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IVe never had any luck at all, never at moving a broody hen. Its my experience that they will set where they want to or not at all. At present time, I have two hens, one RR and one Banty sitting on an empty nest. Ive removed them every day for 2 months. I soak them down in cold water. I...

about all you can do is arrange for the nest to allow the eggs to fall back out into a catching area.. once they do it ive heard its hard to stop it. feeding them egg shells will bring that on if you dont break them up really good. Id give the golf ball a good try.. im sure that it...

I have a beautiful white homing pigeon.. gave to me by a sweet little thing who told me she just wanted it to have a better home.. NOw i find out that she scalps every baby she can find. not just hers all of them. she has a cage to herself now and im seeking a better home for her also. I...

[/img] the hen is in good shape.. that was a pix of her in molt. the outside of her is totally red.. underneat its gray. various shades of gray.

i put a pix of her standing at attention, but it disapeared. this pix thing on this site is for the chickens not me. im sick and ready for bed after getting one on here. wont do it again. this adult chicken mutt is red totally on outside but shows a fringe of gray on the tail feathers...

i remember having that happen here, and I remember finding the answer in that link. but the reason Im posting this is to tell you that one of my young chicks has recently been passing pure blood. she was sitting all blown up and looked very sick for a few days and then the blood went away and...

I hate to say it, but I discovered that years ago.. but didnt it feel so grand when you figured that out? haha I remember how proud of myself I was. so i guess I should not have told you, but i wanted to validate that feeling of genius I had and for you.. you did figure it out for...

North Carolina Cackle.. Reading your post brings back those memories of my tries and my failures at helping these little ones have a life. I have never been able to get one of them onto their feet and walking and having any quality of life. I went so far one time to making a sling for the...

I just can't imagine how, after a month they dont prefer it.. they should have forgotten all about the old place by now.. gosh... i just cant imagine why.. unless there is danger there..

Thank you for your kind replies and to the one that didnt understand... you will.. if you live long enough. I remember being so angry at my grandpa for his acts that I know now were kindness.. Its hard to live and not learn. But some of us do it. A vet assistant told me how he does...

i g uess that was better in rambling raving post.. sorry.. i follow my nose.

It says a lot about us, America! My grandson is going to be 16 in July and it would take a car to get my chicken house cleaned out. And you know what? I raised 3 kids and now helping to raise 3 more and I just figured out something. Truly a life revelation. If they had to work and work...

We had some beautiful days in February this year, as usual and as usual I had to go outside and relish every second of that sun and bliss. I cleaned off my garden site and before I knew it I was digging holes for my tomato plants. They cant be planted before May, usually. I dug them deep...

Out of 40 hens or so, I have 10 that intend to get out of that fence no matter what. My onions now have been set out several times. they dig the things up and flip them 4 feet from the planting site. Im sick of this! If I take an ax and chop the whole wing off, will this help...

Ive been raising chickens for several years now and hatching them with great success, but. On many occasions I have had a chicken with legs spraddled out or in or up and Ive done all I know to do and all I can find out to do. Even made a sling for one who grew up without ever taking a step. I...

My flock started out as 10 hens, peacefully living on 10 acres of free range and a wonderful little house that I, an old grandma, built all by myself and was proud. Then I tried hatching eggs and my flock suddenly became 45 hens and 5 roosters and DH had to come in and build a bigger hen...

I fenced in an acre of my pasture for my chickens to free range. It took one day with the help of two teen aged boys from the neighboorhood. They pounded in the fence post, gotten at the feed store and together we put up 4 feet high chicken wire fence. It was a length of about 400 feet...

i heat my water.