Posts by DDRanch

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Apple  I never liked beak clipping, and the excuse is to prevent feather picking among the breeds that tend to be more cannibalistic. I have done it to particularly nasty birds in...

Quote: Originally Posted by lakebound  I have a crooked beak and she was having a hard time also, but I put her food into a deep dish bowl so she would stick her in it and get some food, so far it seems to work just...

Quote: Originally Posted by realsis  hi. I have a cross beak at home so I have some experience with beak problems. first yes I have to keep my birds beak trimmed. I trim once a month . I do trim upper and lower. I use...

One of my 5 rescue hens appears to have trouble grasping food and eating.  She is quite underweight and not "thriving" like the others since I have taken them in. I have had them about a month now.  4 are growing back...

Recently I have had a flock of starlings raiding my coop and eating the chicken food...I mean a lot of the food. My outdoor pen wire for the covered run is large enough for the birds to enter, and then they are in the doors...

I am so sorry. I don't think you ever get used to it. If you free range at all for any amount of time, even if you are home, even if you are working around your chickens, predator loss can happen. I have had a bobcat take a hen in the...

Here are Millie (the red head) and Molly,(the blonde)  my 2 new rescue hens from my local humane society. They were left in a box at an animal hospital. I have had them for about 2 weeks now, fattening and loving them up !! ...

Quote: Originally Posted by donrae  I agree with sourland on the roosting. They just need to regard it as home, it will take a while. Put them in at night and they'll get the idea.   I've not had any...

Quote: Originally Posted by sourland  The not roosting in the coop is not at all unusual.  They still do not regard it as 'home'.  If the coop is large enough, just lock them in for a week or so.  If...

Four days ago I rescued 2 hens from our local humane society. They treated them for mites, but otherwise in very good shape.  They are in quarantine from the rest of my chickens. I have had chickens for almost 10...