Posts by greenkjb

Found my almost 2 year old RIR sitting by herself, picked her up she is skin and bones (it happens so fast) and empty crop. Thinking she was egg bound (she has had cracked egg on her butt feathers before, but never any problems) I put...

She will be 2 early May. She has never been aggressive like this. I will continue the higher protein diet. Hopefully she will chill out. Out of curiosity, what is your most effective way of showing "who is boss?" Thanks for all of...

I have 6 friendly hens. This morning I went out to feed/visit with my girls and my usually friendly RIR attacked my foot. Ok, so she has always done that, but when I pushed her away (like I usually do) she tried to lunge at me like a...

A bit of time has passed, and I just cut his hair again tonight. Hoping he can stand up for himself even more, because he isn't doing too well :(

Very helpful website that has been circulated on BYC.   Hopefully it will help: http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0  

I have to share this story with BYC. In May I got 3 chicks. Was only planning on getting 2 (Americaunas), but fell in love with the poofy headed baby (Polish) Fast forward and Polish has revealed himself to be a cute sweet rooster. The...

Hey Ruth, I'm being reminded of when one of my girls was chewed up by my neighbors dog. Long story, but when I went to go get her body from the dog, there she was, looking at me. It took about 3 weeks as she had huge tears in her...

Went out to feed my girls the other morning and one was missing. Looked behind me and saw this. Nothing was in it...alternative laying spot maybe?

Just wondering if anyone has experienced this. We have been dealing with teeny white (I think they are mites) bugs which were infesting the laying house. We finished removing the entire house today  and we have built just a small...

Thanks for all of the advice everyone. I realized last night that a feather had just gotten stuck to the muscle. It came off smoothly after lots of betadine/water rinsing. Another question...do you think it is best to just keep her...