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[superchemicalgirl]

 

[wolftracks]

Well, few things can top this, folks:

Punkin the Night-time House Chicken just went broody in the dog bed under the TV table.

That's funny!!!

Someone on here or another chicken group had one go broody in the back of there vehicle and didn't knwo. Who was that?? They didn't find her till they went to church. Was that on this thread?

Lost one of my rabbit does today. She looked like she was sleeping so I reached in to pet her and wake her up and she was dead.

 

[Wisher1000]

That would be me.....

 

[insanity]

What is your opinion on decrowing a rooster? A local vet is considering doing it for backyard chicken owners.Others have had some success with it but the mortality rate is rather high,about15%. Also has anyone here had/been around a decrowed rooster?

 

[ronott1]

What is your opinion on decrowing a rooster? A local vet is considering doing it for backyard chicken owners.Others have had some success with it but the mortality rate is rather high,about15%. Also has anyone here had/been around a decrowed rooster?

Mahroni had it done and the Rooster died. I think the mortality is higher than 15l% and it is expensive.

Please let us know if you decide to try this.

 

[gryeyes]

Quote: Here are Punkin and Beth, the two gals who go outside during the day but come inside the house at night.

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In the next photo, Punkin is sunning on the deck. She would come back INTO the house during the early afternoon to lay her egg in the dog bed. Until yesterday, she'd go back outside again and not come in until Coop Up time. Notice the feathers in that dog bed? I thought she was just preening there...

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This is where Beth lays her egg every morning before she goes outside for the day.
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For the last couple of nights, Punkin has been SCREAMING at Dooley, who used to be able to bark her off the sofa. Punkin puffed up and uttered a sound remarkably similar to what a pterodactyl might have screamed just before swooping down to impale a brontosaurus on its beak for chick food. She also made the same sound when it was her turn to get a treat and she thought I wouldn't remember the Treat PassOut Order. She couldn't possibly be going broody yet, I thought.

Then, yesterday afternoon, Beth approached the dog bed to see what was up with Punkin, who was still sitting there long after she'd laid her egg. Punkin screeched at Beth, puffing up like a feathered & beaked basketball. She stayed in the dog bed all night, instead of roosting with Beth. That's when I figured it out.

This morning, I noticed Punkin had pulled a dirty old paper towel into the "nest" with her, as well as the feathers already there. Plus a few more, probably. With camera in one hand, I reached for that paper towel with the other.

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She'd already laid today's egg by this time. They're not fertile, so she'll get to keep it overnight. Tomorrow I replace it with some selected flock eggs..... Or maybe I won't do that, because she was broody on nothing yesterday evening and last night. I'll just keep taking them away until I have to set for the Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon. Not sure yet. Maybe she's only "Broody Lite" and won't stick to it....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I should ask for pictures more often. I do love a good story. I'm surprised she laid an egg today if she started sitting last night. Maybe that's the last one before she really sits? Or maybe she is broody lite.

I'm surprised I don't have the broody brigade here, yet. I got 29 eggs today, though. My girls are mostly 3 years old, with a small amount only a year or two old. Not bad for oldish biddies.

 

[dsqard]

Took these today with the new lens. SCG are you ready to go yet?

 

[bamachicks8]

with views like that why would you need to or want to go anywhere

 

[wolftracks]

That would be me.....

Mahroni had it done and the Rooster died. I think the mortality is higher than 15l% and it is expensive.

Please let us know if you decide to try this.

Here are Punkin and Beth, the two gals who go outside during the day but come inside the house at night.

.

In the next photo, Punkin is sunning on the deck. She would come back INTO the house during the early afternoon to lay her egg in the dog bed. Until yesterday, she'd go back outside again and not come in until Coop Up time. Notice the feathers in that dog bed? I thought she was just preening there...

.

This is where Beth lays her egg every morning before she goes outside for the day.
.

For the last couple of nights, Punkin has been SCREAMING at Dooley, who used to be able to bark her off the sofa. Punkin puffed up and uttered a sound remarkably similar to what a pterodactyl might have screamed just before swooping down to impale a brontosaurus on its beak for chick food. She also made the same sound when it was her turn to get a treat and she thought I wouldn't remember the Treat PassOut Order. She couldn't possibly be going broody yet, I thought.

Then, yesterday afternoon, Beth approached the dog bed to see what was up with Punkin, who was still sitting there long after she'd laid her egg. Punkin screeched at Beth, puffing up like a feathered & beaked basketball. She stayed in the dog bed all night, instead of roosting with Beth. That's when I figured it out.

This morning, I noticed Punkin had pulled a dirty old paper towel into the "nest" with her, as well as the feathers already there. Plus a few more, probably. With camera in one hand, I reached for that paper towel with the other.

..

She'd already laid today's egg by this time. They're not fertile, so she'll get to keep it overnight. Tomorrow I replace it with some selected flock eggs..... Or maybe I won't do that, because she was broody on nothing yesterday evening and last night. I'll just keep taking them away until I have to set for the Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon. Not sure yet. Maybe she's only "Broody Lite" and won't stick to it....

I should ask for pictures more often. I do love a good story. I'm surprised she laid an egg today if she started sitting last night. Maybe that's the last one before she really sits? Or maybe she is broody lite.

I'm surprised I don't have the broody brigade here, yet. I got 29 eggs today, though. My girls are mostly 3 years old, with a small amount only a year or two old. Not bad for oldish biddies.

Took these today with the new lens. SCG are you ready to go yet?

Beautiful. This is the way I like to see mountains. At a distance. LOL