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I was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever on May 7. I had been feeling like I was fighting something for about 1-2 weeks before that. Never a fever. No rash. We have been covered in ticks and I suspected Lyme's not RMSF! So I asked for the blood work to be done. The Dr. said he...

This is exactly what we are intending to do. Leave it to Joel Salatin to word it perfectly! He's great!!! My husband just read this blog entry to me from one of his favorite sites: There's a great Joel Salatin article, not available online, "Heritage Breeds vs Nativized Genetics", where he...

At what age do guineas start making their really loud noises? We've always just had adults and have never had babies. We are curious around what age they start their song (which we love!)? What age is ok for letting them out to free range? And has anyone ever let a chicken mama raise them...

We have one too many roos! We love both of them (Lawrence and Francis). But we have choose to keep Lawrence because he has been here the longest and is established. Francis went through severe head trauma when he was a chick (I posted pictures last year). So he was raised inside the house...

We have a little Seebright/OEGB mix roo. He is super tame and all of our chickens love our dog. But the other day this roo decided to try to mate with our dog (who is a female, but spayed). She didn't mind him being on her or even pulling her fur! She (a lab/retriever mix) was laying down...

If you put a rooster in a box with a top (dog kennel, brooder box, etc...) and he can not raise his head very high, can he still crow or not? I've been told that if they can't raise their heads up, then they won't be able to crow. Just a side note: My big guy, Lawrence, got into the mama coop...

This is Six Shooter, it's almost 6 months old and we're not sure if it's a hen or roo (any guesses). What I'm curious about is the toes. It has 6 on one foot and 5 on the other. It is a 2nd generation Silkie mix. Papa is a Buff Orp./Black Silkie mix. Mama is a Black Austroplorp/Black Silkie...

We acquired a White/Blue Sebright mix hen (Bertha) 5-6 months ago. She was 9 months old when we got her (now 14-15 months old). She laid beautiful tiny (1.5-2 inches) white eggs. (We even had a little baby hatch from one, not her hatching it though!) She laid consistently every other day...

I've been able to tell roos and hens pretty early on by seeing if the neck feathers and tail feathers are pointed or round. But, I'm noticing 2 pointy feathers on the tails really early on some of the chicks this year. Is this the first sign of a roo? There is one pointy feather on each side...

I was reading another post that mentioned gape worm and realized that some of girls have this! They have been shaking their heads (like it's tickling) and "yawning" a lot. I wondered today what was going on with them. I have no idea how dangerous this is and what to do about it. And does...

Yesterday, a Peregrin Falcon came for lunch! He left hungry! We have rope strung all over one side of the yard to protect the chickens from the falcons here (We live in downtown Evansville and they introduced them to control the pigeon population). Hawks and falcons generally will not drop...

We have no idea what happened to this chick. It is literally scalped! It is a clean tear all of the way around and around one eye. It's eye is looking kind of puffy and it is cpvered witha gel looking pocket (after 12 hours, you can see this in the first picture). It is isolated in our bath...

It's an Old English Bantam (Red/Grey) and Seabright (White/Grey) mix. Here's the Mama (Bertha) and Papa (Bucky):

We are in need of a tiny hen for our little rescued OEGB roo, Bucky. He is desperate for a girl mate! He loves to help with the big girls babies and tries his hardest to mate with the big girls, but of course they just peck him and run off. He really needs his own little mate. We are in SW...

We are in SW Indiana and are having a really hard time finding good hay and what we have found is outrages!!! We have 4 Nubian/ Alpine goats and they eat about a half a bale a week right now. We usually get alfalfa from the field next door, but with the late freeze and then the drought, there...

We are on the list to call for chickens and goats to be rescued from our local humane society and animal control. In the midst of trying to decide whether or not to put down our best roo Motorcyle, we received this handsome guy yesterday, what do you think he is? Thanks! Amy J.

This is a hard question for us! We have black Silkie rooster who has been with us for almost 5 years (his name is Motorcycle {my son named him}). He has just sired 23 babies this summer!!! We love him so much! He was bit by a dog on his thigh 1-2 weeks ago and has since lost...

We have had chickens for around 6 years now. In the city, free-range on the farm and in a run/coop on a farm. I have never experienced this before! I have 2 mamas taking care of 6 babies together (this is common for us). One mama has been standing hunkered down and not moving AT ALL (just...

I posted this in another topic, but thought I could get more answers under this topic. I have a 1 day old chick with it's mama in the nest. It has one normal dark colored eye and one lighter cloudy eye. It sometimes stumbles slightly, like balance issues. And only when it is going to the...

I have a 1 day old black silkie and buff orpington mix still in the nest with mama (just giving background info). It has one normal colored dark eye and one that is lighter colored and is cloudy looking. Like a cataract on older people. Anyone have any idea what this is? I can't tell if it...