Posts by OlyChickenGuy

Hi guys.  I haven't read any more comments ( no time ), but I made some videos on how I go about catching my...

I remembered another trick for corraling that I've used. Take the fence in its normal curled state and unwind it some. Since chickens naturally run along side things, you can chase them into the spiral where they'll eventually get...

I agree with the comment that not everyone can be present in handling animals properly.  If you've read my blog, you've read my rant about domestication and how that means we have an obligation to be constantly present in our...

I'm very excited to hear about your progress. If you're having trouble convincing your daughter to be dominant to your rooster, you can instead claim your daughter as your territory, and correct the rooster when he has any overt...

Okay, so I have a brief period in which I'm able to be at a computer.  I'm staying next to the local community college, and so I'm in the computer lab right now.  No word on my laptop, and now my phone's gone kaput, too,...

Howdy guys, I'm so happy to see that you've all read my blog and had positive results. Azygous is exactly right about the football hold, and how training is about harnessing an animals natural behaviors and melding them to your...

Update on Caramel: Her owner brought her to visit me the other day, and she's clearly not diseased. No respiratory disteress, no nasal discharge, eyes were bright and she was alert and energetic, albeit weak. Whenever she tried to peck...

I had a friend call me last night distraught that her favourite hen could barely stand up.  She was cuddling Caramel, the hen, just the day before, but yesterday she kept tipping over to her left, walking splay-footed to support...

Thank you for the reply.  I agree that Francis doesn't have a cross-beak, per se, since it's an underbite and not a cross, but figured I'd ask anyway.  Any information is good information, yes?  Also since I rescue...

ChickenZoo - high fives for crowing hens!  I gave three pullets to someone over Craigslist, and they called me the next day, LIVID, saying one of the "pullets" that I gave her was CROWING.  Shocked, I said I'd never heard a...