Utah!

[bitsyhorse]

Does anyone know how to cure a hen of being an egg eater? I am not quite sure who it is but I am almost positve that it is my one and only olive egger. I don't want to get rid of her but I can't have her eating eggs. Sigh. But on a plus side I bred my blue orpington rooster to my golden cuccko marans hen and the chick is blue with with barring. So super cute. I also experimented with a sicillian buttercup hen as well. I think the chick will look like a dirty blue.

other than possibly building a nest box that the eggs roll forward.... I think I've also heard of clipping the beak... but don't quote me on that...

here's a youtube for the egg catcher nest box.

 

[farmerbrian87]

FarmerBrian, how did the collars work?

I wish I could say lol. I haven't heard him all day long so I'd say maybe it is working?! Lol. His crow echos through the neighborhood and he wakes me up but no such things happened this morning I definitely like this collar more then the mesh kind I used for a little while.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hey, not sure if anyone saw my original post, but does anyone know how to get tube feeding supplies around here without a prescription? I just need some
syringes and catheters, but whenever I try to buy them I have to cancel my order only to be told I need a prescription for a piece of tubing.

My hen is rather sick, so if anyone could help out I would appreciate it! Please? Anyone?

Where are you? I have syringes..but not tubing..you could take a syringe. Would the tubing for fish tanks work? Maybe a silly question, just a thought.

 

[farmerbrian87]

Had to share some pics of my broody with her chicks they are all so cute.

 

[farmerbrian87]

can anyone help me with the color of this little silkie roo? I think he is gorgeous and have not ever seen one that looks like him.

 

[lizardandchicks]

Sorry to bring such sadness to this thread, hopefully no more chicken deaths for several more years. The little chick did die, and with my mom insistent on getting replacements, we got another welsummer chick. We only got one, and gave her to the broody. The broody took right to her, and all her fellow chick siblings are just fine with her. It is nice that the pecking order isn't so big when they are little chicks. She has been eating and drinking just fine. With hopefully no more bad news, I will stop invading with my sad chicken news. Thanks for being patient with me.

 

[iPickYupik]

can anyone help me with the color of this little silkie roo? I think he is gorgeous and have not ever seen one that looks like him.

Wow! He is a handsome fella!

 

[iPickYupik]

Sorry to bring such sadness to this thread, hopefully no more chicken deaths for several more years. The little chick did die, and with my mom insistent on getting replacements, we got another welsummer chick. We only got one, and gave her to the broody. The broody took right to her, and all her fellow chick siblings are just fine with her. It is nice that the pecking order isn't so big when they are little chicks. She has been eating and drinking just fine. With hopefully no more bad news, I will stop invading with my sad chicken news. Thanks for being patient with me.

Awe. I hope this one stays healthy for you. Share away! I think only other chicken people understand.

 

[lizardandchicks]

RedIII, We had them on a medicated feed. We were at the vet's office to get our money back from the surgery never done on our other chicken, and to get the bin back that we brought her from, and it was at that time that we were still holding our chick, Honey. Every now and then she would take a breath. They saw her, and took her in at no cost to us. That was okay. We new she was about to die. The vet said he thought it might have been an infection, or just a failure to thrive. Well, no more sad, dreary stuff. This is a new start.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Wow! He is a handsome fella!

The closest I can think of is Birchen? Seems like I've seen Birchen Marans with really similar coloring. Creamy ivory on top, black underneath, with the red on shoulders...