Posts by Darkjeweler

I just got this girl from an auction and after I got her home I noticed that she has a split upper beak.  The crack in the beak seems to go all the way up.  She does seem to eat and drink ok, Is there a way to repair her beak...

I have a young roo (6 mos) which has gone mostly lame.  It seemed to progress from a little limp to basically not being able to walk over the span of a week.  Other than that he seems fine and healthy.  The rest of the...

     Ok, so I came home tonight and one of my young game hatch chickens was having a walking problem.  It seems that she can't or won't use her right foot.  I have checked her over and I cant feel anything...

As many might suggest.  SSS..  Shoot Shovel Shutup.

Right now Sweet potatoes are by far cheaper than corn ($0.12 per lb), so I buy a few hundred lbs of taters and boil up about 8-10 lbs for 30 min in a big pot, cool it off and take it out to the birds in the morning.  It is gone in...

Around here there are numerous Shed-Depot like places.  Most of these shed stores also have numerous pre-built chicken coops they can make.  Price seems to start at about $400 and go up.  See if you have something like...

Well, she is now momma to 3 biddies and she still has 3-4 more to hatch.  They have been given separate food and water and when they have all hatched I will move them into a larger enclosure for a couple of weeks.  Moving...

Here, you might get a kick out of this video of a couple of my Game Hens.         https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BEWuZVgJbGLOHeoQ-xnviRb627JN1rPZzu-1mUCku6k?feat=embedwebsite

You might want to consider banding yours as well.  Colored zip ties work.

Not yet for the current batch.  I have tried here before and did not really have much of a response.