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I have some very happy and very sad news to share, chicken thread. the happy news: my special chicken is walking almost totally normally again, only occasionally limping slightly or having a hitchy step. she is still getting better every day and it has been incredibly relieving to watch her improve. I've taken a few videos of her relearning to scratch-forage and the difference between the beginning to now is vey stark. my sad news is that unfortunately, Tiny Man has passed away. Tiny Man was our silkied Serama rooster. He was a grandfather, a show winner, and a very sweet, snuggly boy. We received him from his breeder (who had purchased him on his show credentials) because he began to have seizures later in life, a condition that we have found out is not uncommon in Seramas. He'd previously had two spread out over the year and change we had him, but they had been related to explicit stress events, and while dramatic, he always quickly recovered. Over the past two months or so however, we saw him have several, and had cause to suspect at least a couple more. after each seizure he would quickly recover, and otherwise seemed to be very happily going about his life. (all of the eggs our pullets just started laying have been fertilized) That leads up to tonight. He wasn't in his normal sleeping spot when I put them to bed, and after a short search we found his body. We found him in the area where the chickens like to sun bathe, and every indication is that he probably passed away peacefully, and not (directly) from a seizure. He was not very old, and we didn't get to have him as long as we wanted to, but I think he got to have a happy life here. He had a lot of gigantic girlfriends who he loved to dance for and who mostly tolerated him, and he got to intimidate male ducks who were probably 10-20x his body mass whenever he wanted. RIP Tiny Man, I'll miss you.
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City of Glompton posted:bringing home two new hens today 
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Big respects to Tiny Man, he's dancing on a different plane of existence now.
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ynohtna posted:Big respects to Tiny Man, he's dancing on a different plane of existence now.
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Rest in Peace, Tiny Man. You're the hero we needed in these dire COVID times. I am happy to hear your sweet special chicken is recovering. I hope things continue to improve.
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ynohtna posted:Big respects to Tiny Man, he's dancing on a different plane of existence now.
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ynohtna posted:Big respects to Tiny Man, he's dancing on a different plane of existence now.
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We have our first pip! #9, a bantam egg (of course). Some peeping goin' on, too. Not starting the camera yet (or the GBS Chickam thread) as the chick hasn't started to unzip. Will keep everyone posted! #9 is on the right in the front (I took this pic earlier, so it's not pipped in this photo).  A second egg has pipped, #12 (on the far left, in front), a small light blue egg. Still no unzipping from either egg, so not starting the camera yet. Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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Apr 14, 2022 22:31
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Oh my gosh it’s happening It’s happening
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go eggs go!
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MrUnderbridge posted:They were at the "toddle, toddle, toddle -plop, sleep" stage. Many thanks for this visual.
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#9 is VERY slowly unzipping, so we've started the cam! It *might* hatch by morning. I haven't slept in like, 2 days, so I'm getting some sleep now while I can. GBS Chickam thread is here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3999599
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Velvet Sparrow posted:#9 is VERY slowly unzipping, so we've started the cam! It *might* hatch by morning. I haven't slept in like, 2 days, so I'm getting some sleep now while I can. 
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good luck to the new babies! one of the chickens i just bought is sick. her symptoms are labored breathing, bubbles at the corner of her eyes, and runny poo. she has been eating, drinking, and preening and only looks mildly miserable. they have been quarantined so they'll just have to stay that way awhile longer i guess. also suppose i need to find a vet. ugh. her sister had an overgrown beak. i've never had a chicken with with an overgrown beak so trimming it was new to me. felt like trimming a dog's nail. she didn't mind too much. the other chickens are busy being miserable outside. they have been stuck in their coops/runs for a week now because of bird flu. 3 of them have gone broody in protest.
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rest in power, tiny man  and thrive in peace, special hen 
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City of Glompton posted:one of the chickens i just bought is sick. her symptoms are labored breathing, bubbles at the corner of her eyes, and runny poo. she has been eating, drinking, and preening and only looks mildly miserable. they have been quarantined so they'll just have to stay that way awhile longer i guess. also suppose i need to find a vet. ugh. How is the sick hen? I forgot if I said and my internet is down so it’s too slow to look but I ordered some Naked Neck hatching eggs after Marge went broody. Of course they came over a week later so I gave Marge our own eggs instead of making her sit for an extra week. After that, no other hen went broody so I’ve had them in the incubator. Out of 8 eggs, three developed and one just hatched! When my internet comes back up I will post some pictures.
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looking forward to the baby picture! i was just coming here to say that Scarlett the sick hen is doing a lot better! her eyes are clear, her poop is almost normal, and she has a tail poof instead of being a miserable puffed up chicken ball. her sister Navi laid an egg today, so i think she is feeling better too (she didn't have much in the way of symptoms but i can only assume she was sick too). i think they're about to graduate from the house to the garage for a few more days of rehab before they go to the other chickens. good thing too because look who we brought home today:   3 australorps and 3 rhode island reds. there were supposed to be 4 chicks total but chicken math gets fuzzy. they were also supposed to be Lil' Pep's broody prize but she seemed less than thrilled about the concept of motherhood the plan was, we'd let her raise them, then we'd sell them buuuut maybe we just need to build a larger coop so we can keep them? they're awfully cute 
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Cute babies! Chicks 2 & 3 hatched! And because of chick math and the trouble of adding a small number of chicks to the flock, I got 4 from the feed store. Amazingly they had Naked Necks so now we have 7 
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so much chick  i am not hatching any eggs until september for religious reasons; i hope my current flock all survive until then because i desperately want another generation of them all. until then, this thread satisfies my broodiness.City of Glompton posted:i was just coming here to say that Scarlett the sick hen is doing a lot better! her eyes are clear, her poop is almost normal, and she has a tail poof instead of being a miserable puffed up chicken ball. her sister Navi laid an egg today, so i think she is feeling better too (she didn't have much in the way of symptoms but i can only assume she was sick too). i think they're about to graduate from the house to the garage for a few more days of rehab before they go to the other chickens.
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Joburg posted:Cute babies! What do naked neck chicks look like? Are they all floof (as normal 'feathered neck' breeds) at the start?
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Hello, little one.
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Joburg posted:
Aww  . What's the line drawn around the egg for? Tracking their progress while unzipping?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Aww While Marge was brooding her eggs I put these under her as well. Broodies do a better job than incubators, usually. (I removed these before hers hatched since these hatched much later.) The line is so that I can tell the broody eggs apart from any new eggs laid in the nest. My hens like to sit practically on top of the broody and lay their eggs 
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Joburg posted:
seems rather underwhelmed by this whole life outside the egg malarkey so cute 
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https://mobile.twitter.com/bestofnextdoor/status/1516979363140435968
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My internet is back up!!! 
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Joburg posted:My internet is back up!!! I love them so much
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These are the most amazing little creatures
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Joburg posted:My internet is back up!!! That look like a pygmy ostrich
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They look like sassy grandmas!
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Besides being adorable, they are the easiest chicks to handle that I’ve ever had. So far they hardly fuss at all when I get them out of the brooder. I really like brooding them with the heat plates and using the cage on the table too. I don’t have to loom over them so they don’t go into panic mode all the time. A+ would recommend.
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Joburg posted:My internet is back up!!! amazing
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Joburg posted:My internet is back up!!! Looks like a boy band's album cover .
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Oh god, this thread still exists. I haven't posted here in years and thought this megathread would be closed by now. For the oldtimers that are still around and remember the henhoes, two of the original ones are still alive - Rusty and Dust - and are pushing 11-12 years old. What a trip down memory lane this thread is.
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