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Joburg posted:This looks really great! Thanks! I like the idea of something vining over the top. Appreciate the suggestions. e: chicken for new page 
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TheDK posted:Awesome chicken tunnel raceway habitrail thing This is one of the best things I've seen recently, thanks for posting it!  And really cool to see chicks/quail hatching, it's immensely cheering. And thanks everyone for your support & well wishes...but we hit a snag. On April 1st I came down with 12_String's nasty chest cold thing, it got so bad & hard to breathe that it nuked my surgery dates.  As of today its finally starting to clear, and my oral surgery and heart surgery are both rescheduled, so... HEART SURGERY UPDATE! And I hope to God it's the last one, who needs this constant stupid lousy drama. My oral surgery will be done 4/22, the TAVR heart surgery on 4/29. I'll take a bit over 2 weeks to heal, & plan on Chickam eggs going into the incubator 5/18, with a hatch date of 6/8! I'll update as things progress. UPDATE: My TAVR heart surgery yesterday went well! I just got home and will spend the next few days recovering from being in a hospital. The part that feels best is my heart. Go figure! I'm already breathing a whole lot better--no longer totally winded by walking across a room, and am more alert. My sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone who donated or supported my fund by spreading the word, it's been a tough row to hoe but I'm hoping now I'll have nowhere to go but up! Meanwhile the chickens are all properly twitterpated, with all of the roos doing their thang...we're looking forward to a great variety of fertilized eggs when we do eventually set them to hatch. A couple we especially have hopes of getting chicks from this year: Bonesaw looks a bit like a chicken made by committee, I've never seen a feather pattern/coloration like hers, she's stunning.  Luna the silver-gray bantam Cochin hen really IS the color of moonlight, and veeeery fluffy.  Gretchen (lower right) is a splash lavender Orpington we got as a pullet last August at a local chicken swap...she's grown considerably since then!  Here she is next to Bobbie (lower right) the buff Brahma roo & Mjolnir (upper left, only half in frame) the buff Orpington roo for scale. 
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Apr 17, 2024 07:50
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Mjolnir is a handsome boy and clearly knows it too. 
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Ngl, I'm a little scared of Mjolnir. Chick cam's back up after being turned off overnight for their first true night-time sleep (using an old webcam that doesn't have any sort of night vision, might look into a better camera for next time since it's also been annoyingly blurry). I also published the recordings of the stream to my channel if anyone wants to go back and watch the hatch.
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Apr 17, 2024 16:28
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3/5 have hatched and the other 2 have pipped  
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Apr 18, 2024 12:39
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All 5 have hatched, one is fully feathered so it is probably from the White Rock rooster we had at the time these were laid. Two are still in the incubator drying off and three have graduated to the brooder.
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Apr 18, 2024 21:25
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Joburg posted:All 5 have hatched, one is fully feathered so it is probably from the White Rock rooster we had at the time these were laid. Two are still in the incubator drying off and three have graduated to the brooder. pouring one out for the two in the incubator
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Apr 20, 2024 02:17
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My ladies finally laid eggs after a year.  Does anyone have a run from Omlet? I'm looking to upgrade my run and theirs look really nice.
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goatse guy posted:My ladies finally laid eggs after a year. We have the Omlet Eglu Classic (well, 5 of them now), originally with the extended run and now with the 4mx3m walk-in run. The Eglus just bolt onto the outside of the run.
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 Now that my chicks are almost 2 weeks old, I have 3 broody hens. Why couldn’t they have gone broody a month ago ?! 
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Joburg posted:
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Our babies are also just over 2 weeks old now We took updated photos a little while ago.  The full gallery is here. And here is Peanut Hamper enjoying one of her favorite treats: https://i.imgur.com/GYZpIQ0.mp4
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https://twitter.com/blacksmoke1033/status/1785720732799914312
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Miles is an excellent person to follow, and Anna is the most floofiest hen
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I'm adding two more hens to my flock tomorrow. This time I'm getting sapphire olive eggers. I thought they'd look nice with my barred rocks and lavender orpingtons. spookygonk posted:We have the Omlet Eglu Classic (well, 5 of them now), originally with the extended run and now with the 4mx3m walk-in run. The Eglus just bolt onto the outside of the run. I'm tempted to get one of their coops eventually for use as a chicken tractor. Are you happy with the quality and the longevity of the run? My current run is surrounded in hardware cloth that has a lot of sharp edges which I don't love. goatse guy fucked around with this message at 17:07 on May 4, 2024 |
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Unexpectedly given five ~week old chicks today. Don’t know what breeds. Had to dig the brooder out fast.
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Elder Postsman posted:Had a hawk scare today. Our birds were out foraging when a big ol' red tailed hawk swooped down and landed in the yard. The chickens took off for the little bit of woods we have and my wife ran out to scare the hawk off, but I think we would have had some missing birds if she hadn't been watching right then. Still seeing a lot of hawks flying around so I made a quick and simple chicken tractor that should keep them safe.   Measures about 8x6, folds flat for easy storage. Should work alright.
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goatse guy posted:I'm tempted to get one of their coops eventually for use as a chicken tractor. Are you happy with the quality and the longevity of the run? My current run is surrounded in hardware cloth that has a lot of sharp edges which I don't love. The run is stable and we have a tarp over it to keep the rain off. eglus bolt onto the outside with a special panel. Only one thing, the height of the run is two mesh panels, the upper one has larger spacing of the wire, so sparrows and starling sized birds can get in. If all panels were the lower one, no birds would be able to get in to steal food, etc.
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We had two hens who had gotten a lot of crap on the fluff around their vents. On one it was a peach pit sized dingleberry that was swinging around on just a couple of feathers. But both were pretty crusty. We weren't looking forward to bathing them, our current hens aren't very cuddly. But, we got the big plastic tub, got the water to around 100 (F, not C!), Epsom salts and some mild shampoo. Sure enough, squawking and flapping when caught. I'd seen a trick to stop flapping - hold the hen sideways, they know they can't fly in that position and calm down. She did. Once in the water she just stood there calmly while we cut away the big chunk, let her soak for a while and then shampooed her butt. A quick toweling and she was back in the run. That went so well we got the less messy hen and bathed her, too. Now they have clean fluffy butts again, and their eggs don't have poo poo smears on them! If you're worried about bathing a hen, it's easy and much less stressful than expected.
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https://i.imgur.com/vjR2ML3.mp4 taking bets on breeds and how many of these “pullets” are roos No idea what hatchery or farm or store they came from (hatchery I assume if they were supposedly sexed)
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freeedr posted:https://i.imgur.com/vjR2ML3.mp4 I feel like the one up front is going to end up very fluffy.
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My eggs from Deer Run Farm MD hatched over the weekend. Unfortunately our new mama (now named Gidget) accidentally smooshed 2 chicks and helped one chick too much so I had to assist it. Next time I will keep most eggs in the incubator until they hatch and then give them to her. Since the eggs were delayed in the mail for 2 extra days along with the hen mishap, we have 4 chicks from the 24 eggs I ordered. Not a great hatch rate but definitely better than none! From the left we have two Delaware, one Welsummer (from a super dark egg!), and the last is an Ameraucana. Gidget is doing really well with them and showed them how to scratch and dust bathe today 
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May 6, 2024 23:39
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freeedr posted:https://i.imgur.com/vjR2ML3.mp4 I think the grey one should be named Bombardier. She will be top hen of the group.
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Going into hospital tomorrow for actual open heart surgery, so going to miss my four hens for a week. Please show me photos of your adorable chickens.
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