Recent content by bsides

She's not a frequent (daily) layer, but she had always been consistant except during the hard molt. Oh well, she is my "pet chicken" so she is forgiven. :) Would be nice if she got back in the game though! Thanks for the imput!

I have a 2 year old Polish hen, Lucy. A few months back (before her last hard molt) she quit laying. She grew spurs and she has become a bit more dominant. No crowing though. I had read that hens can change gender. Yea, funny since gender issues seem to be a main news topic. She is my only...

I lost my Polish yesterday with the same kind of poop! All my other girls look healthy. Very puzzling

My Polish died today. I had not seen any symptoms. She had the grossest green stuff coming out of her vent and a blob of stuff, matted along with other green stuff. Very shocking. All my girls are eating and laying good. Anybody have a clue?

I would like to know thoughts on the use of artificial turf in the nesting boxes. I used to use cedar shavings and that did work out well, but thought to try something different. I used to have one or two of my girls that kept pooping in the box and while the shavings were fairly easy to...

I obviously had more than one issue there. Sorry all... after all that, I still don't know what killed my fav chicken

I had a 1-1/2year old Golden Sex Link. Her neck had been broken. When we found her little body, her neck was denuded but I found no blood whatsoever. One of my "Reds" had nipped at her feathers. Since then (about a week and a half ago) we have been on a major rat/opossum hunt (kill). But, I...

I certainly appreciate pictures of the rir's. I've been trying to sex my 3 babies (now about 4 weeks old). One of them (the last one I bought on a whim) has shown dominate behavior since I brought her/him home. But it's also the friendliest or most curious. Have a bad feeling. Anyway, your...