Posts by pattycake

Thanks, Bamagirl! I love my Jersey Giants and think they would make great mothers -- they're so sweet and gentle.I'll be watching for your hatch!

I looked her over carefully, and a couple other chickens too, and I didn't see any mites or bugs of any kind... can you see mites?

I can never tell exactly, but I've found that the different hens lay different size/color eggs. The big brown ones always show up after a RIR was in the nest, and the long thin dark ones after the Jersey Giants, usually in the...

Uh-oh, I hadn't thought of lice or mites. I'd better go do a search on that...

I was carrying one of my Jersey Giants around and discovered that her lower stomach is totally bald! I know that's a sign of broodiness, but that's the only one: she's not sitting on the nest any longer than usual and she lets me take...

Mine had arrived from the hatchery that day, so I figure they were just 1-2 days old. At about four days they start getting obvious wing feathers... and a little tail fuzz at about a week...

Six months is a long time; my girls were already laying for a month by that time. I think 4 months is probably late enough -- they're very close to full size at that point.

My BO rooster is rather aggressive. He's a wonderful caretaker of the hens, so I'm going to keep him, but even though I handled him from day one his mind is on the protection of the ladies, period. He'll fly at anyone except for me who...

Quote:Originally Posted by DENALI Let me know how you end up determining which one is the culprit...... I am trying to figure out how to identify one myself out of 13 that all look the same.Yolk on the face feathers is a dead giveaway!

I've had problems with this on and off, and so far the best cure I've had for it is free-ranging. In winter when they were stuck in the coop all day and chilly and having to put up with the organic food I give them, and they would eat...