Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[momgille]

Ready to rant... neighbors hen just escaped a hawk attack under our deck. It was 6:00 a.m. Heard clucking and thumping. She doesn't close up the coop at night I am thinking. But in checking to see what all the ruckus was I thought I was going to find a pile of feathers.I noticed the poor thing is limping and I see blue. Sky blue at the bottom of her lef. A band, rather just a bit of band can be seen. The skin has grown over it and she is limping terribly. How can someone one not see this and react. I know she just got this chicken from her brother... He had to have put the band on it as a pullet. He had to capture it in order to bring it over to her house.They had to handle that hen when they brought it over to her house...I just sent her a message via facebook. If she doesn't do anything I may just go over there and do my best to release the band.... Some people GRRRRRRRRR

 

[jvls1942]

Ready to rant... neighbors hen just escaped a hawk attack under our deck. It was 6:00 a.m. Heard clucking and thumping. She doesn't close up the coop at night I am thinking. But in checking to see what all the ruckus was I thought I was going to find a pile of feathers.I noticed the poor thing is limping and I see blue. Sky blue at the bottom of her lef. A band, rather just a bit of band can be seen. The skin has grown over it and she is limping terribly. How can someone one not see this and react. I know she just got this chicken from her brother... He had to have put the band on it as a pullet. He had to capture it in order to bring it over to her house.They had to handle that hen when they brought it over to her house...I just sent her a message via facebook. If she doesn't do anything I may just go over there and do my best to release the band.... Some people GRRRRRRRRR

get a wire cutter or better yet a finger nail cutter that looks like a wire cutter..
go visit your neighbor..
that chicken is going to lose that leg and then her life.. maybe not in that order..

some people don't realize that a chicken's leg gets fatter as it grows, I guess..

to the newbie, you can add eggs anytime.. I do it all the time.. try to add them with about a week between batches..

then when it is lock down , just treat the eggs that are due normally,, stop the turner for the 3 days,, it won't hurt the incubating eggs to not turn for that long,,

I am assuming you have an auto turner ..

.........jiminwisc.........

 

[momgille]

Jim, she just responded to my message that both of the birds her brother gave here have bands like that only that one limps.... She works as a Nurse Practioner and she said she doesn't think she can remove it.... **** people....She can take care of people but not her birds IDK... Guess I will be capturing birds tonight and releasing bands. I have scarlex and blue kote. I am sure this is not going to be blood free. But once the bands are off I know they will heal quickly.... Just thinking this bird is 2 years old and how long it has been in pain makes me sick. You know these are those zip ties.... Glad I saw it, Gary said he saw it last week but I was thinking it was bumblefoot but I saw that band and my blood pressure zoomed.

 

[dustergrl]

Hi everyone,

All is going well here, coop is getting to the point where it needs to be cleaned. Hopefully in about a month we will start getting eggs!

I've been watching my flock to try to figure out my roos... I have 2 for sure in a flock of 15 but have one EE I can't figure out. This would be a 3-month-old. S/he has the legs of a roo but looks hen in the face to me. Guesses?

 

[Firstchic]

Ready to rant... neighbors hen just escaped a hawk attack under our deck. It was 6:00 a.m. Heard clucking and thumping. She doesn't close up the coop at night I am thinking. But in checking to see what all the ruckus was I thought I was going to find a pile of feathers.I noticed the poor thing is limping and I see blue. Sky blue at the bottom of her lef. A band, rather just a bit of band can be seen. The skin has grown over it and she is limping terribly. How can someone one not see this and react. I know she just got this chicken from her brother... He had to have put the band on it as a pullet. He had to capture it in order to bring it over to her house.They had to handle that hen when they brought it over to her house...I just sent her a message via facebook. If she doesn't do anything I may just go over there and do my best to release the band.... Some people GRRRRRRRRR

Thanks for reminding me to deband my roo. It is still loose but, I think I can tell him from the hens by now.

 

[irishrovr]

Thanks to all for the garden/onion advice!! I'll try again next year.

Zucchini (and summer squash) is going crazy - I've been keeping up with the chopping and freezing of what doesn't sell. I've got to make a few loaves of Z-bread soon. Beets are harvested and they get pickled this evening. Harvard beets - YUM! Tomatoes will be ripening before I know it. Canning stuff is at the ready. I'm going to try out my Christmas dehydrator on them, too.

Wish I had planted more peas!

 

[unkadan]

dustergrl, I don't see sickle feathers on that bird,,,hence I say it's a pullet

 

[dustergrl]

dustergrl, I don't see sickle feathers on that bird,,,hence I say it's a pullet

Thank you!

 

[chickendreams24]

@Cindlady
Idk why they feed them to the pigs my friend said something about extra protein I was just horrified here I've been looking and looking for eggs with no idea theirs are fertile and they're feeding them to a bunch of pigs- ugh goodness me. So you think it would be okay if I got more today really? Even without having a hatcher?

Anyone else want to chime in? Please do.

 

[chickendreams24]

@jvls1942
Hi thank you for your input i would like to hear more about how you do it please bc I've been getting very mixed answers and I don't want these chicks to be lonely. Yes I have an auto turner. What about the change in humidity? Will that damage any new eggs I would add? This is only my second incubation and I well ...please just tell me everything. I don't want to screw up by adding more eggs. Thank you for sharing your knowledge