Recent content by J Fox

Hey this is the reason I popped on the board here tonight to post pictures of my beloved Buff named Winnie. I don’t want to hijack a thread but her neck looks like that too ! I thought it was too late in the season for a molt but I am no expert. Here is a pic or two - looks like the same thing...

Ok so wanted to update this thread. I did add to the perch with a solid piece wood - I put a bucket in the corner where the Barred Rock was laying. She then started laying under the nest boxes. Then I put a few old boxes under nest boxes one a week to scoot her down so she’d lay closer to back...

Ok so here is the story - we ordered 6 hens last winter and this spring we received the exact breed and sex for all six. Healthy beautiful birds. (Meyer Hatchery) 2 brown egg, Plymouth Rock and Buff Orpington, 2 white egg, brown and white leghorns, and two blue egg layers, Easter Eggers. Well...

Ok so I'm going back to the starter grower they were raised on and hanging a "help yourself" oyster shell feeder. What other things could I do to get them more protein ? Can you actually feed them too much protein ? I read somewhere chickens love cat food. The Purina Naturals dry cat food we...

Oh snap- I see that. Some reason I was thinking the organic was 13%. Thanks !

Going to give this feed a try for the rest of the winter. 16% compared to the 13% they were getting. Is that 16% a pretty decent number ? You know thinking about it normal feather pecking would leave feathers about. There is none other than an occasional one here and there. Need to get these...

Interesting ! Im going to look into this further as a possible solution !

Space wise, the Coop is 5'x6' - and the run is 6'x12' and houses 7 birds. Is there a feed that offers more protein? The flock only gets an occasional organic scratch other than the feed listed above. Thanks

Birds are 9 months old and enjoy a nice diet consisting of Natures Best Egg Layer Pellets With 16% protein. Not sure if only one bird would start pecking all the others if it was protein issues. But I am asking because I don't know - why wouldn't the rest be pecking as well ? Anyway thank...

Thank you for the reply.. OMG that other thread ! I believe I ought re-home her. I can't have all of them pecked up and her all fancy... At another "farm" she may lose her place in the pecking order and learn to behave ? I don't know what to do or try first but my patience is already about gone.

We have a problem here at the Fox Farm. At first one of our hens was fuzzy on her back at the base of her tail. Then bare. Now, all the other 5 have fuzzy picked at feathers at the same spot. So 6 of the 7... ONE lady is in perfect condition and thats the one we have noticed is pecking the...

7 from 7 :) Rhode Island Reds

Still the same... but maybe I'm seeing the same early signs on some of the others. And watching a while yesterday, noticed the one that has no muzzy feathers was poking at the others, right at the base of their tails. So looking up feather picking I do see pictures that resemble exactly what she...

Well as far as how long - she always looked fuzzy - her name is Muzzy. But now it's worse and missing feathers. It's been worse for a e few weeks now. I would love to check her for mites - how does one do that and I will do that tomorrow ! And will look for the Vetericyn tomorrow as well ...