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[FirewifeJess]

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Exactly what I meant to say. Mine "fight" the exact same way you just described and it's hilarious to watch! Apparently I miss all the major scuffles that lead to bruised/bloody combs or wattles though; I think those happen on the roosts at night and I don't care to stay out there looking in on them when they're going to bed. So far there's never been anything bad enough to warrant any treatment from me, so as far as I'm concerned, they're just acting like chickens!

 

[TerrorBird]

My young ones are so sad when their ladder is taken over by the older girls that they try to sleep in trees outside. I basically have to gently move the older girls to other ladders so the young ones will sleep in the house. I have to carefully arrange everyone so that no one is being beaten up. It's a giant pain, but I wouldn't do it if I didn't love them so much!

 

[itsren]

I think injuries are par for the course with chickens. Mine are STILL pecking it out and figuring out their places in the order; that means that many of them have comb/wattles injuries like that one, though smaller for sure. Looks like they scuffled pretty good but not like you can do anything about it. I know your run is small; how small again? Perhaps they're just sick and tired of being cooped up and started getting upset? Maybe they just need to be let out in the morning and locked back up at night? That's what we are doing on days DH isn't home; he hates the poop everywhere. They are much happier and have less fighting when they are out and about in the yard.

Whatever happened, it happened last night or very early this morning. She was fine when she went to bed. When I checked on her this morning (between 9:00 and 10:00) she had the wound.

I did give up on keeping them confined today for eggs sake. They've been out for a few hours. I just can't do that to them. I'm hoping Rhodie doesn't start laying in the yard. Still no egg today. 2 days of eggs followed by 2 days of nothing.

My run is 44 sq. feet. The coop is 16 sq. feet. I have 3 birds.

 

[itsren]

My young ones are so sad when their ladder is taken over by the older girls that they try to sleep in trees outside. I basically have to gently move the older girls to other ladders so the young ones will sleep in the house. I have to carefully arrange everyone so that no one is being beaten up. It's a giant pain, but I wouldn't do it if I didn't love them so much!

How many do you have?

I'm glad I don't have to do that. We lure the chickens back into the run with meal worms. Then, they go up the ramp to the coop on their own.

 

[Dwkuska]

Anyone in or near Pierce County that would sell me 1 silkie chick?

 

[SadieSue]

Anyone in or near Pierce County that would sell me 1 silkie chick?

Do you need a boy or girl? I've got several 16 week olds that I am just trying to sex now and a few will need new homes.

5 out of my 7 are Catdance Silkies, all very pretty and sweet. They were raised in the house until they were 10 weeks old and used to a lot of handling.

 

[Teva]

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

If that was an open invitation how much are you asking?

Definitely open

$5 each.

 

[TerrorBird]

How many do you have?

I'm glad I don't have to do that. We lure the chickens back into the run with meal worms. Then, they go up the ramp to the coop on their own.

We have 4 4-month old standards, 7 bantams, two old standards and a roo. Everyone is very fussy about where they end up at night. The young ones go into the house like they're supposed to and find that the ladder they've slept on since they were 1.5 months old has been taken over by the old standards. We built two new ladders to try to fix the problem, but the young ones like just that one ladder! They get all bent out of shape and try to sleep in a tree outside their pen. I have to move the standards to one of the new ladders, displacing one or two bantams, who try to go to the young ones' ladder...

By the time I get the young ones on their ladder, the Belgians have all run out to the tree to sleep. Of course, they try to sleep there first every night. I have to shake the tree and say "BOOOOOO SCARY TREE" to encourage them to leave. I swear, chickens are like tiny obstinate children that never grow up.

 

[SadieSue]

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Now what are you selling? SFH... I've been thinking. Silver? Spangled? FH? I don't know all of my anagrams...