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Going to post this update to the thread..crop was still squishy this morning. Tried giving some epsom salt water to maybe flush anything in her crop. After that her breathing was a bit gurgle sounding? I did a light massage of her crop & it seems she got a bit of air/gas sneezed out... Was I...

Thank you, will see how she is in the morning and perhaps try that treatment. She was not too happy to have me try to look in her beak/mouth earlier tonight, so ol’ gal can still give a bit of fuss!

Yeah, I know we don’t know what is going on internally with chickens. She will get the best care we can offer :love Would it make any sense to treat for sour crop with the miconazole or see if she will continue eating easy foods like scrambled egg & watery feed? I know last time she kind of...

I think that may be possible given her age and breed (4 years old is just a guess since we got her from a neighbor summer of 2022, she laid eggs that first year & then last Oct. was "retirement"). Hope she gets better like last time :) She's teaching me about chickens for sure!

Hey, I've got a Lavender Orpington hen of ~4 years old (weighs 6.4 lbs - nice and lovely feathers) that was standing away from our flock yesterday - tail down and moving slowly. We brought her home to watch for her intake of water (I added electrolytes) and have grit available. She hasn't laid...

Oh, that is really neat! I’m always intrigued with chicken breeds & how their genetics/breeding work. Definitely like to hear that you can predict egg color of the offspring with heritage breeds like the CCL rooster & hens (laying different colored eggs), that is super cool. :) For now, we’re...

Thanks for these! Nice to know of some local places. And 'm happy both CCL & Bielefelder are autosexing, it would help from hatch for us to figure what to do with boys 😁 I'm happy our 2 roosters get along, but want to make sure they have enough ladies to go around 😂 and would hopefully be...

I have updated my thread here - we're getting 2 BAs and 2 Americanas this week from a local hatchery 🥰 I wanted to ask if you mind sharing which farms these are with the CCLs and Icelandics & Bielefelder? We are still very interested in CCL and it'd be nice to have chicken people/farms to be...

Hey everyone, update is we're getting new chicks this week! We're getting 2 Black Australorps and 2 Americanas (yes, I know they're technically EEs if they're not spelled "Ameraucana" but they didn't have Speckled Sussex or Crested Cream Legbar coming at the same time - maybe a week later or in...

We love the coloring of the wyandottes. Thanks for suggesting them.

Good to know sizing of your legbar rooster - they are a pretty breed for sure. I feel I say that about all of them, but it is true birds (chickens) are neat in feather patterns/colors and also personalities 😁 Thanks for sharing about your flock. Hoping someday to let a broody hen have some...

Yeah, never thought I'd be the "crazy chicken lady" but hey, they are so fun! The BA in my profile pic is always bugging me for attention - any of them I can scoop up for a little bit of cuddles. lol, the coop chatter is fun to hear! The buff rock is usually the one to walk the bars in front...

OOOoh, that is so tempting for chicks! The Icelandics and cream legbars are pretty birds - love the coloring. And the Bielefelders are adorable. That is always the tough part - to plan for roosters (and I LOVE both our boys!!!). Yes, for sure my sweetest gal was a hatchery chick (from TSC)...

Yay, sure I'll take BCM #15 - go chicks!! 😊