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Ancona chickens are lovely, great choice! I have another fall broody. This is one of the adorable naked necks that I brooded myself this spring. She laid eggs for about 5 weeks and decided she wants to be a mom. Since we will already have fall chicks, she got some eggs today. 
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Joburg posted:I have another fall broody. This is one of the adorable naked necks that I brooded myself this spring. She laid eggs for about 5 weeks and decided she wants to be a mom. Since we will already have fall chicks, she got some eggs today.
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Oct 12, 2022 22:17
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an egg posted:look at that calm focus 100% in the zone (rage held in control by a whisker). Molly is still with us, enjoying quiet Molly time. 
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Oct 13, 2022 08:51
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spookygonk posted:Molly is still with us, enjoying quiet Molly time.  it looks like she knows how rare it is for a chicken to receive such devoted end-of-life care and is enjoying every moment with you.
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Oct 13, 2022 11:15
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So with quail, is the peep-peep-peep-peep noise a happy quail noise or a scared/sus quail noise? I've been trying to Google it but just finding details on quail from different continents.
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Oct 13, 2022 13:46
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Molly had a comfortable day today. The sunlight was making her feathers shine.
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Oct 16, 2022 21:13
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molly is divine
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Oct 17, 2022 00:55
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Molly is so beautiful!
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Oct 17, 2022 02:21
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Came home from a weekend away and the flock gave me massive side eye for bringing the evil puppy home
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Oct 17, 2022 02:36
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Serious side eye.
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Oct 17, 2022 08:36
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Mustache Ride posted:bringing the evil puppy home Molly is beautiful in the sunshine. I’ve had a very eventful week+. After Clarence’s sickness and exit, I found Blanche sneeze/coughing with slightly puffy skin around her eyes, cue panic. I took her to the avian vet and they sent blood off for testing and sent her home with an antibiotic. She has improved but there’s no test results yet. I found a round worm in some poop  I stupidly forgot to deworm the new-to-me Naked Necks before I added them to the group. A day after that, I found the little black NN rooster on the ground unable to walk. I couldn’t find anything structurally wrong but he did not improve. That bunch are the only ones without even late vaccinations for Mareks in the flock, so that was in my mind all day. I euthanized him and necropsied to find no lesions but he was chock full of round worms.  Absolutely my fault. We treated the our flock so fingers crossed that’s resolved.Then I caught broody Claudia Duck carrying around an egg shell! It turned out to be hers and I found the almost fully formed beautiful duckling on the ground. This has happened more than once before but I had no idea who did it. We gave the 2 remaining eggs to Ivy Duck and culled Claudia.  The bright light has been Marge and her chicks, and Pepper Duck’s ducklings. They are growing like weeds.! (Yes, she always makes sure the fence is between me and her babies.) 
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Oct 17, 2022 08:56
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Finally got a picture of them all together. 
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Oct 17, 2022 11:51
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Joburg posted:Then I caught broody Claudia Duck carrying around an egg shell! It turned out to be hers and I found the almost fully formed beautiful duckling on the ground. This has happened more than once before but I had no idea who did it. We gave the 2 remaining eggs to Ivy Duck and culled Claudia. Just out of curiosity, what about this necessitated culling Claudia if she passed the egg out?
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Oct 17, 2022 12:06
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Just out of curiosity, what about this necessitated culling Claudia if she passed the egg out? If I'm reading right she ate the eggshell and killed the unborn duckling inside.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Just out of curiosity, what about this necessitated culling Claudia if she passed the egg out? Organza Quiz is right. Claudia has been brooding and the egg was almost fully incubated. She pulled the duckling embryo out of the egg for some reason. This was the third time I had found an almost ready-to-hatch duckling pulled out of its egg. After looking at my records there were clues that she was the culprit every time. I have no idea why she would do that. The egg looked fine except for the opening damage, the duckling embryos looked absolutely perfect and ready to hatch any day now. It should have hatched tomorrow or Wednesday. Since Ivy Duck is also on eggs from the same shipment it made sense to give the eggs to her and not risk Claudia killing any more embryos. If it had been a one-time thing she would have the benefit of the doubt but this was repeated behavior. Joburg fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Oct 17, 2022 |
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Oct 17, 2022 16:42
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Ahh, gotcha. I thought it was inferring a physical issue rather than "Homicidal Duck Mom" 
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Oct 18, 2022 01:16
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rest in peace, bad duck mother
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Oct 18, 2022 02:40
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This morning at 08:12, Molly passed peacefully away surrounded by her flock and keepers. She'd been a retired garden hen for 8 years, 5 months and 2 days and was the most single minded chicken there ever could be. With her previous time in the battery cage, Molly was just under 10 years old.  Lady Molly Dashwell 2014 - 2022
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Oct 19, 2022 08:48
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Rest peacefully, Molly, you've earned it. 
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Oct 19, 2022 10:11
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Roost in Peace, Molly.
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Oct 19, 2022 13:52
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Roost in peace, Lady Molly 
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Oct 19, 2022 14:18
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Roost in peace, Molly.
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Oct 19, 2022 15:36
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world lost something special
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Oct 19, 2022 15:48
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I'll really miss seeing all of her lovely photos. It was so sweet seeing her so relaxed in your arms these past weeks. Rest well, Molly!
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Oct 19, 2022 16:10
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A hen going from a battery cage to peacefully dying in a garden is something special. Molly isn't alive, but she lived.
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Oct 19, 2022 16:41
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Molly was a beautiful girl and you did a good thing spoiling her so much in the last part of her life.
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Oct 19, 2022 19:18
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Roost in Peace Molly, you were a lovely hen 
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Oct 20, 2022 00:49
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thank you for sharing molly with us and thank you for giving her such a wonderful life 
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Oct 20, 2022 01:18
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my cat is norris posted:I'll really miss seeing all of her lovely photos. It was so sweet seeing her so relaxed in your arms these past weeks. ChaseSP posted:Molly was a beautiful girl and you did a good thing spoiling her so much in the last part of her life. an egg posted:thank you for sharing molly with us and thank you for giving her such a wonderful life City of Glompton posted:Roost in Peace Molly, you were a lovely hen
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Oct 20, 2022 03:42
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Roost in Peace, beautiful hen. Thanks for sharing her lovely story and personality with us.
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Oct 20, 2022 18:50
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 Ivy Duck hatched 1 duckling. So far she has not been able to protect it from Pepper Duck (bully) and her five ducklings (also bullies), so Ivy has one of the duck houses to herself for the night. Pepper & kids plus the random chickens that roost there will have to find other quarters for the evening. I’m sure that will go smoothly. -Cue Benny Hill theme-
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are quails allowed in this thread? i would very much like to show you all house and wilson, who moved into my bedroom today.
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w4ddl3d33 posted:are quails allowed in this thread? i would very much like to show you all house and wilson, who moved into my bedroom today.  Let's see them quail!
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w4ddl3d33 posted:are quails allowed in this thread? i would very much like to show you all house and wilson, who moved into my bedroom today. you have no idea just how welcome they are
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I feel bad for my chicks, the brooder is getting cramped at 9 weeks. Sorry chicks, building a coop is complicated! We're hurrying!
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my cat is norris posted:you have no idea just how welcome they are
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Oct 21, 2022 11:16
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20 quail eggs entered lockdown, so hopefully we will have some friends for Tammy hatching soon. Never done this before (always bought chicks or the chickens brooded the eggs) so this is very exciting!
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PerniciousKnid posted:I feel bad for my chicks, the brooder is getting cramped at 9 weeks. Sorry chicks, building a coop is complicated! We're hurrying! Problem solved! I went inside to check on the baby and my chicks all ran away.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Problem solved! I went inside to check on the baby and my chicks all ran away. Fingers crossed they turn up soon.
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Joburg posted:Fingers crossed they turn up soon. I found them! They were all tucked under the deck somewhere I couldn't see them until the fourth examination. Phew! What little bastards.
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