Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[KMoran]

Anybody have ideas please???

 

[KMoran]

Leave it be, the high humidity is due to wet babies hatching out !!!

OK thanks so much. I just didnt want to kill the other ones.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: I can't believe ya actually sanged it TWICE !!!!! I had so much funny I losted track of how many times.

 

[nikki1]

Okay, I've been WAY off topic this week. How 'bout a chicken question just for a change of pace?

So in November, my wyandotte had a really ugly molt. Naked bird in November, yikes! Boy, did she look cold. She refeathered nicely, though, no prob. Then, a few months ago the buckeye went all broody. We kicked her out of the coop for a few hours a day so she could eat and drink, and eventually she got over it. No prob.

But now, both the buckeye and the wyandotte are losing feathers again! The buckeye went half naked right after she stopped being a crazed broody, but is now regrowing feathers nicely. Now that the wyandotte is looking mighty rumpled, though, I wonder if I have some kind of problem. What's up with these crazy chickens?! The other 5 girls are sleek and sassy, but these 2 look disreputable. Note that neither is acting sick. They both eat and forage and peck and scratch, they just look ugly. What's up with them? They aren't supposed to molt in spring, are they? Is this something I should worry about, or should I just let it run its course?

Are my chickens exhibitionists?

--Nikki

 

[Chickielady]

Anybody have ideas please???

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE stop panicking, RELAX ad let them BE !!!
Your humidity will SPIKE high when there is alot of hatching, due to the fact that there is ALOT of wet babies in there, DO NOT ADJUST< DO NOT OPEN YOUR BATOR....

YOU ARE DOING EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Okay, I've been WAY off topic this week. How 'bout a chicken question just for a change of pace?

So in November, my wyandotte had a really ugly molt. Naked bird in November, yikes! Boy, did she look cold. She refeathered nicely, though, no prob. Then, a few months ago the buckeye went all broody. We kicked her out of the coop for a few hours a day so she could eat and drink, and eventually she got over it. No prob.

But now, both the buckeye and the wyandotte are losing feathers again! The buckeye went half naked right after she stopped being a crazed broody, but is now regrowing feathers nicely. Now that the wyandotte is looking mighty rumpled, though, I wonder if I have some kind of problem. What's up with these crazy chickens?! The other 5 girls are sleek and sassy, but these 2 look disreputable. Note that neither is acting sick. They both eat and forage and peck and scratch, they just look ugly. What's up with them? They aren't supposed to molt in spring, are they? Is this something I should worry about, or should I just let it run its course?

Are my chickens exhibitionists?

--Nikki

Look for depluming mites.
TINY little specks that will burrow into the feather shaft....and then the bird will pluck it's feathers out trying to alieve the itch~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~These mites are much smaller than our friendly neighborhood red northern fowl mite, and MUCH MUCH harder to get rid of~~~~~~~~~these buggers are smaller than a fine gran black pepper...

 

[Chickielady]

OK so after stuffing 12" insulation in the trusses for half of today, this old woman is off to the showers~~~~

I keep trying to one more bale, one more...but now I have a bloody nose and this morning I woke up with one eye glued shut.

....my saftey glasses & mask are not doing the job....

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote:

I spect to sees ya stop by my booth.

SPEAKING OF!!!!!! Please everybody remember that While I may be pretty much stuck to my booth for the entire show. I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have time to at least say Hi how ya doin. So PLEASE even if I look busy keep in mind that I spend MUCH time talking to people and even if I am working on a sale I ALWAYS try to make time to acknowledge ALL who enter my space and especially any BYCer's I know ! ! ! While my goal is to make a few $ And I may need to finish up a deal I am NEVER too busy for MY BYC BUDDIES!!!! See it is MY BYC BUDDIES who inspired me to even start doing this as a vendor. And to ALL of those who gave me that push in 2011 I say THANK YOU SO MUCH. And for all who have continued to help me keep going by purchasing my items.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Quote: Honestly (Just my opinion) you might be surprised. My son, his 2 cousins, and the neighbor boy (2 six year olds, a 7 year old, and an 8 year old) LOVED going to the processing class with me last July. They thought it was seriously awesome to watch how chickens were killed and processed. I bet if you told your son that since it was a boy you were going to rename him "Dinner" until it was time to process him, he'd be fine. Let's let our little boys grow up tough; it's great to be tender hearted and gentle, but also tough! He would probably surprise you.

Quote: I know, I know. This was totally said with the best of intent as you know I like to worry about my bird, but because of this I know each one like the back of my hand. Her sitting on the roost when I entered the run was strange. Usually they all congregate around my legs waiting for treats any time I come out. I brought her in for an exam and she's not egg bound but her crop is not emptying. She is likely impacted from getting access yesterday to the side of the yard with super long grass. Her tail remains down when she's walking around for the most part, although she's been standing in the same place in my kitchen for over an hour without moving now; she just huddles with eyes closing sometimes. Something IS wrong. I'm glad I know my birds and didn't say this to make you feel bad CR, but she IS, indeed, sick or something and I'm not worrying for no reason.

So far to help her I've given her EVOO (about a tsp), a tiny syringe full of molasses, and some water. She won't eat or drink on her own so I'm just droppering water into her every couple hours. I just put her in a box and closed the top to keep her still. I massaged her crop downward and tomorrow I'll get grit first thing in the morning and recheck her crop. Anything else that helps a blocked up bird?

 

[KMoran]

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE stop panicking, RELAX ad let them BE !!!
Your humidity will SPIKE high when there is alot of hatching, due to the fact that there is ALOT of wet babies in there, DO NOT ADJUST< DO NOT OPEN YOUR BATOR....

YOU ARE DOING EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!

Deep breaths thanks... I am just trying to do it right. I just remeber you said dont have the humidity above 60 so I was worried... I got them this far now I am gonna cull them all...