Posts by jessicag14

  This chick was hatched Wednesday night. Had a really rough hatch. I though it was Splay leg at first but now I'm thinking it has a slipped tendon. Help?

Quote: Originally Posted by casportpony  FYI, when/if you decide to buy wormer, remember that Wazine kills only roundworms. Wormers like Safeguard, Panacur and Valbazen are in the cattle, goat and horse...

No, I didn't put them in with my birds. We raise rabbits and you never put new rabbits in with the herd right away, so I figured it was the same with chickens. I was also worried that mine would pick on them more. I just got them...

Hello,   Yesterday I "rescued" 15 hens. They are barred rock, leghorns, and RIR. They're only a year old. They appear to have been in too small of a coop all winter because the majority of them have had lots of feathers picked...

Mine are not big fans of mushrooms and bananas.

These are what are nest boxes look like. I am worried about the chicks being able to get in and out of the bins

HI, I have two broody hens that are sitting on eggs. The hens are both Cochins (they are bantams). The eggs are set to hatch any day now. This is my first broody hatch so I am looking for any advice.   My two biggest...

I am relatively new to raising chickens. First of all, I'll tell you what I have. I have 11 TSC Red Star chickens. Not sure yet if any are roosters, their only about 3 months old. The other day I got 2 sultan hens and 2 cochin hens. I...

So, this is my first time with chickens and I have no idea what I'm doing but I think things are going okay. We got 12 pullets from TSC about 2 weeks ago. One died the first night :( but the other 11 seem pretty peppy. My profile...