I am losing about one hen per week.
Here are the symptoms.
I notice one eye 'mattering' and closing.
They just slow down and then I find them dead.
I have seen Mareks before. These do not have the symptoms where they lose balance and eventually cannot walk.
They just have one eye closed up and...
Adventures With Cattle Panels
A while back, I was in need of a new coop and run to separate my prized Barred Rocks away from my "Eating Egg" flock. I read online about hoop houses made with cattle panels and thought I would give it a try. My 1st one used two cattle panels and has a...
Bethany Farms
Vicki and I are part time missionaries and grandparents to 6!
Bethany Farms is our little way of earning some extra income to help us do what we love. Helping orphans!
Love The Children Ministries
We live on 5.5 acres of woods. We have virtually no land for crops, so we...
Building a 8'x8' Coop
We needed a larger coop. We have a 4x8 tractor with penthouse that serves as a soil-builder for our raised beds. Also we have a mini-tractor/brooder that sits in the garage. We need the garage space.
So the plan was to build a coop that will serve two purposes. 1-...
Stage II Brooder
Here at Bethany Farms, we hatch a good many chicks. I know that most everyone has a "tote" with a lamp and newspaper in the bottom, and that is a good place to start chicks. That is what we do for two weeks and then we move them outside to the Stage II Brooder. This brooder is...
JACOB'S COOP
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Jacob is a normal 11 year old boy that loves chickens. He lives one road over from Vicki and I with his mom and 8 siblings. Jacob and Katie are the children of their mom, Rebecca. The other 7 precious ones that range from 2 years to...
Free to a good home. A beautiful, HUGE, Blue Orpington Roo. Just a little under a year old. I was given some eggs to hatch and he was in the bunch. I have no other blues.
Come get him.
Central Alabama
BB gun.
I use a Daisy Red Ryder.
About the time I pull the trigger, I also shout NO.
Took 3 shots for my 12 year old mutt.
Took multiple shots for all the cats
Still working on the new puppy. She is a work in progress.
Not strong enough to Penetrate the skin, but stings like the dickens.
How...
100% Roos.
I breed Barred Rocks.
Below is Rocky, my one and only breeding roo.
Notice his bars and the girls bars are different. His bars are smaller. The girls are more defined and darker as well.
Here is one of the girls...................
Here is a good comparison shot of his head...
The motor in the Brower went out!
I got up this morning and temp was 98, but not turning.
I took the whole thing apart even down to the gearbox level and no dice. That motor was shot.
I called Brower and talked with a very nice gentleman who told me the whole history of the Top Hatch.
It was...
18 big brown hatching eggs from Rocky's girls. Rocky is my prized Barred Rock and he has 6 girls that he takes care of. These Barred Rocks are not from a hatchery, but have good bloodlines. They lay BIG brown eggs on a consistent basis and are very well mannered.
Shipping will be USPS.
I raised 3 females with a brood of chicks.
very adult now and get along good.
then a few weeks ago 4 others wandered up and took up residence here.
I have about 60 chickens and 7 guineas and they manage fine.
Once I had a BO roo who was magnificent. His name was Herb. ..................................
Later I changed his name to Drop Kick.
A few days later I started calling him Herb again. Fine rooster.