Posts by taprock

For you Opa. I have time on my hands as I sit in the waiting room waiting on DH. Opa the longer I have chickens the more I know you are a wise man. I just need some instruction on the cervical dislocation. The last bird I tried it...

Quote: Originally Posted by RaZ  Tap, I really can't answer that. Some trees can be propagated with cuttings quite readily. Some not so well. If it is a multi-stem you might have a better chance digging up a portion...

Kimmie - don't touch them!  Patience!  Yes black is good.  Watch them for movement or listen for peeping.   Ginger - so sorry.   Raz - Master gardener.... can you take a cutting from a tree and root...

Quote:Originally Posted by Amy PT Silly, thanks for the input.  I don't expect the cross beak to live to a ripe old age.  It spends a lot of time at the food dish, and I noticed that the deformity is causing it to breathe...

I buried my chicken who after talking with the vet I believe had some sort of uterine tumor.  My son as he put her in the ground named her Flower.  Why he waited until she had died to name her I have no clue.  He's been...

It wasn't the greatest weekend and not looking to be a fun week ahead.  Sick hen, have to put our dog down and DH has surgery.  So feeling a bit low I did what all good chicken addicts do.... put eggs in the incubator and...

Feeling very frustrated right now, if you know anything about egg bound or intestinal blockage I have questions. http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/780381/how-to-tell-egg-bound-from-intestinal-blockage

I have a bantam salmon faverolle hen who I just got recently. She has not laid an egg for me but I figured it was moving. Three days ago I found what appeared to be a chunk of shelless egg in her pen. Then yesterday I found she had...

Fuzzy - I have done the warm bath 3 times, added tums to her water, oyster shell to her food, massaged her tummy, oiled her up and nothing.  I'm not sure what to do at this point.  She is one of my new Salmon Faverolles...

Quote:Originally Posted by Scifisarah Macchiato died unexpectantly last night, I am so depressed. I bought these ten serama chicks just so I could get more hens for him, I loved the little guy so much. [/URL] So sorry he was a...