely difficult if not impossible, and painful. I've only dealt with a similar occurance once, and I lost the bird. I'm sorry

 

[yelnad]

1; 90% sure she is a he

For real? I was told it was a Red Star or a Red Comet which were both sex linked. But I don't know much about chickens

 

[My peeps]

Check your Tractor Supply stores that are close, they often have swaps in the late spring into summer. I haven't found info on them online, so about need to call the locals.
I think there is an auction/sale at a fairgrounds in your area during the summer... for the life of me I can't remember the name of it right now... Silkie Sensation may remember it.

Also, watch a web site called Pennswoods.net it has a classified section and it's not unusual to see ads from your area.

Here is a site of show dates that may help...
http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/

OK... found it!!!

http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Uniontown_Poultry_Association.html

Uniontown isn't far from me at all. Thanks for the links!

 

[missydcpc]

Woohoo! Pics???

I'll try to get pics this evening if DH gets home at a decent hour my cell takes crappy pics.

I am listing my Turkeys for sale. Tommy the tom just doesn't hump geese, he is into shoes too!

I'm assuming filled shoes?

I have a broody!!! I also found out my cross beak is laying. Poor thing was going to be culled soon! I am tired of keeping after her beak and helping her stay clean(ish). I figured she wasn't laying, and never would. Having the Ameraucana on sick leave proved that Cadbury was laying!e I don't mind keeping up with her if she will give me my blue eggs. I hope that doesn't sound mean. So 26 eggs in the incubator, and five under a broody. 37 chickens running around, and BO coming soon. I only wanted 30 max. I'd say I have a problem, but it is so much fun!!

LOL yup...chicken math at it's best.

Ha Sounds like me. 2 months ago I only wanted 6 layers.... I think last count we were at 46 chickens and 4 ducklings, and no eggs since I don't have a bator....yet

. I really need to figure out what to do with the ducks, I don't mind if they end up on the table, but as far as my sister is concerned they're "hers" ....Other than buying them she has yet to put a dime into them, or a minute into their care (not to mention she's moving into a 3rd floor apartment in WB in the next week or so), so as far as I AM concerned they're mine

. Sorry for the rant, but it's just like "her" dogs, cats and fish, they're only "her's" when we try to find new homes or in the case of the ducks freezer camp. On another note, I've looked up the procedure to caponize roosters, and I'm just wondering if anyone on here has done that. It looks fairly simple, and I plan on "practicing" on the roosters that will be culled anyway (once they're culled) so I can get anatomy and such down. Any guidance would be appreciated, the info on I found on the other threads was helpful, but I figure the more info the better it will go for me and the boys.

Someone did it in the fall...Fisherlady maybe?

find the bowl of food with the meat on top..

FF I'm guessing?

 

[SilkieSensation]

How hard is it to move a broody and her eggs. I want to move her to a chicken tractor, where she will stay until the chicks hatch and maybe even after if she is a good mother. I need the area she is in now to move my ducklings into.

Try moving her at night while she's drowsy. Then she can wake up in the new spot like nothing ever happened.

find the bowl of food with the meat on top..

Looks like the horde in my meaty pen. How are the duckies doing.

 

[BullChick]

If I were to clean out the coop the broody is in, and put some 12-week-old chicks in there, along with a few of the old flock. Do you think it would totally tick her off? She is a laid back girl ... When she isn't broody anyway. Most of you seem familiar with the shuffling around when you have chicks coming out of the incubator. I can also put the broody alone in a small coop. If I do, should I put her sister (BR) in with her for company?
And another question. I DO need to downsize my flock. Anyone wanting my layers is going to have to get over bare backs. I am nervous about putting the 2 cockerels (already in the big coop together) alone in a pen. Worse would be to put the other cockeral in with them. He is a good husband, but with only 4 girls, he is over mating too.
In English, should I leave the roosters where they are because no one is bleeding? If not, how can separate them from the girls without them killing each other? BTW, I do have aprons. The roosters flip them up.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

...wow, you are all movin' & grovin'....lots to catch up on....FINALLY!!

....(3days behind!)

Hello & welcome to all new posters..

I know alot of you have eggs in the bators...GOOD LUCK!!!! Chicken math at it's finest!! 1+1= MORE

*Kiomi , sorry to hear of your loss. We just put a motion sensor light at the coop. Hoping that will "help" deter critters. They are extremly cunning!

Hope everyone & their feathered friends are doing well & enjoying this beautiful weather....at least it's not raining today.

**Sally - I didn't know you where giving away prizes....did I miss the fun?

haha

 

[sharron]

Uniontown isn't far from me at all. Thanks for the links!

uniontown is this coming sunday but by 11 its done so get there early

 

[Blarneyeggs]

How hard is it to move a broody and her eggs. I want to move her to a chicken tractor, where she will stay until the chicks hatch and maybe even after if she is a good mother. I need the area she is in now to move my ducklings into.

If she is a first time Broody, you may run into some problems moving her, I can move my tried n true Broody in mid day, but I moved a first timer last month, in the middle of the night and she jumped ship and I had to finish the eggs in the incubator.

With your 'what to keep' question, it really is personal preference, but since ou want to breed ducks -I would pick a favorite duck and keep only that variety, so that you can breed without ending up with crosses.