Posts by Purely Prairie Polish

I was just wondering about this recently too. There are multiple generations of birds in my free range coop, and some of the breeds have birds that are different ages, or were added later. I have 28 chickens in my free range coop...

I actually don't plan on dusting the chicks, just my adult birds, now that it seems like coccidiosis could be killing my babies. You said something about seeing or feeling mites. How big are they? I haven't noticed anything on my birds.

Thank you sooooooo much for your response. Sadly the sickly chick passed last night. That makes my count 12 dead. I cleaned out the coop yesterday, and talked to the vet this morning. I'll be treating everyone for coccidiosis today,...

So I got fifty chicks from a hatchery May 20th, and in the first 3 days lost one which wasn't surprising because they had just been air shipped and went through a lot of stress. Four weeks later all was still good, chicks were strong...

I'm always saying that incubating gives me a bit of a God complex since all I do is add a bit of heat and moisture to an egg that if I had chosen to eat instead would have seemed empty of life. Today is day 14 for the eggs in my bator...

Quote:Originally Posted by PrincessTamTam Hello Fellow Manitobans! I hope you subscribe to this thread so you see my post. Have just became the proud chicken mom of ten brown leghorns, the beginning of many more chickens to come. We...

Thanks DDD, what you've said has got me excited. I have to get my incubator out and start using it. I've just been ignoring it because I know once I start it i will not want to stop. When I googled a splash Cochin I always found...

Thanks for the input. I figured that I should split the pair, and it just so happens that a local person was selling a trio of smooth white Cochin bantams. So I'm putting my frizzle Roo with the two smooth hens and can pair the frizzle...

Hi, I'm in Cooks Creek, Manitoba. 15 min north east of Winnipeg. Nice to meet you. I have Standard Polish(In lots of Pure Color groups), starting to get into bantam Polish, Easter Eggers, and a couple purebreed hens. What kind of...

Yah, definitely looks barred rock now that it's got more feathers. I didn't know about the skin difference that Kev pointed out(good to know), but even without that fact, the contrast between black and white looks BR. I just got some...