Posts by machoman

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Just an update for those who followed this. The rooster pulled through and is now back with his ladies. It took him about a week of being fed and watered with a syringe before he could eat on his own, but once he started feeling better...

He's inside now in a large cage made out of a play yard.    I put him inside a few hours ago. He wouldn't eat at all, so I had to open his mouth and feed him. I fed him scrambled eggs and kefir and water with...

Very sorry to hear about that. :(

We live in an area where people sometimes don't take personal responsibility for their dogs and our flock was attacked by two dogs this past Thursday. We lost four chickens ( one rooster, three hens ) and one rooster was...

We're in NC and today it's 60, but it's a warm front. Average day time temperature here is about 45-50 and night time 25-35. I've had her since Thanksgiving, no eggs. It's possible it's from stress? My neighbor has a hen and maybe he...

Thanks Frank,    I haven't seen any eggs at all, could this just be because it's cold outside? Also, he/she has a beard, but I've read that some hens have them, would you agree? 

My neighbor gave me this turkey, along with a Spanish Black Tom. He said this one ( photo attached ) is a Tom and will be two years old in April. A friend stopped by who's raised turkeys before and proclaimed this one a Hen. This is my...

I'm looking for a large fowl dark cornish rooster. I have a hen that came from a hatchery and she is not to standard, is smaller. I'm looking for a heavy bodies bird who'll be a good breeder for meat birds. All of our birds are in a...

Thank You, Cedarknob.    This sounds like my hen. She is not heavy, in fact my Production Red is heavier. Her breast look big, but her weight doesn't feel heavy. She hatched out 13 chicks 3 months ago and they're LF dark...