Posts by BeautyBuffs

I posted the ad on CL and within an hour I received a call from a gentleman that is suppose to come by tomorrow afternoon and have a look at Fred to replace his breeder roo. Fingers crossed Fred finds himself a nice bunch of fluffy...

Hi Neighbor!   Thanks for the advice, I did not even think of setting a price for them. DH said roosters are plentiful and would be hard to find homes for. Maybe he is like me and just attacked to the little boogers.

Well I brought Molly in and she did amazingly well soaking her feet in a warm epsom salt soak. she just stood in the big pan and eventually started lowering her underside down in it and i held her up to keep her belly as dry as...

Well I have come to the conclusion that I must part with 2 of my Buff Roosters, as much as I hate to, but my hens are paying the price for there being 3 roosters around. The thought of giving them to someone and them becoming dinner...

Thanks for the fast response! I am off to AW to get the spray. I guess I should really get a chicken first aid kit together, then I would have been prepared. Any ideas from anyone on what would be the things to have in a Chicken First...

is there a special antibiotic cream for chickens? For humans I keep triple antibiotic cream in the house. Does she need to be kept inside? does it need a bandage over it? If I put a bandage on it will the tape from the bandage hurt her...

I was out with the ladies this afternoon and I noticed one of my hens  feet. She is walking fine, no limp, eats and drinks as she should and when i bring treats she has no problem getting her fair share of them. I have seen...

I have read the article links posted and I am going to try some of the different boiling methods one of the articles spoke about. Sunday dinner with the family will hopefully have some devil eggs that don't look to shabby. The eggs...

My Buffs are just starting to lay, this is their first year laying. I got them when they were 2 weeks old and were so looking forward to the eggs. Their eggs don't peel right when I boil them, either chunks come off of them or once I...

well we lost one of them a couple of days later, no clue why. The other has grown into this :  she ( we are guessing it is a girl, are we correct?) is very tiny but sweet. My daughter would like to know what she is. This...