She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[rossfam06]

Haha done! And I know they aren't little uglies, they can't help it lol!
Not really. But she's still eating and drinking well, so I'm going to let her see if she can make use of the leg or not. I tried splints, band aids, sling chairs... She got out of everything. She is strong, I give her that!
Hmmm I would expect to see some veins. The one that I had that quit, the veins started slowly floating toward each other and ended up blood ringing together. I hope that's not the case for you. What color egg? Could you see them before now?

Have you tried using the medical wrap tape? Its pretty stretchy and its adheres to itself so it will not come off as easy. The egg is a light brown. I have always seen veins until just now! But I dont see a blood ring either. I am nervous.

If the chick is moving inside don't freak out as things develop fluids darken in some eggs but not as much as others if the shell is thicker or a darker color . In my BCMs I never see veins or only at the very end when the air cell is well developed and I candle from the top I can see them then. but not well

I hope your right! I am going to check again in the morning.

They look great! I remember when you first posted the pictures of them. So happy that they recovered and are in good health. Doesn't it feel like a real accomplishment when you nurture an animal back to good health!? Zax is awesome looking!! What kind is he?
Wow! Time flies by!
Hahaha!

You're going to be in trouble for that one!!
What are these ones called? I've never seen them before.
Love it! I think this is something that most of us have in common on here.
Love the pics!! I've decided to do polish frizzles next month!! I'm having a hard time finding specific breeders to ship eggs this time of year, so we'll see. I think yours look adorable. Have you decided anything about the little black one with the bad leg?
I'm having this exact same issue. Waiting for replies!

Thank you! It does feel good to help nurse an animal back to health. Zax is a Silver Laced Polish. He is my hubbys favorite.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

But seriously, I hope your dad stays healthy for a long time and you get to keep your chickens and all! Don't worry about what you don't have any control over. What will be will be!

x2+

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[BlackwoodHollow]

That was definitely meant to be to go down that smoothly!

Now in my corner, I have this guy messaging me on a local Facebook swap page about poults. He wanted some Narragansett poults for his boys to raise as pets, then said nevermind he found turkeys for $7. I said great, they will enjoy eating them for Thanksgiving as they are likely Broad Breasted. A few days later he then asked the seller and found out yes, they are Broad Breasted, and now he expects me to:
1. Match the Broad Breasted price
2. Short another customer who has already scheduled a pick up
3. Deliver them to him 40 minutes away because he is having truck problems

And he's annoying as all get out on FB. I'm about to block him.

Oh, geeze! People are the worst(present company excluded)!

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

I have got serious mommy/daddy/sibling issues. I've never gone to therapy, I just use my effervescent personality as a coping mechanism

After a bad day at work, or a few bad phone calls, I can spend an hour with the chickens and forget all about it. It's hard not to be in a good mood when 120+ chickens are so excited to see you

Plus, it's so often like an episode of Looney Tunes! I definitely relate to Chuck Jones!

 

[BYC910]

Ok, I have all kinds of chicken stories from the weekend.
I've had chickens for 7 years, and have never lost one to a snake until Saturday.

It was a 7 week old pullet, and at first I couldn't figure out what had happened. She was on the coop floor Saturday morning, and it looked like something had grabbed her from the neck up, but there were no feathers flung about, just wet and sticky from the shoulders up, and dry and fluffy from the shoulders down. That's too much to take in on a Saturday morning, and I was confused at first, and then I went "Ohhhhhhhh"... Obviously a snake had tried to eat her, got to the part that was too big to swallow, and regurgitated. I searched online for snake eating chicken, and after seeing pictures my suspicions were confirmed. I've put Snake Away around the coop and am in the process of filling any gaps, holes, or cracks. I figure it will either be back to try and find a smaller one, or wait until it's big enough to eat a pullet. There were 3 cockerels in that coop, too. If it was going to kill one, why not kill one of them?

Has anyone else noticed that when you search anything related to chickens, 95% of the hits are BYC threads?

So sorry my friend never lost a chicken to a snake that I know of. were there fang marks that you could find a copperhead bites first .like you told colson it will be back. years ago I went to gather eggs opened the door to a 4 ft rat snake it had eaten the egg and the golf ball and could not get out the hole it came in. It was kind of funny watching it try to get out the hole with that golf ball hanging it up . it got relocated as far away as I could take it . snake traps are sticky pads and they work but are death for the snake. this snake doesn't know eggs yet but will find out snakes don't range far from there den . walk the circle you can track them if you know what to look for. they love mulch beds its easy to den in. rotten logs are where they lay eggs the other thing those clippings in your garden copperheads love laying under grass clippings.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Well I have sort of let my chores go till I got caught up. So now I get to go catch up with all my house work.

And so the cycle begins! lol I can't keep up, but I try my best.

I do love this thread! I don't read any others, anymore either. Seems every night I am here, reading till I drop out.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Just took a few new pics of the babies, thought I'd share. I have a pug dog, so luckily I love the "so-ugly-its-cute" look

They're adorable! I always side with the underdogs.
Dontcha just love how chicks can look like grumpy old men sometimes?

 

[WalnutHill]

They're adorable! I always side with the underdogs.
Dontcha just love how chicks can look like grumpy old men sometimes?

To me it looks like that one is about to bust out in tears.

I offered up my poults a few salmon trimmings. It's so funny to offer them something new. One will taste, and the immediate reaction was "yuck", accompanied by a hasty retreat, head shaking, and beak wiping on the pellet bedding. The second one said "hey, wow that looks exciting" and came over to check it out. Another nibble, quick backstep, head shaking routine. Third one got brave and grabbed a piece and ran. #1 and #2 chased after, and #3 gulped it down to avoid losing his scrap of salmon. #1 and #2 came back and each grabbed a piece, and #3 chased them around while they gulped it down. #4 just sat back and watched, then walked up to my hand and sat down on top of the remaining scraps. So I now have a salmon scented poult...

 

[AmyPaperlady]

Finally! Stuck in a fireworks booth with a phone whose battery needs to be kept up for the credit card reader (and actual phone calls--being in charge of the 2 booths here in town means my phone rings more than once a day LOL) makes for some backlog ;-) Good thing everyone else has been busy, too.

Anyway, I just wanted to leave a link to something I wrote for a general knowledge site--it just went up today. http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A87846547

 

[cppeace]

Hey all, Egg 8 still chirping in the shell, feel good movement inside egg 6 so hopefully it will pip soon. Lazy things I swear.