Posts by JohnsonHomested

No, the healing seemed to be completely random, or at best related to the weather.  We're not consistent enough with the meds though so we'll just keep at it.

  Ideas? It seems to be getting worse. We've treated it with anti-pick lotion, anti-fungals, and antibiotic ointment. Occasionally it appears to be healing and then the scabs open up and he bleeds all over the place. We...

But then who will protect your girls?  I keep reading that a friendly rooster equals a wimpy rooster.   I make sure I pick up our Production Red from time to time just to remind him who is boss.  He hasn't bothered...

The eggs are developing but when we tried to move the broody, she stopped setting. :( It's only been about 4-6 hours...how long can the eggs go? I was going to give her a few more hours to see if she'd calm down and sit, but how long...

Well, she's still setting! Hatch Day should be April 30th if the eggs survive. One egg already met its demise, not sure how but the other hens keep stealing her nestbox to lay their eggs. We're considering moving her to a private box...

Thanks! I gave her a few more eggs and she happily tucked them in. I guess we'll see! The injury was due to cramped living conditions the first few months of his life. We were in the process of building a coop and got held up by an...

So here's the deal: we have 15 hens and 1 rooster. Rudy dislocated one of his hips at around 4 months of age and he has walked with a limp ever since. Because of that he doesn't mount his hens as often as other roosters I've had...

My wife ordered these two girls last year from Ideal Poultry and they were sold as Ameraucanas.  We bought them for their blue/green eggs to balance out the shades of browns we would be getting from the rest of our...

Thanks everyone! We're going to see how the hens like the Coyote Creek soy-free layer mash and I'm also going to start trying my hand at sprouting some grains for them. Hopefully between those two things they'll be happier all around...

We are INCREDIBLY frustrated. For the past couple of months we've been buying a specialized seed mix from another chicken farmer and adding fish meal to boost the protein content. Our whole purpose in raising chickens is to have...