Recent content by jmendoza

Did you ever just bring him a dozen eggs? Love overcomes many things. If he has children, or grandchildren, invite them to come over and see the chickens, and let them gather some eggs too....works like a charm! You can also just approach him and say you want to work things out and ask him for...

You can probably save yourself some frustration and time (time is money!) by simply getting a rooster and having it's vocal chords cut, problemo solved, and to heck with fighting city hall! I do understand 8000 square feet is a big area, but not big enough that people will not hear your...

Well, as far as looks, temperament, and laying, it is hard to beat the Easter Eggers. My two "sisters" who lay green and blue eggs, have wonderful black laced plumage, are very quiet and sweet, and consistently lay over the winter months when everyone else takes a break.

Yeah! Good for your little hen, I saw your post and followed it because like you, as I posted above, our Lois has a very similar condition that took weeks for her to recover from. We had to isolate our Lois while she recovered so her sisters would not attack her. Ethel will show her...

Just so you know, we had the same thing happen to one of our hens, and initially I inverter her and drained her crop, which was sour, ans she recovered, or so I thought, as she began laying again. About 4 weeks later we found her on her side, unable to walk, head down, much like yours. Draining...

I use the dreaded $30/ bag Purina Layena and get excellent results, really thick shells, wonderful plumage on my girls, very short molting period, and the eggs speak for themselves as they are almost a yellow-orange yolk and crystal clear album. It is their second year and the eggs are still...

If you put bait on a hook and put it in the water, don't be surprised if you catch a fish. You have baited that Bobcat by free ranging your chickens under it's nose. You have just discovered the clash between idealism, and the brutal reality of mother nature. If you pursue with your...

There are several youtube videos of home made Coyote rollers mad from PVC schedule 20 or 40 . But they all have a cable inside of them to roll on, which is really crude and a hassle to make. There is much simpler and effective way to do this. You buy end caps for the piece of PVC pipe and...

Try starting with the fact that the agriculture program allows chickens at the MV High School, so if they comply, why cant private citizens also raise them? A good thing would be to write up some guidelines and regulations as to how many hens, the type of area they must be kept in and the...

My hens have slowed down laying, but interestingly, it has more to do with the heavy rain and dark days and all the clouds. In between storms, after a couple dry and warm sunny days, they resume laying. Last year, with an extra 2 hours of light from a lamp in their roost in the morning and...

The usual treatment for that disease is strong antibiotics because the infection is spread into her blood stream. Usually some sort of derivative of the Cephalomycin family is used but mus be administered carefully as these powerful antibiotics can also cause anemia if too much is used. My hen...

Then that makes it simple to administer with an eye dropper. The only concern would then be the concentration of the liquid . I thought the posts above mentioned it was also in a powder form?

Lotsa protein for the molt, such as yogurt, or meal worms. Isolate her so she does not get pecked, or spread whatever it is she has. If she has bad breath, try draining her crop, using the inversion method, there are others here including myself who have done this with success. Yeast...

What about putting the Tylan 200 powder in gel capsules and administering it orally? Will that work, as it is water soluable? If so, the trick would be to measure it out in the correct dosage.

If you can get a vet to prescribe Chlorotetracycline in 250mg capsules, you typically administer it orally, once a day, fo 2 days. This stuff is a miracle drug for infections, but does nothing for viruses. Following the vets example, I used a plastic soda straw, cut to 3 inches long, and...