Recent content by chickensarefamily2me2

I have a pet Mallard named Gertrude. She is 1 year, 2 months, and 11 days old. She lives indoors. She hasn't laid an egg yet. She even stopped doing her little squat, flatten out the body, and derp derp derp thing. Which I was told she was just going through sexual maturation. But she hasn't...

No picture available. He is a Red Cochin Roo. I picked him up when I got a set of chicks from the school last year. He is a little over a year old. He is a little aggressive, has lived through Fowl Pox, (completely cured). He just needs to go away. I don't want to sell him, I WILL pay for...

Is Cayuga still alive? And it's about the size of a peppermint wrapper. A band aid? Seriously? How?

Gertrude swallowed a life savers wrapper! (Ironic...) Anything I can do for her? At all? She's a Mallard, about a year and two months.

Hey everybody. This is Sylvia, the Silver Laced Wyandotte: She's hanging out in my room right now. Ignore the totally awesome Pokemon stuff. Anyway, before you jump to any conclusions, I better explain her story. Sylvia is four months old. She was born totally normal, with her sisters...

Oh, thank you! Just in case, though. What would I flush their eyes with? Thank you, thank you, thank you. Eight years of raising birds, and I've never had this...

Hi... I finally got worried enough. My two oddest birds in the coop: Ursula: a ten pound previously healthy Cuckoo Maran, and Marla: a half breed of game bird and chicken, have gotten... ill? They are both broken out on the comb, wattles and face. They're... odd. Hard, yellow, no bleeding, no...

All righty! I finally got Gert used to me again. She was very proud to pose for photos. She did very well. Here are four photos of the swelling. It's the dark spot on the base of her bill. I can't do it any brighter right now, because my dad is asleep and Gertrude is terrified of flashlights...