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Post number 3 starts out with some Call ducks in addition to chickens! Ducks       d'Uccles of various colors          Polish and a frizzle Polish  
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OH MY THE POLISH FRIZZLE OR IS IT FRIZZLE POLISH How cute is that, how does that chicken see! The ducks are just adorable! Thank you for sharing those photos! I can't stop smiling! Those photos along with Customer Service's livestream, so much cuteness! Do the d'Uccles come in standard and bantam sizes?
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Nov 27, 2012 03:39
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EEEEEEEE, Polish Frizzles!  MUST. HAVE.Tim, I'm curious, did the solid black d'Uccle roo win anything? I know very little about actual poultry show standards, but he looks pretty damned fine to me. No, d'Uccles come in just Bantam size as far as I know, unless someone is breeding them for larger size somewhere. Quail Bantams look kinda like d'Uccles but are a bit larger and have a rounder/fatter body type. Also, call ducks look like toys. 
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So much chicken drama the last few weeks. I think I mentioned awhile back, but I had to get rid of my Barnvelder roo, to avoid drama with the one neighbor who had a problem. Anyway, a friend of mine hatched six chicks, one of them had to be put down because of a severe cross beak, and the first night that I had them back at my house, one of them tried to get out of the brooder, got stuck, and died of exposure. And, to top it off, all four of the surviving Olive Egger chicks are starting to look like they're boys. I am going to get at least a couple of new pullets out of this, though. At the same time that my friend hatched out my eggs, she also hatched out a bunch of eggs from The Aloha Project. Basically, its a bunch of people who are trying to create a breed that is similar to Swedish Flower Hens, but with bolder and brighter patterns. The breed standard that they decided on calls for yellow legs, and one of them has willow legs, and the other slate, so they're out of the program. They look like they're going to be really pretty, though, and should be good layers.
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Tim the Enchanter posted:Post number 3 starts out with some Call ducks in addition to chickens! I really like this black d'Uccle with white spots. Which reminds me, how are Wiggles and Fries doing, VS?  Love the frizzle chicken. They always remind me of a chrysanthemum. Here's a photo of a Swedish Flower Hen (also called a Swedish Spotted Hen). Very unusual!
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Was watching the 80's comedy Three Amigos last night with my other half. Both of us have seen the film before, but this time we were only looking at all the chickens running around the Mexican village. They were everywhere, but some were too close to all the galloping horses. 
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spookygonk posted:Was watching the 80's comedy Three Amigos last night with my other half. Both of us have seen the film before, but this time we were only looking at all the chickens running around the Mexican village. They were everywhere, but some were too close to all the galloping horses. I hate movies where people/animals/cars run through a flock of chickens who have to scramble to get out of the way. I sit there and yell, 'Aw, run chickens!' at the television.  Wiggles, Fries and the rest of the d'Uccle crew are doing great, all of this year's Chickam chicks are. Also, last year's girls that got overrooed and lost back feathers have feathered out, the Brahma girls are especially gorgeous with all the cold weather prompting feather growth. Two holdouts on refeathering are Moxie (2009) and Rambo (2012), but they are slowly getting there and seem healthy enough, and all the hens of laying age are in lay. The daily eggsong when they all take it up at once is ridiculous. I'll try and get new pics soon!
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Tim the Enchanter posted:Really dark Partridge Silkie. This one looks like Snuggles and it makes me  I've been feeling really down for the last couple of days, and have been beating myself up over the chicken's death. The saddest thing about all of this is that Pardalis had just found a beautiful double-walled coop on craigslist the night the hens got eaten, but we hadn't set it up in the yard yet, so we didn't put them in it that night. I'm still kicking myself for it. I'll probably always regret that decision. But! Last night I got some good news. Remember my crazy bad-at-chicken-math friend with her oh-so many chicks? Well, she's a bit overwhelmed, obviously, so she's giving us three of her babies. They're all young enough (3-5 weeks) that they'll need to be under the light for a few more weeks and will live in the basement over the winter, so that'll give us time to predator proof and prepare. I'll post pics once they've settled in. One is a frizzle and it is ADORABLE.
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VS I would LOVE to hear the Egg Song! I am so jealous, all I can listen to are YouTube Egg Song videos. Captain Foxy, that Silkie looks like Keeper, the colors anyway! I'm happy for you that you are able to get some chicks! That will heal your heart. Can't wait to see the pictures, a FRIZZLE!Will you be able to post updated pictures of the Turk? Interested to see what he/she looks like at this time! piscesbobbie fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Nov 28, 2012 |
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Here are some pics I took, the chicks have been here for 2 weeks and they are growing like crazy! The 2 biggest ones watch when I walk by the brooder and if I lean in and put my hand down, they are leaping at it trying for treats! I made the mistake of letting them eat some sticky oatmeal off my fingers and now they think they can just peck at me any time. So I have to talk to them and put my hands in the box more without any treats at all to train them off that behavior. The littlest one seems to be staying little, but when I pick her up her little body is nice and plump, and she is warm and very active and always eating. She still peeps loudly a lot, but I have watched her and she just seems to need another chick to sit under. We think we will name her Peepsqueak because of it. Three different sizes, altogether there are 2 big, 3 med and the tiny one.   The one we think is a roo is so confused with the mirror!  Peepsqueak! loves dirt!  I like the "skinny" chickens posted earlier, they look like they run marathons! And the d'Uccles oh my!  Edit: forgot a pic, I decided to make a tiny mealworm colony with advice from BYC, here it is.  . Hyper J fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Nov 28, 2012 |
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I'm a wee bit worried about Peepsqueak if she is the same age as the others. She's SO tiny and isn't feathered as much as the others, and distressed peeping is usually not a good thing...is that her in the pic with her eyes closed? If she continues to not progress as far as growing, you may have to brace yourself for the inevitable. If that does happen, there isn't anything you can do about it, so don't beat yourself up. It just goes that way sometimes...  Can you place a small stuffed animal under the heat lamp for her to snuggle with? Make sure nothing on it can be pecked off & eaten, and it has to have a clothlike skin--no fur the little stinkers can yank off and eat.
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Same as happened to little Lazarus, he just never got any bigger, hand fed him and everything but eventually he died. Been feeding them the Coxoid for a couple of days and Abacus just ran away from me, so that's a good sign!
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Nettle Soup posted:Same as happened to little Lazarus, he just never got any bigger, hand fed him and everything but eventually he died. Hooray for Abacus! You go chicken! Oh, NettleSoup that is good news about Abacus running! How is the rest of your flock?
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Velvet Sparrow posted:I'm a wee bit worried about Peepsqueak if she is the same age as the others. She's SO tiny and isn't feathered as much as the others, and distressed peeping is usually not a good thing...is that her in the pic with her eyes closed? If she continues to not progress as far as growing, you may have to brace yourself for the inevitable. If that does happen, there isn't anything you can do about it, so don't beat yourself up. It just goes that way sometimes... Yes that was her amd she never opened her eyes yesterday. We found her at 5am already gone. I had been bracing myself since the 2nd day they were here, because she reminded me of Abe with the peeping. I could tell she was not getting any bigger, but she was so plump and running around eating with the rest that I kept hoping she would turn around. I even put a heating pad under the box where they lay in case it was too cold for her feet. I think these chicks are so inbred that there may be defects in more than the one. It's really strange to see the roo growing at such a rate and the rest sort of growing, but they are all losing feathers weirdly too. I put them in a box and cleaned out all the bedding in case it was the wild bird disease. I never saw any bloody poo but I did see runny poo, after I gave them too many treats in a day. I thought they were starving to death the way they acted with warm oatmeal, and gave them too much! They really like it a lot. I've stopped because they make a mess of it in their head fluff and peck at each other if they get it on their beaks. Now they are pecking at each others' fluff.
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Aw poo poo, I'm sorry. But failure to thrive happens, all you can do is keep them safe, warm and loved. If your other chicks are losing feathers here and there--they do that, especially the primary flight feathers on their wings. After I raise chicks I find the things everywhere. It's raining today but here are a few updated pics from the Chickam chicks, past & present! Last year's light Brahma girls, Burger (with the dark gray undercoat around her pantaloons) and Chick. They were all excited and wouldn't cooperate for headshots, but they are developing a lovely Brahma brow. Linc, the Barred Rock from this year is next to Chick and Pompador the gray Giant Cochin is in there, too. The black/tan Frizzle next to 12_String's leg is Zevon, age 9.  Wiggles, this year's gray mottled Belgian d'Uccle.  The older chickens grumped around in the coop and gave me stinkeye for allowing water to fall from the sky.  But we bribed everyone with lefover popcorn! Rambo the buff Brahma and Moxie the Easter Egger/Americanas mix show off their lack of feathers.  Weedcat in the middle looking like a large, fluffy square, while Rambo answers the eternal question, 'Guess what?' with her babboon-red rear end. 
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VS, I've got a question about brahmas. Pancake and Waffle are about the same age, yet Waffle is heavir and her breast is meaty and round. Pancake's breastbone feels rather prominent and she isn't nowhere as meaty as Waffle. She seems healthy otherwise, it's fully feathered and fluffy and eats like a horse. Is that normal for brahmas not to get fast as fast as other chicks?
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Chido posted:VS, I've got a question about brahmas. Pancake and Waffle are about the same age, yet Waffle is heavir and her breast is meaty and round. Pancake's breastbone feels rather prominent and she isn't nowhere as meaty as Waffle. She seems healthy otherwise, it's fully feathered and fluffy and eats like a horse. Is that normal for brahmas not to get fast as fast as other chicks? Pancake may be concentrating on gaining height right now, my Brahmas when little tended to do that, and really started to pack on the meat starting around 6 months. I was surprised that my Brahmas were such slow growers. I think in their second year is when heavy breeds really pork it up. BUT--If her breastbone feels sharp to your hand, I'd suggest worming just in case, but only at age 6 months or more. Watch them to make sure they aren't displaying any signs of illness. I've found that youngster chicks do tend to be on the skinny side if they are running all over the yard, which is fine if they are otherwise healthy. So there is that, for what it's worth...
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VS were Rambo and Moxie the most vulnerable/favorite of the Roo Boys? Poor Rambo, that is so sad looking. Does Weedcat actually mate with the d'Uccles or do the two boys keep to the gals that are their own size?
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piscesbobbie posted:VS were Rambo and Moxie the most vulnerable/favorite of the Roo Boys? Poor Rambo, that is so sad looking. Does Weedcat actually mate with the d'Uccles or do the two boys keep to the gals that are their own size? Pretty much all the younger girls, and a few of the older ones, looked like that when we had all the rooboys. We just had way too many roosters and not enough room for the girls to get away. Now that it's just Weedcat, Bloop and Scott they are fine. Scott rarely mates hens (he's more into escorting the girls around like a dignified old gentleman) and Weedcat tends to stay with the big girls and leave Bloop the bantams. But once in a while Weedcat will attempt to mate a bantam hen. Mostly he just sits on them for a second, swamping them in feathers and they disappear. He walks away and the banty hen looks irritated and confused.
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Velvet Sparrow posted:But once in a while Weedcat will attempt to mate a bantam hen. Mostly he just sits on them for a second, swamping them in feathers and they disappear. He walks away and the banty hen looks irritated and confused. Somehow hilarious. VS, question about fizzle hens chickens given the season: Are their feathers any less insulating than regular ones, or are they just as warm as other chickens?
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Pretty much all the younger girls, and a few of the older ones, looked like that when we had all the rooboys. Now that's the ultimate in wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
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Velvet Sparrow posted:But once in a while Weedcat will attempt to mate a bantam hen. Mostly he just sits on them for a second, swamping them in feathers and they disappear. He walks away and the banty hen looks irritated and confused. I actually have the opposite question - if you didn't have Weedcat would the big hens squat enough for the little roos to sit on them? All my hens are large breeds and I'd love them to have a roo someday, but I really like bantam roosters.
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The idea of Weedcat completely consuming your banties with his buttfluff is making me giggle a whole lot, VS.  After our roo troubles, we moved the pen to outside a window looking into the living room (the house is half-buried, so the sill is only about 12" off the ground), so we would be more consistently in the birds' world, and started taking a much more proactive role in their lives (the roo's in particular). He's doing much better now - the challenging has dropped down to once a week tops, and he's a lot quicker to rethink it. However, it's looking like we'll be moving into the city by February, and roos are banned. So he might wind up being dinner.  At least he'll be well-behaved dinner?Are Blue Andalusians supposed to be thinner and more athletic than average? Because mine is, and I'm wondering if it's because the others aren't letting her eat, or if that's just her conformation and that's that. She is flighty, which was expected. Here are some closer-up photos of her:   Here are some photos of their new digs (all thumbnailed to keep this from being miles long): Activity!? gently caress yeah, it's foodtime!  Open up before we have to open this ourselves!  Please sir, it's cold and I haven't eaten for weeks!  Aw yissss    Batman is the Barred Rock, Mae West the Orpington with the GIANT ghettobooty, Chipmunk the Welsumer, Wexter the Ameraucana roo, Boogers the Black Australorp, and Inara the Blue Andalusian. We be BFFs
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So there is a Cracker barrel commercial on lately that I'm almost certain starts with a rooster laying an egg. It makes me laugh. Did they really think no one would notice? Looks like a Buff Orpington roo http://youtu.be/nYjOTHkHyVc
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Vaga42Bond posted:Somehow hilarious. Our Frizzle girls answer that they are VERY cold, and it is all our fault. I think in normal weather they'd do fine, and even in cold temps as long as they are protected from drafts they are about equal to your basic chicken. Our Frizzles stay in the coop on cold days...but then they are all very old ladies. When they were young cold didn't bother them especially. I've seen banty roos climb the big girls, who squat obligingly, but the boys can't successfully mate (so no chicks) because while grasping the hen by the back of the neck, they just can't reach the sweet spot--and if they let go of the neck, they slide right off the back of her and get all embarrassed. This, by the way, is hilarious.
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OH MY GOSH Saw this HILARIOUS video http://youtu.be/G3aZ_x7eTXA Is that what it is VS! Poor little guy in this video. I can just see Scotty escorting the gals around. My bad, I had forgotten about him. He is a beautiful rooster. I remember seeing the ustream videos of him. Was he at one time helping a girlfriend lay her eggs away in a garbage pail or somewhere odd like that? Big Weedcat, enveloping those gals, I can't stop laughing at the thought! Chickens are so entertaining and endearing, that is why I must have my own flock! I am determined. Thanks to everyone for posting the great photos! piscesbobbie fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 30, 2012 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:
Im not really sure about how he placed amongst the rest of the d'Uccles but he didnt win champion of his class or anything. One of the birds im getting ready for showing, this will be her first actual show. Squash, the white pullet as a baby.  Squash,the fat white pullet as of 5 minutes ago.  Her head and neck are kinda smudgy looking in this picture because she was flopped on her back wallowing right in a pile of poop, had to clean her a second time.
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Muffy: She looks pretty normal for an Andalusian. They're pretty small, skinny birds, because they're bred to lay eggs, not for meat. My Andalusian hen, Inara, is three and she's not much heavier than that. And no one is going to keep her from eating if she's hungry 
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Abacus was roosting on the fence when I went out last night, he hadn't done that in a few weeks. I'm taking that as a good sign, even if it does mean I have to drag him off the fence and put him into the coop every night.
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TIM THE ENCHANTER - Good luck to Squash, she is beautiful. I hope she wins! Rolling around in pooo  NETTLESOUP - so happy to hear Abacus is active 
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All those silkies and frizzies and whatever other fluffbutts can get right lost, but this guy right here is making me think hard about chicken math.
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Thanks for the pictures VS and Tim and Muffy! I wish it was February already and I could get more chicks. I think I may look for older ones or maybe sex links, because it looks like I have 3 roos and I didn't want any yet! The largest one acts so like Nugget from Chickam a few years ago, curious but aloof, protecting the rest with dignity and staying back until the rest get treats first. Then the 2 next largest are chest bumping and having staring contests and standoffs! Sometimes it sounds like one is getting murdered and I have to run over to interrupt. They are trying to jump straight up and flap themselves to the top of the light, too. We'll be making a wire top for the brooder tomorrow, if they don't make me do it today. My camera batteries died so no pics this time. I am so afraid of them getting sick from outside dirt, but they have to get used to it, and they really like to dust bathe. Do any of you know if microwaving the dirt will kill the stuff that makes them sick? Or can you tell me what to replace it with if there is an alternative? Our dirt is clay, and almost never dry. I have to dig it up and let it dry out first, and run it thru a sieve. When I give them a shallow pan of it they eat so much I can actually see it in their poo a little while later. They go absolutely insane bathing in it.
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Hyper J posted:I am so afraid of them getting sick from outside dirt, but they have to get used to it, and they really like to dust bathe. Do any of you know if microwaving the dirt will kill the stuff that makes them sick? Or can you tell me what to replace it with if there is an alternative? Our dirt is clay, and almost never dry. I have to dig it up and let it dry out first, and run it thru a sieve. When I give them a shallow pan of it they eat so much I can actually see it in their poo a little while later. They go absolutely insane bathing in it. Don't overthink it. I start giving my chicks a grassy dirt clod at about 2 weeks of age, I've never had them get sick from it. The chicks need some grit in order to properly digest their food, good bacteria for their gut and get needed minerals from it too. Being exposed to real world dirt also helps build their immune systems. And when you think about it, if they were out with a mama they'd be digging around in dirt pretty much right away. I'd just dig up a chunk, let it air dry enough so it isn't outright mud, and give it to 'em. If it has long grass, trim the grass to about a 1/2 inch long so it doesn't wind itself up in their crops and cause a blockage. Make sure you stick around and watch, because chickspicion of the New Thing will be fun.Do you have a particular local disease/illness that is endemic to your area that you are worried about?
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You could give em a dish of sand too, mine just play sand and they loved it. They'd roll in it, stop to eat it, and then roll again until another chick came over and kicked them out.
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Ours love a dish of sand too. When it gets too wet and muddy outside we fill a couple of plastic tubs with (children's) play sand and keep them under cover.  That way the girls can have a bath or top up their grit when they want, though currently Dora has dug herself a spot under one of the apple trees where she's been bathing for the last hour. Piper, who has been going through a huge moult these last few weeks (due to the Suprelorin implant) gave a couple of big snotty sneezes today and ended up with a slight nosebleed. She's been withdrawn and tired a lot due to the moult, plus her appetite is lower, but is there a cause for concern now the nights are sub zero here in the UK?
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Chickens: They pretend to be dumb but are really stone-cold killers. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW9-wv6gGg A terrifying swarm of chickens.
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spookygonk, any discharge from her nares (nostrils) or eyes? Is she shaking her head and flinging droplets when she does? How is her balance? Any wheezing? Hold her body to your ear and listen for rales (rattling) in her lungs. If she has a respiratory infection, her appetite could fall off from that. If she seems to have a cold, she should get treatment. That kid in the video FINALLY dropped the food, poor chickens.
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Sooooooooooo since I am now in posession of a yard of my own, I kinda wanna get a small coop/run and a pair or trio of hens for eggies. I ran it by my partner and she's all for it. :iamafag: No concrete plans yet, but I'd like to shoot for this spring if we do decide to do it. This might be a dumb question, but are there any breeds that tend to be more quiet than others? You can legally keep up to 6 hens in the city limits here, but I don't want to piss off any neighbors and I also don't need a 30 minute long cackle-party every time someone decides to lay an egg. Some of the hens I used to have were louder than roosters when they laid.
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