Posts by firehog

Thanks.  It was easy for you if you got them as babies and raised together.  My ducklings are just losing the last of their down so quite young but also quite full grown.  The problem is the older hens who did not like...

Thanks, my chickens roam for the first 5 hours in a secure fenced area and then I let them range in the greater back yard which is also fenced but no overhead protection.  I have a creek in the back and wild ducks are always...

I have 8 hens who I have had for about 6 years.  No roosters.  I noticed an ad on craigslist of a lady posting to give away 2 female ducks that were a couple of months old.  She was concerned that the ducks would be well...

I am still in deep mourning of the loss of my beloved Sonja, who died in my arms on April 2 after a long illness of egg peronditus (I think) .  Now I noticed that Big Bird is having almost pure water squirtings  which you can...

There was once a movie called ..All dogs go to Heaven.  I believe it also is for chickens.  I lost 3 of my original 12, Sonja will be my fourth and i still cry when I think of the death of Lil' Squawker who died 2 years ago...

She survived the night.  She fell off her box once and i put her up on it right away.  I am sleeping on a mattress on the floor next to her so i can hear it if she falls, but it is only 8' high and there is carpet so she will...

I tried warm oatmeal (actually part of my breakfast) that had some syrup and milk in it and she wouldn't consider it. My chickens don't care for garlic or onions.  She did drink a little water when i offered it to her in my...

My beloved chicken, Sonja, whose story I posted here earlier, is down to her last couple of days due to her just nibbling on the 3 last things she would eat.  She used to love worms and corn, not anymore and the soft white...

Sonja is a Rhode Island Red and is part of the original flock.  If I was wealthy, I would have taken her to a vet 10 days ago when she was getting sick.  Last year I spent $186 for one of my chickens at the Vet who thought...

She now will not go in the coop with her sisters in the evening but goes into the garage and lays down in a corner. I bring her in the houseand put her on an elevated box with a rug so she is warm and quiet.  I...