Posts by Heritage Farmstead

Anyone have additional advice?  I'm getting more worried.  Left for work this morning not feelig so good about her.  She just lays in the cage I have her in - before I would come home to all the newspaper being...

I know there are many Bumble Foot posts on here... I've been reading for hours.  The tutorial on surgery was fanastic.  If only I had brains enough to check here before I paniced and paid $100 to take Myrtle to the vet!!...

Thank you all for responding... I thought heat stroke as well.  She is making progress, and is somewhat standing (better than lastnight) but she is a little off to one side.  She's eating and drinking and taking a bit of...

I'm sure there are loads of you out here trying to beat the heat and cool off your flock!  I'm looking for some help on dehydration.  Today we hit record temps,  my ladies had fresh water - BUT all this week I have been...

I'm posting this for a friend...that had 2 of their ducks get attacked last night.  Thinking it may be a racoon?  One duck's leg was broken and the other one has a nasty back end.  Someone told them that the tail feathers...

Thank you!  I did know they are drawn to blood, or anything reddish for that matter - including my toes when they're polished!   My thought is to keep the two that have small bare spots seperated from all of them for now and...

It's been a long time since I've been on BYC, but I knew it was the place to come for an answer!  I have 6 Red Stars, 1 BLK. Australorpe and 1 Buff Orpington that are all 2 years old.  This spring I bought 6 EE's that have been...

We named ours "Cluckingham Palace" I was going to include a picture... but can't seem to figure out how to post one!

I have an abundancy of eggs and was told that I can freeze them.... does anyone do this?  These are not fertilized eggs for hatching, but rather for eating.  I have a friend who told me that her mother grew up on a chicken farm...

Awww - how cute!  Your first chick pic looks exactly like our gorgeous little Dutch banty roo looked when we got him!  Have fun!