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[Zgoatlady]

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Oh put her by herself in a safe place or even put her with the other BCM so she feels safe. If she is egg bound you need to help her. Let me know what going on...

 

[Chickielady]

MiL OK, recovering OK as far as I know, and DH is on his way home.
I expected him to drive home Friday...?
I expected he would stay until his Mom is allowed to wake up & visit with her...but he is leaving now.
Do not understand why.
I also expected him to do some pruning, dump run of other wise maintenance on our house down there but all he did was stop at the garage & pick up a few things...my kitchenaide stand mixer

Food processer

Canning stuff

sewing machine & all my tubs of fabric & quilts half started...and a few other things.
Don't know if he found a buckeye seed or not....but he should be home by dinner time.
Weather is clear not a cloud in the sky through Central Cal all the way to Albany OR where he will hit this rain
I am soo sick of rain !
El Nina can leave now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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Oh put her by herself in a safe place or even put her with the other BCM so she feels safe. If she is egg bound you need to help her. Let me know what going on...

Does massage help?

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Most, even in flood, are sparkling clear due to clay soils and constant "flushing"'
Sparkling clean, clear and fantastic waterways & lakes here.
Wonderful drinking water, mostly soft.
You will love it.

That is great news that almost all are clear, but what stood out in your post was soft water. We don't drink the water that comes out of the faucet in Oskaloosa, we fill our 7 gallon water containers up at Wal-Mart. Soft water, cool.



From the head water guy in our town
"Our water comes from well down in the bottoms. Very high mineral content. This means HARD water. City of Lawrence shoots for a hardness of 100, ours is 325 +. This mineral content also carries a small amount of taste aswell.
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[Zgoatlady]

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My BCM has laid only one egg, and that was the day after we brought her home. I too was thinking there may be something wrong, but she is behaving perfectly normal and does not seem to be in any distress. I felt just in case, not that I would know what to check for. she didn't feel any different than my other birds. Maybe it is just transplant shock, or maybe the breed are not reliable layers. The Sussex is laying fine. The Bantam Cochin has not laid an egg yet, but she and her roo are content with a new coop and a 10' X 10' covered run all to themselves. None of the birds appear to be in any distress to my untrained eye.

My BCM is not being picked on by the others (the Sussex is). The BCM was acceptesd fine into my flock and hangs out with them. She is not as good with people and runs from DD and I when we reach to them, where my hens run up and squat, and the Sussex follows me like a dog, but does not do the squat thing. The banties look to see what goodies we bear, and then decide if they will allow themselves to be pet or picked up.

The BCMs at my house are taking there sweet time to lay also this year. I didnt have them under a light is why. I wanted to let them have a time off this winter. They will lay but your right they dont lay eveyday. Plus they do need to get use to there new place and feel safe. As to her not comming to you that will take time and also I dont pick my girls up becasue you have to remember Im allergic to them. At my place they free range during the day on more than a acre and than tuck them self's in at night in the coop.
Ive never had a problem with them getting egg bound but this doesnt mean it cant happen.

 

[DIYSeattle]

I agre with Chickielady, you have to want to quit smoking or dipping. I smoked but occasionally I dipped or chewed if I didnt have any smokes and someone only had chew. All around its nasty, I hate the smell of smoke, and I hate the smell and taste of it after I smoke too. Now that I have quit I have an aversion to that stink so I am not tempted to smoke. I pretty much quit drinking when I quit smoking for several years. You have to want to quit on your own, thers no amount of nagging that will do it unless one wants to quit.

I looked around locally and cant seem to find any runner duck hatchign eggs or ducklings so I may order some from holdereads in a few weeks if I can.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Have a nice day! I'm off to see the principal before I go to work.

good luck

 

[Zgoatlady]

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She shouldnt be constipated she free ranges here. Id put her in a warm bath and jelly and give her a private place to lay.

 

[KMHunter]

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My BCM has laid only one egg, and that was the day after we brought her home. I too was thinking there may be something wrong, but she is behaving perfectly normal and does not seem to be in any distress. I felt just in case, not that I would know what to check for. she didn't feel any different than my other birds. Maybe it is just transplant shock, or maybe the breed are not reliable layers. The Sussex is laying fine. The Bantam Cochin has not laid an egg yet, but she and her roo are content with a new coop and a 10' X 10' covered run all to themselves. None of the birds appear to be in any distress to my untrained eye.

My BCM is not being picked on by the others (the Sussex is). The BCM was acceptesd fine into my flock and hangs out with them. She is not as good with people and runs from DD and I when we reach to them, where my hens run up and squat, and the Sussex follows me like a dog, but does not do the squat thing. The banties look to see what goodies we bear, and then decide if they will allow themselves to be pet or picked up.

The BCMs at my house are taking there sweet time to lay also this year. I didnt have them under a light is why. I wanted to let them have a time off this winter. They will lay but your right they dont lay eveyday. Plus they do need to get use to there new place and feel safe. As to her not comming to you that will take time and also I dont pick my girls up becasue you have to remember Im allergic to them. At my place they free range during the day on more than a acre and than tuck them self's in at night in the coop.
Ive never had a problem with them getting egg bound but this doesnt mean it cant happen.

Zgoatlady- I am glad to hear that someone else has slow to start laying Marans, my SM is taking her own sweet time!

4Cats- Hore your girl does her thing and lays an egg soon! She will feel much better if she can get things moving. Good luck!

 

[Zgoatlady]

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Oh put her by herself in a safe place or even put her with the other BCM so she feels safe. If she is egg bound you need to help her. Let me know what going on...

Does massage help?

It can Ive read that a warm bath for more than 10 in like 20 and also a warm hair dryer blowing down on the vent area. Also they need water lots of it and that can help. Ive never had a hen egg bound before. But I have read up on it just in case. Im kind of strange like that want to know all the bad things that can happen and be ready for them. I do that with my goats and did it with the kids too.