Recent content by MelStL

Actually the imprinting is just why I kept her in the first place at the recommendation of one of the wildlife rehab workers. Was not intentional. I will not know the sex of the peachicks until they get old enough to tell, but will raise them together and adjacent to the peahen, though separate...

Beautiful flock!!! Did your egg hatch? How is the second batch doing?

{{{ I’m wordy, so for anyone that likes details, enjoy! Anybody that prefers to cut to the chase, please scroll to the bottom. }}} BACKGROUND: I rescued an abandoned peachick at just a couple days old in June 2020. I intended to take her to wildlife rehab & rescue, but by the time they were...

I am sorry for my delayed reply, but I have lost at least one animal every spring (except 2019) since 2017; and a couple in October. So, until she really got on the good foot, I didn’t want to document the process, yet. If I had lost her, I would’ve needed some time before posting about it...

I just wanted you to know that I could’ve written this post about my peahen, Juneteen. She will be two next month and all behaviors and symptoms are exactly as you described. I have done everything that you are doing including the vet visit with the meds and fluids, and the only thing left for...

Sure enough! I just went and checked on them all, and he is calm and now foraging about and his comb is a nice uniform red, all the way to all the tips. What a relief!!

This is EXACTLY what my rooster's comb does. (He's a very handsome Barnvelder.) And he is quite healthy (seemingly) otherwise. I always notice it on the day's he's extra "attacky" in the mornings, because I pick him up and carry him around to show gentle dominance and try to bond with him a...

You may have just saved my chicken’s life. I had some liquid calcium glucose that was not refrigerated. I had just added some to her water to help with egg binding. On reading your post I looked closer at my CG and sure enough there were black floaters in the bottom. I lost another chicken to...