Posts by roz

Please help. I don't know what to do. I have a feeling someone will tell me I have to cull the entire flocks, but Im not willing to go there. We have a flock of 7 hens outside, about 2 years old. One of the RLB wyandottes started...

Wow, we were certainly a miss on rubbing their rumps! I'd love to hear how it turns out...keep us posted! Glad you have a friend in the know!

Wild rabbits are very high strung. We had a nest in our yard abandoned by the mother after our dog scared it away, and we called every wildlife place imaginable asking them to take the babies. Nobody would because there survival rate...

Thanks for your reply. It looks like it came from her nostrils...like she gave herself a bloody nose. Her beak is cleaned off, but her nostrils look bloody. I don't know why she bangs her beak on the wall sometimes when I dose them...

Hi there, I went out to open the coop this morning. All 7 of the girls came out as usual, but when I went to open the people door to get the feeder out, I saw bright red blood on some poop in the pine shavings. I panicked and of course...

I have two "Ameracanas" like that from McMurray hatchery. One started out yellow and the other started out a buff color, but now both are pure white with their feathers.

While I did not hatch my chicks, I received 5 from a hatchery, and one was significantly smaller than the others. It always seemed to have a huge full crop as well (after the first day or so), and i was paranoid any time i would see it...

Thanks for your replies! So leadwolf1, if I keep her pompom a different color all the time she should be ok? What kind of dye did you use? I would certainly try it. It's funny, the cresteds were the ones pecking everyone else when we...

I ordered from mypetchicken and mcMurray hatchery this spring. All 5 of my order from mypetchicken are doing well. We lost one of 26 from mcMurray and they credited our account. I like mcMurray customer service better, but I have...

I knew it was a possibility that mixing breeds with the crested varieties could result in pecking issues, but when I had a polish before she was never picked on by the bigger girls. Today my son noticed that one of our two polish...