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Hi Everyone, I strayed from the flock for a while. Glad to be back. It's always nice to have chicken support. I have 3 cochin bantys laying on eggs right now. Hoping for some nice splash and buff.

This splash rooster is just a year old and I think he's the low guy on the totem pole. I have two other roosters and I saw the buff rooster do a mean spirited run at the splash rooster just before dusk when they go into the coop and I close it up. Since then I can't catch 'Buster' to put him...

I'm repeating a post that I put in a different forum thread just because I think my Wisconsin Cheeseheads might reply quicker. I have a 3 week old silkie chick with a cross beak. He/she is eating ok now and growing with the others, but I guess this genetic defect can get worse with time. Some...

I'm a naturopathic doctor and have Chronic Lyme Disease as well. Please don't call yourself stupid because you need to rely on meds right now. I try to do as much natural as I can, but to have multiple autoimmune situations like you do is a huge challenge. I hope you get disability....I know...

I started a thread about my 3 week old silkie chick that has a cross beak. He/she is eating well and growing at the same rate as the rest right now. Some people mentioned that when they had a cross beak they would trim it. Could someone explain how to trim? Thanks!

Ha ha, Love the name 'Smirks'. Does she do alright without special food and attention? Now, why doesn't some orthodontist take on braces for chickens? LOL I took your advice, though, and sent the photo to the hatchery. You're right, they should be aware if there is a defect in their...

Thank you, Scooter & Suzie!! Good answers here. I'm going to give the guy/gal a chance. Now I see from these posts that I may have to give her some extra care, though. One other question....someone said that it usually isn't a birth defect but has to do with 'incubation issues'. I got my...

This silkie chick is almost 3 weeks old and has this scissored type deformed beak. So far the chick is growing at the same rate as the rest of the group. He eats and drinks. Has anyone had this problem before and does it get worse? I'm thinking I'm going to give him a chance, but wondering...

Hi Everyone! Getting a kick out of the nervous spelling here. I have to admit that I used to be kind of snobby about spelling and grammar...simply because it came easy to me. When I saw that one of my sons was a terrible speller and I knew he was smart as a whip, I realized that spelling has...

It's a Christmas Miracle!! Finally my hens started laying again. I think the strike is officially over. I don't know what I did to deserve the coup the little buggers staged, but, at least I've got good tasting eggs again. Maybe it had to do with locking them up and leaving lights on to confuse...

So JiminWisc...what do you use to up the protein? I give them a layer mix and scratch from the feed mill. I figured that 'layer' meant it had all the things they needed for laying. Maybe my hens disagree. They are pretty spoiled. None of them look or feel thin...but could worming cause a...

Does anyone else here hate this Fall Back time change? Not only are our lives crammed into fewer daylight hours, but I think the hens are protesting too. I put in a light, but they're not fooled. No eggs for days!

Lovely, just lovely. See, you don't have to travel to distant lands to appreciate a beautiful scene.

Whoa! 52 weeks in a year x 6 years would make her 312 YEARS OLD!!

oooohhhh, ooohhhh. I can feel my heart strings. Can you post a pic of your silkie fellas? No girls needing homes, tho??

ok, they say that every dog year is equal to 7 human years. Is there such a thing as a 'chicken year'? I'm asking because my favorite, cuddly, cochin banty named Margie is at least 6 years old. She carries her age well. She looks great, but I'm getting worried.

I'm sorry I forgot just who was looking for peafowl, but here is something to keep in mind for next year. I am in southeast WI and yesterday when I stopped at the Merton Feed Mill they told me that there is a lady who brings in pea chicks every year and offers them to a free home. The chicks...

This is my favorite hen, Margie. She has been broody pretty much all spring/summer. I was getting worried about her obsession, so I stopped taking her eggs. This morning she had 3 hatched in her nesting box. 3 eggs left. I took her out with the brood and put her in a large, fresh, cage with...

If only I had checked here first. Sure enough, this morning I went to the coop and broody hen was sitting in another nest on just one new egg. I should have moved her into a pen away from the others. Nature's course allows for too many variables.

That's what I'm doing with my golden lace cochin banty right now. She was so broody that I finally let guilt get the best of me and stopped taking her eggs. She was going to go through the summer being broody and make herself sick, so I've let her have some eggs. I give her some food right in...