Recent content by lleeme

I recently decided to go from layers to dual purpose chickens. My remaining rooster however is a Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben. I saw somewhere that they have a low fertility rate (not sure if they mean the roosters or hatch rate). Anyway, I think I need a new rooster to help my ladies...

I didn't want to handle her too much. I don't think so but will check when I get home in the morning. Thanks again for the help.

Thanks everyone. The calcium didn't work last night but I put antibiotic ointment on it. By this morning it was back inside, still no egg and her feathers were really messy. Had her soak her but in Epsom salt water, and gave her another calcium pill. She laid the egg before we left for church...

Stick it in her mouth and make her swallow?

I have one hen with a poopy butt, so I caught her this morning to clean it up and found her cochlea <sp> was outside. Is this from starining to get past poopiness or another issue. I cleaned it and tried to gently push back in but I think there is an egg on its way. I have placed her in a cage...

When I do anything with our nesting boxes Foghorn always goes in to make sure it is done to his standards.

My rooster has developed some weird scabs on his comb. I do not think they are from scratches, etc. Sometimes a hen will peck on it, but it does not seem to bother him. Anyone know what it is and what I can do to help? Antibiotic ointment?

Just in time. I built a new coop for guineas and Ayam Cermanies and they will need nesting boxes soon. This seems easier than the buckets I was going to use. Will add pics when done.

Sorry, I have a lot of variety but no salmon faverolles roo. Also probably too far, North Central Mississippi close to Oxford. Sorry

My Smo My Smokey Pearl did this for a while when she first started to lay. She actually laid one on her way back into the pen from free ranging. She seems to be better now. She was one of the last of my spring chicks to start laying.

She is a Smokey Pearl, got her as a chick from TSC in March. She has dropped them 3 times from the roost, the one I have pictures of they had been out free ranging, and she stopped suddenly. All the other girls were already in the run so I went to check on her. She semi squated and out it came...

I have a Smokey Pearl hen who is laying eggs with no shells. I had posted concerns a couple of months ago when her comb and wattle suddenly turned from pink to dark grey. I was not sure who was laying these but I saw her do it on Friday! I have 7 layers and their eggs are fine, i have thought...

Hello from Yalobusha!

I grab pallets and the separators they use to prevent the nylon ties that hold them together from biting into the wood. Great for all kinds of projects. We had nesting boxes in the run and coop. Needed more room in coop so repurposed them into poop boards.