Recent content by Gooter

Curious if anyone has any experience with this. My roo has some sort of bacterial infection in his ear. About a week ago I noticed that his ear looked swollen. He had NOT been acting strange or scratching at it or showing ANY signs of irritation whatsoever, and it was only that I 'hang out'...

Interesting.... Well, my fingers are crossed.

Thought I'd see how common this might be??? I just got a couple black copper marans pullets from a reputable breeder here (and I've purchased some quality birds from her in the past). One of them just laid me an egg today...a little pullet egg. But it's nearly white. Lighter than any of my...

I get those from time to time and I wish I'd have taken a picture of the odd one I got this week. Very wrinkled and lop-sided egg that was kind of squared off at the top. I think that just because there's calcium available in several places for my hens, they don't always eat it, or eat enough...

Thank you! He's a very special roo to me. When I rescued him he was bright pink - naked as could be - from the hens eating all his feathers at his other 'home.' I always knew he was a handsome boy and I rescued him because he's an outstanding roo, looking after his girls like the very best...

Several weeks ago I posted some pix of newly hatched chicks that were x-breeds. I posted because I thought it might be useful to someone else to see what would come of these particular crosses. Here are some updated pictures of what I have ended up with, and a 'refresher' of where they...

Well, it's nice to know I'm not the only one who gets frustrated at this. I do have another mean hen who was not the alpha, but just made it a point to harass the lower chickens in the order...she's my last Silver Laced Wyandotte hen - and the last I'll ever own. I moved her in with my other...

I'm learning by experience which breeds I do and don't want these days, and partly it's based on how mean the hens are to each other. Am I silly to be frustrated when a hen at the top of the pecking order won't let up? I culled a hen a couple weeks or so ago because she was so bad I ended up...

I'm interested in what folks say about this to you because I made the decision to separate one of my hens out from the flock today (she's harassing my mamma hen with chicks). She is a mature sexlink and I put her in the pen with my Serama roo, and he attacked her like crazy! Had to pull him...

Can you take a box that's about 10" x 12" and put some straw and/or pine shavings in it for her and put it on the floor? It should only be a few inches tall...just tall enough to hold her nest/eggs. And if it's on the floor there should be some pine shavings or something around it so that when...

Well, Lucy didn't make it. She did improve that day after her first shot but then turned again and I had to put her down. She was not able to eat even though she did give it a try. Her color changed to very pale and she got very weak (could not stand) and her lungs filled again. She was...

Update on Lucy: Lucy is still with us and is definitely wanting to get better. Yesterday afternoon she moved over to the water and started taking regular sips...and has continued to do so. She has NOT been drinking like she was desperate (tho she was definitely getting quite dehydrated), but...

Thanks for all the support! I appreciate it! Her symptoms: she had the bubbles in the eye thing going on before she got worse but she's seriously rasping/gurgling when breathing and coughing/sneezing. When I picked her up to carry her in yesterday afternoon she let go of very thin liquid...

Thank ya'll for the information. I hope it's also helpful to others. I actually just managed to fenagle some Tylan so with a lot of luck I can pull her through. I am going to read up on that blog page. THANK YOU!

I've got a very sick hen, and I'm sure it's CRD. She was my first hen and is young, so I'd like to save her. Her symptoms 'blew up' when the dominant hen started tormenting her over a couple days. I culled the wicked hen, but the stress really has taken a toll on my sweet hen. Anyway, I live...