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I’m sorry, but this isn’t going to work for us. Let’s try again. You need more chickens. You need quail. You need ducks. You need turkeys. Don’t get guineas. Geese are okay if you get Pomeranian. :thumbsup
 
BullChick said:
I’m sorry, but this isn’t going to work for us. Let’s try again. You need more chickens. You need quail. You need ducks. You need turkeys. Don’t get guineas. Geese are okay if you get Pomeranian. :thumbsup
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My township is strict so I just visit my sister’s farm. She has all of the above (minus guineas) and alpacas and a donkey and a miniature horse. Now if she would just get some 🐑!
 
BullChick said:
:welcome They should start up very soon. That is, assuming they aren’t old. Depending on a few factors, old hens can continue to lay two or four eggs a week, or only 4 eggs a year. It sounds like you need another two or six hundred chickens. :thumbsup
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Then there’s the ducks, turkeys...
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Hahaha we are getting 3/4 chicks today actually. The original hen actually just laid an egg yesterday!
 
dheltzel said:
Funny about Greenfire's Welbars. They announced them and I expected them to make a big splash and be serious competition. They posted some pics and I commented in some public forums and I think even on their website, that the cockerels they had in the pictures were single barred and would not produce autosexing chicks. Fast forward some months and nothing out of GF about Welbars. Finally, word got out that they had abandoned the Welbars because they could not get them to be reliably autosexing. Seems they can buy and sell autosexing chickens, but have no idea about what makes the genetics work.

The best buy I ever made was getting Rees Legbars direct from GF. That is the only thing I ever bought from them, but they are the stars of my chick sales every single year. So I have mixed feelings about GF.
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Did you get your bielefelders from Greenfire too? They are great chickens! So calm and confident. Bear even tried to break fights between girls. Best flock leader without a rooster. Too bad you don't have them anymore. I heard the new line bielefelders from Greenfire is not as good as the old one.
 
Hello! I have been away for a long time. Everything has been rather quiet with my backyard chickens. I don't have time to catch up on what I missed, but I hope everyone (and their chickens) are doing well!

I'm back for now because we have a chicken issue. One of our hens, our daughter's favorite, was walking strangely a few days ago. She was bloated and I suspected she might be egg bound. However she was not acting quite like it, so I left her alone and she survived a few more days longer. So I decided to make some time last night to give her a bath and check for an egg. No egg was found so I did some more research and decided she must have "water belly." I really didn't want to, but I poked her with a needle, and sure enough, the liquid drained out of her. She is out and foraging with the others now. I'm sure she must feel so much better now. My question for you guys is - what could have been the cause of this, will it come back, how often, and how long may she live with this condition? (I read varying things - could be heart failure, liver failure, infection, etc. She could live only a month longer, or over a year, or it could resolve itself?)
 
FluffyButt789 said:
Hello! I have been away for a long time. Everything has been rather quiet with my backyard chickens. I don't have time to catch up on what I missed, but I hope everyone (and their chickens) are doing well!

I'm back for now because we have a chicken issue. One of our hens, our daughter's favorite, was walking strangely a few days ago. She was bloated and I suspected she might be egg bound. However she was not acting quite like it, so I left her alone and she survived a few more days longer. So I decided to make some time last night to give her a bath and check for an egg. No egg was found so I did some more research and decided she must have "water belly." I really didn't want to, but I poked her with a needle, and sure enough, the liquid drained out of her. She is out and foraging with the others now. I'm sure she must feel so much better now. My question for you guys is - what could have been the cause of this, will it come back, how often, and how long may she live with this condition? (I read varying things - could be heart failure, liver failure, infection, etc. She could live only a month longer, or over a year, or it could resolve itself?)
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I'm not an expert, but I think most water belly issues are cuased by reproduction problems, such as internal laying (and infection). I don't think that you can do anything to stop internal laying, but you can give her antibiotics to treat the infection. Other people may have better suggestions than me.
 
We just got 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Golden Lace Wyandotte Pullets. Today the one of Rhode Island Reds is pecking "goosing" one of the Golden Lace make her chirp loudly, and try to fly away. Is this normal or do I need to separate the ladies.

I also unplugged the heating pad for a little bit thinking they maybe getting to warm.
 
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