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That was what I was thinking :( Thank you Mary and Goose Girl! I am not ready for more hens, so will have to wait until next year. Thanks again!!!! Jessie

Hello all! This winter I lost my favorite roo-roo, a Light Brahma, Braack O'Brahma.:(He was almost 6 years old. I have a flock of mixed breed hens with two 2 year old banty roos (hatched here), 8 banty hens and 12 hens (leghorns, easter eggers, andalusians, wyandotte, etc. The banty's all...

Wow, just this afternoon I found a home for both of the banty roos through craigslist.....home....not stew pots! I have had an ad on CL for a couple of weeks. I had one person that wanted me to deliver them to downtown Spokane. I knew they were for a stew pot. I didn't but so wanted to say...

Hello again, Just wanted to post an update. My roo's toe is healed and he is doing just fine. Thank you for the advice to re-splint and wait =) I do have a couple more questions. 1. Since he was down and out, my 2 banty roos have taken to beating him up. Any advice as to what I can do...

Thank you, coach! I will re-do the splint. He is indoors right now because it was so cold. It is a bit warmer so I will set him up in the coop again. I have a 2x4 lower roost, about 24 inches high. He can get up there but no one will roost with him since they all go higher. I always...

Thank you, Eggcessive, for the reply. I googled "curled toes". . It doesn't look like "curled toes" here, I really think he broke it because it is painful to him when I touch/manipulate his toe. I will up his B2 though,in case I am wrong. Better safe than sorry!! My game plan for when...

Hello all, I have a big, beautiful Brahma roo that is too big to fly up to the roosts. He is almost 4 years old and I have always just picked him up and placed him on the lower roost (4 ft from ground) so he can snuggle with his ladies. I have never had any issues. Then about a week ago I...

Kathy, Thank you!!! No worries about puddles since it is all snow BUT I did notice some chickies eating snow. I treated 2 gallons today and most of it was gone. I will keep them in the coop tomorrow so they can't eat snow. It may be too soon but I swear I heard less wheezing tonite...

Hello All, I have several of my chickies weezing and sneezing. I have 26 birds and this morning started Duramycin (1 tbs per gallon of water). My coop has no electricity so I have to take water out 3-4 times per day before it freezes (it is 10 degrees now). I take one gallon of warm...

Ooops, duplicate don't know how to delete.........So the mean old Broad Breasted Bronze turkey I inherited from my dad died this evening. I had just commented to my husband earlier today that the turkey and I were finally getting along. I hand fed him this evening, just like always and then...

So, the mean old Broad Breasted Bronze turkey I inherited from my dad died this evening. I had just commented to my husband earlier today that the turkey and I were finally getting along. I hand fed him this evening, just like always and then when he headed back to the bird enclosure he...

Okay, there must be sumthin' in the air today.....one of my 11 week old "hens" just jumped up on the waterer and let out a creaky errr errrr errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr So, I ordered 2 roos and 28 hens and now after looking at everyone a little closer, it looks like 4 roos. sigh......hope we...

Hah, cross dressing turkey. Of course I would own a cross dressing turkey, that just makes sense.....I once had a rooster named (ambiguously), Pat, that thought he was a hen and would take care of all the chickies...sigh..........too funny By the way, as if on cue, Loretta Leon pooped right...

Oh, and I am beginning to think Loretta Leggs is actually Leon Leggs. She has been strutting around, gobbling and strumming. I guess She is feeling lots better. Hmmmmm, guess we are in for a name change. By the way, these are the first turkeys I have ever raised.....I have lots of learing to do!

Ohhhhh, the avatar story is great!! I will check out the show, I love British comedy! Yah, I never really thought I would be discussing turkey poop in such detail....ah, the lives we lead. Wouldn't have it any other way, though! I don't know what she was eating before but the place she...