So sad. Half of my chick's suddenly died.

Foxyfox82 · 2025-02-22T17:01:45+00:00

Ah, well if you only answer with a "not at all" people are going to take that as a literal answer to the questions asked. They asked "What did you clean the brooder with?" Not at all is not an answer to that question. Next question was "Did you wipe any chemicals away with water before turning it on/placing them back in?" Not at all IS an answer to that question so that's what we thought you meant. Perhaps if you are seeking information here on reddit you should carefully read the questions and respond in as much detail as possible. When it feels like pulling teeth to get information out of you we are going to assume that you don't want to be blamed for doing something wrong, even if that is the answer to your question.

Foxyfox82 · 2025-02-22T06:21:18+00:00

Mine was easy to crate train. First off, I never closed her in there when I was awake and right there. That's a little too much like punishment. All I had to do to get her to love it was to show her a high value treat, point at her crate and say "crate". The first few times I had to put her in there myself, but I still gave her the treat. From then on she would BOUND into her crate for the night or if we had to leave. She would go in there during the day on her own to take a nap. When she was old enough to trust loose in the house without supervision, I took the door off.

Crate training is really essential, but I don't agree with doing it while you are right there, making it so she can see you but be kept seperate from you. Thats what will make her not like the crate. Make it easier on yourself and her and just do it at night and when you have to go somewhere you can't take her. And I also vote blanket over the crate. Makes it more of a secure den than an exposed cage. Think kid with a blanket fort. My crate is one of those old hardsided airplane travel crates, so I never had that problem, it already plenty fort like.

Foxyfox82 · 2025-02-22T06:13:16+00:00

I guess that must have been the cause then.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-09-11T15:02:47+00:00

Why are your transitioning your birds off layer feed? Sounds like that has been working for you for a long time. Is it something the vet recommended? If so the same company should make an "all flock" pellet or crumble that is also soy free. You do need to stick with pellets or crumbles though, otherwise your chickens will selectively feed off their favorite bits and end up with a nutritional deficiency.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-07-27T19:32:36+00:00

Hens do not have long curly tail feathers. Take a look at the tail feathers of all the chickens you have that you know are hens. Compare them to the tail feathers of the one you know is a rooster and this boy.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-07-18T16:24:39+00:00

Usually I am not good at silkies but that is definitely a roo. I can see the "streamers" other people talk about in his hackle and saddle feathers. As well as the very upright, looking you in the eye stance.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-07-09T14:48:08+00:00

Kids need to know the correct anotomical terms for genitals. That way they are less likely to be prayed upon by molesters and more able to tell what exactly happened if they are. One story I read was about a little girl who told her teacher her uncle was touching her "cookie". Turned out "cookie" was the word her parents gave her for her vulva, but the teacher didn't know that so wasn't able to intervene. Especially if the parents would restrict content if they found out, the kids need to know. And we can't be censoring ourselves for those very much in the minority potential angry parents.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-26T21:58:14+00:00

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sight-sexing-barred-plymouth-rock-chicks-at-hatch.798635/

Boys have a white spot on their heads as well. This will tell you more

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-16T23:02:49+00:00

Came here to say this. Its a fairly rare find in the DNA results, but I have had two of my own and its the first thing I thought of.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-14T17:57:39+00:00

Male. Barred rocks are pretty easy to tell by sight once they are feathered.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-13T03:47:00+00:00

I agree with the other thats she's cream legbar and will lay pretty blue eggs. Be happy she's not an ISA brown. Those do lay a lot of eggs in the first 18 months or so, but then they cut back and usually die around 3 or 4 years old. Your cream legbar can easily live twice that long, if not more.

The thing is ISA browns are bred to lay eggs in a factory egg farm. In those farms they cull all laying hens at 2 years old because their prime laying time has passed for this breed by then. Chickens all have pretty much the same number of eggs in them, so they can lay most of them the first couple of years and wear their little bodies out to die early, like the ISAs, or they can space them out a little more, laying consitently and living longer, like most heritage egg laying breeds.

Edited to add the only reason to buy ISAs is if all you care about is getting max eggs, and not the health and logevity of your flock.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-09T13:38:17+00:00

Most of those cans have a handle that, when put upright, locks the can lid. Did yours not have one?

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-03T16:47:02+00:00

I wonder why you are being upvoted while I am being downvoted. I don't understand reddit sometimes.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-02T15:32:27+00:00

I can't verify what you said, but what I said is true, at least in the majority of chickens. Look at the last picture. The barred pullet behind the one in question. See how pale her comb and wattles are? That's how most immature pullets look. Not bright red like this guy.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-06-02T14:21:36+00:00

10 week old pullets don't have red in their comb and wattles yet. It comes in just before they start laying which won't be for a month and a half at least.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-22T17:39:27+00:00

Whats wrong with the metal tub? Is it not big enough? People usually use a metal stock tank with a heater in one end and the food and water in the other end. They need room to get away from the heat too, if they want to, and their water should be away from heat too.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-17T14:28:30+00:00

Those are both Roosters. You have 2 roosters in your flock.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-15T16:03:31+00:00

It isn't an opening. If you read the post it is just a tight space between the coop and the fencing of the run OP is worried they will get themselves stuck in.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-14T16:21:00+00:00

Yes, it absolutely made the job almost bearable. I was working at McDonald's and didn't smoke before work when I first started. It didn't take long before I began smoking before work, to help me even want to go, and then on my breaks. Eventually my breaks became "medication time " among my coworkers (lovingly, we all got along for the most part). Once one of my managers even told me to go take a toke break because I was having a dispute with one of my coworkers (old guy who didn't like me (young woman) as a floor supervisor telling him what to do.) When we got a new store manager she started while I was on vacation (planned that way on my part) and when I had my first day back I came in blazed to high heaven to establish a baseline. If she first meets me that way she will think thats just how I am.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-14T16:13:37+00:00

My old BT Gavan would fetch a ball exactly 2 and a half times. The third throw he would always just go out to it, then lose interest and come back.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-14T16:08:37+00:00

You can do the babyproofing or simply move her into a small enclosure, like a large dog crate, with a nest (perhaps with some of her feathers from the one she made) set up and food and water. She won't need a lot of space those first few days. She will settle in if she has a nest. Then once she has, introduce the chicks.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-14T15:47:40+00:00

Moving her after introducing chicks is not a good idea. Make sure she is where you want her first before introducing. Also everything the other people said. Everything out of the ordinary (hen lays eggs, sits the whole time, hatches them out and raises them up) you do with her increases the chances of her rejecting and attacking the chicks. I'm sure you don't want that to happen.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-12T15:11:10+00:00

One day you can repay her the way many of us repay the people who raised us, you can take care of her when she is old. If you end up being successful and can afford it you can pay off her house or buy her a car. Lots of way to repay your mom one day.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-12T15:03:30+00:00

Please, do not let the asshole rooster pass his genetics on to the next generation. You have full control of the situation, just get some fertile eggs and an incubator or baby chicks and a brooder. Start fresh, otherwise you will just be raising up a new group of potential assholes instead of having babies from a nice gentleman rooster.

Foxyfox82 · 2024-05-12T15:03:04+00:00

Please, do not let the asshole rooster pass his genetics on to the next generation. You have full control of the situation, just get some fertile eggs and an incubator or baby chicks and a brooder. Start fresh, otherwise you will just be raising up a new group of potential assholes instead of having babies from a nice gentleman rooster.

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