Recent content by jordan4911

From what you've said, it sounds like he may have coccidiosis. Lethargic, weak, sits all puffed up when he's sitting, stool is normal colored but runny. Is their anything else I could give him tonight? Our "local" feed store closed at 5.

My one roo is really worrying me this morning, I'm afraid he might've even slept outside in the mud. Yesterday I went out to the coop and was working on some things and saw him laying in the mud (it's been raining here for days) and he didn't seem like he could get up. So I picked him up...

I have too many hens for one rooster to cover them all so 2 roosters If I'm remembering right they are about 15 months old

Last Sunday (April 17) I went and got 2 new roosters (I'm not saying who or where) when we got to the "farm" their were chicken coops everywhere like 20+ coops and maybe 3 very small runs attached to 3 of them. Anyway, the lady opens up the one coop, the size of a small dog box and pulls out the...

Went out and checked. Penny (white hen-brown eggs) has red earlobes. Pud (white hen) has white earlobes. My other 4 "leghorns" also have red earlobes. So much for believing the guy at the store

I realize that any pullet hatched from a mixed breed will lay her own "special" egg color. But a straight white leghorn hen (which is what I have) should lay white eggs. And to make me think I'm even crazier I now KNOW she is not laying white eggs. I locked 4 hens up today to see who all was...

So, I've always thought and been told that eggs color is completely based on breed. White chickens lay white eggs, brown chickens different shades of brown eggs, so on and so forth... Not long ago I saw a post about an egg and the op said the color was from their such and such a rooster covering...

I think it's about 4' tall. I think it wouldn't be so bad if she killed them to eat them (somehow that makes sense in my mind like if she saw them as food) but she just kills them for the fun of it.

They have been free ranging up until now because we haven't been able to build a run with the weather. (We just moved) our dogs have had to stayed tied because our malamute likes to kill them. Sometimes she gets herself loose and goes right for the chickens. The new run will hopefully be...

I'm thinking about clipping the wings of my chickens. I've never done it before and am looking for pros and cons. And also tips on how to do it. I've assisted in clippings wings on various sizes of parrots in the past just never a chicken

Anyone have any experience with raising rabbits in colonies??

Hi nonk72! Sounds good to me! Are you doing ground coop/run or cages?

Can anyone who raises quail give me an idea of pen size or bird to cage ratio? I've searched all over and the numbers for pen size are everywhere. Even in the learning center the only number I got was 7+ ft high if I could make it that big. This will be an on the ground pen so they can be in the...

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I have 6 white leghorns, I think their were 4 with white legs/feet, 2 without and then 6 that are I'm not sure what. Half with white legs/feet and half without. The people we got them from said they were welsummers and I'd never seen one before so I was just like ok. But I googled a well summer...