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[Cynthia12]

I'm in Spanish Fork, looking for a good laying leghorn.

Anyone nearby with a leghorn to sell?

 

[PoultryPedia]

Cynthia12--Congrats on your 1000th post!

 

[Cynthia12]

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Say what? How do we know that we posted that much..lol...

 

[the-bird-man]

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Mine are sitting in the shade, dust bathing and gossiping.

Mine are taking a dust bath in the shade

Also gossiping. Only one girl. My Speckled Sussex is off in the garden doing her own thing. Probably looking for slugs lol

hahaha that is what my girls did yesterday lol. i did try a sprinkler with them but they were not amused

 

[Chiko]

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Mine are taking a dust bath in the shade

Also gossiping. Only one girl. My Speckled Sussex is off in the garden doing her own thing. Probably looking for slugs lol

hahaha that is what my girls did yesterday lol. i did try a sprinkler with them but they were not amused

Mine love getting wet. Strange huh?

 

[hen-thusiast]

I just posted in another section. Here's a link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6605876#p6605876

If anybody has any advice on ways to make this behavior stop PLEASE let me know!

 

[Cynthia12]

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They are still doing it? Don't the babies eat their moms poo at first? If they are in a clean place now, shouldn't that be ok, until they want more food than that? Interesting, never had this problem. I've seen them go up to it and shake their heads as if saying... yuck! You are very kind to give them a chance. I really think the behavior will stop. Have you checked online?
Anyone else?

 

[Cynthia12]

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Hope this link works..found someone else here that had the same thing happen.https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=136776

 

[hen-thusiast]

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All previous chicks we've had have done the head shaking/yuck thing. These chicks seem to love it and have developed a taste for it.

And yes, they are still doing it. I was hoping they would outgrow it, but now I'm not so sure. I really hope you're right that the behavior will stop. I've been researching it online, but haven't gotten too much info. I gave them some grit this morning and I'm probably going to try more probiotics this afternoon.

To top it off, I'm thinking that these chicks who were labeled as female chicks were more of a straight run. Out of the seven, two already have gigantic pink combs and two more have gigantic combs that I'm guessing will start turning pink any day.

Thanks for the other link, it did work!

 

[JerseyFresh]

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Might be able to help. My grandpa has too many leghorns and lives in Benjamin. The only thing is they won't be laying until around the end of August.
I'm in SF and go down there all the time.