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Thanks! I will be setting the eggs in tomorrow, so I'll go ahead and find some shelf liner on Amazon now. We started warming up the incubator today and hopefully the first grade teacher left it on so it'll be good to go tomorrow morning when I get there (I get there early to run the morning...

Thanks! Oh, and about lockdown on day 17 - is it safe to do lockdown during the night of day 17? I have a work event until 6pm and probably wouldn’t get to the school until 8pm or so …

Thank you!!! 🤗

Hello Chicken People! The first grade class where I work will be hatching out Serama eggs - or at least we're going to be trying to hatch them out. I think I've got everything set up properly, but my concern is when hatch day arrives, the itty bitty legs of the chicks might get caught in the...

Thanks! I ended up halving it (just happened to have a 1/8 teaspoon on hand 🤗). I’ll give her the new ACS/ACV water mix in the morning. Here’s to hoping it helps! 🤞🏻🐥

Thank you! I don't know if I have a gallon jug available, but I'll look. I sure hope this does the trick. She's still acting pretty normal, but I can tell she isn't feeling 100%. The fact that she isn't too interested in eating has me a little worried. Anyway, all the best and I'll let you...

I think I should start giving my Phoebe water with the Acidified Copper Sulfate. She seems to have a mild case of sour crop now (her crop is kind of gassy and she’s not interested in eating much). Also, I’m reluctant to try taking out more of the canker because I fear I might accidentally...

Mini update on my hen, Phoebe... My girl is still struggling with what I believe is canker. This morning I tried digging more of the canker out (because she was showing discomfort the night before when she tried to swallow). I got out a good chunk and several little chunks, but there is still...

Thank you! This sounds like a good plan 🤗.

Hello fellow chicken people! I have a hen (3 year old Barred Rock) with what I'm 90% sure is canker. Here's what I know so far: 1.) She has some nasty, cheese-like gunk in her mouth I at first thought was wet pox. 2.) Her breath smells bad (almost like old tuna...? Hard to describe, but it is...

The vast majority of my girls are lap chickens who don’t respect personal boundaries (My RIR and Buff Orpington will climb up the front of me and get as close to my face as they can, and the same RIR (and my Barred Rocks) will peck-scrape at me until I pet or snuggle them 😂). The only ones who...

Ack! Can I get CalBickieMama if it’s still available, please? If not, maybe Jenna’sBackyardBickies? Thank you! :wee

Thank you for checking in! She made a full recovery and is totally fine now (she‘s actually come out of her shy, docile shell and has been trying to work her way up the pecking order - she terrorized my two Polish for weeks before finally relenting 🙄). I’m guessing she had a minor strain or...

Thank you! I’ve done this with girls who had sour crop before, but my Beatrix doesn’t have sour crop. I’m going to keep at the whole liquid nutrition in the morning and olive oil massage in the afternoons for now - at least while she remains in good health. Hopefully I’ll eventually work out...

Hello Chicken Folk! I have an EE (almost three years old, has always been on the quiet and calm side) who has a partially blocked crop. Signs it’s a partial blockage: 1.) She was seeming slower and more subdued a week or so ago, and when I picked her up she felt lighter than normal 2.)...

Thanks! I’m going to see if I can go look at the flock maybe this Friday (so I have more time on the weekend to observe Vic Vic and the new girl). Of course, that’s IF there are any females left and IF I can weed her out from the bunch (the owner says they’re in a coop right now and I’m...

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Hello wonderful Guinea folk! I have a single male Guinea (he showed up in my yard as a keet and will be three years old in June). He is in the same area as my chickens but is sectioned off because he chased them too much. I have been looking on and off for a girlfriend for him for the past...

Poor bean! If you are pretty sure it is crop issues, it might also be a blockage or partial blockage. Pretty sure this is what happened with my little June Bug when she was only a week or two old - puffy crop full of air/gas I had to massage out. I treated her by giving her olive oil to help...