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Hi everyone, I posted some time ago in the rehoming about Bruce the rooster. He is a feral rooster who I "know" and we found injured in the bushes . Long story made short is that he was shot with a pellet gun, which broke his leg at his femur. A kind vet did the surgery for the cost of...

Hi everyone, I hope this is a proper place to post this message. I was a little confused about the rules for posting. I am hoping to find a good home for an injured rooster on Oahu in Hawaii. Here is his story. - Bruce is a feral rooster out at the nursery where I work. He is the son...

I have been MIA from this forum for a long time now - mostly because I'm tending to my cat who just diagnosed with lymphoma. But my poor Casino has been dealing with internal laying since last june. I've give her several rounds of Lupron to keep her going but then the shots double in price to...

Casino, who went to the vet about 3 weeks ago and got Lupron injections is not doing much better. After the Lupron she had Baytril for about 8 days until I had to go away on a trip. I came back on Tuesday and she was acting strange - not wanting to eat much food and just a little strange in...

I just took my girl Casino to the vet this afternoon. She was supposed to go yesterday but when I went to catch her it was as if she knew and ran way up into the hills. This vet was quite good - I was very happy I went there. He said her back area was filled with fluids and he suspected egg...

Hi all, I'm worried about my hen - worried she could be egg bound or internally laying? I have tried reading about it on the forum but am a little confused. She's not a regular layer, but will fairly regularly lay a clutch of eggs, which she hasn't done in awhile. She is a wild chicken that I...

Hi, My girl Casino, the semi wild hen, hasn't laid an egg (that I know of) in awhile now. I'd say more than a month or two. She is about 2 years old and isn't a regular layer like most of your chickens, but she would usually lay a clutch once in awhile, then try to hatch them. I usually try...

Hi all, I know technically the egg laying cycle is a little over 24 hours. Just seems my girl Casino's egg laying is weird lately. She started a new clutch - I guess- last Friday morning. She laid one egg. It seems she had a little trouble getting it out cause the day before she was...

My co-worker gave the five 3-4 month old chicks her brownie. It was one brownie broken into 4 pieces, eaten by the five chicks. I know chocolate is bad for them. Do you think I should be worried? They are semi wild chickens - I feed them. Anything I can do/ or signs I should look for to...

Wondering if this little guy is a roo. He definitely has 3 brothers (Dorito, Frito, and Sun Chip) and one sister (Cheeto). Scrando (pronounced Scrawn-doe) was, well, scrawnier than everyone else. But now it is starting to look like he is a he. But not totally sure. What do you think...

I posted this story on my facebook page first but wanted to share with the chicken community here. Hope you enjoy reading it! So most of you know by now that I am obsessed with chickens right now. There's my number one hen, Casino, and now 5 new chicks from another hen friend, Sakka...

Hi all, My hen friend Casino has started sitting in earnest on her latest "clutch" of eggs. She laid 5 eggs, but I took them and replaced them with rocks. I wanted her to continue laying in that box instead of going to some hidden place to lay eggs. Anyhow, I checked today when she got up to...

Hi - I have read about hens' combs getting bigger during laying and then getting smaller after hatching? I didn't know about this till now - so my question is about this wild chicken friend of mine - who we called Sakka. Sakka had been coming around to eat since about August - she was still...

My two 4.5 month old baby roos have left. Beyonce, who was lower on the pecking order than his brother Bronty, just started crowing last week. On Monday morning he was around like normal, came down to eat some feed and everything. But after that I haven't seen him. Then today his brother...

Hi, I originally posted this in Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying, but seems like this is the better place for it. My two semi wild roos have pox. I know there isn't a cure, but can treat the spots. I got iodine and listerine. The hatchery also suggested neosporin and this probiotic...

Hi everyone! I'm back with stories of my semi wild hen Casino and her babies. Well, Casino's babies, who are now 4 months old, are doing well. After their big fight in early December and their subsequent "kicking out" by mom a few days later, they have stuck together and are so big now...

I have posted a bit about this in raising chicks - -not sure if this question should be here or in Chicken Behaviors? I guess my question has become about how momma hens "kick" their chicks out or stop mothering them in the wild? My feral chicken - Casino - had two chicks about 10 weeks ago...

My two chicks - I think they are hen and rooster - siblings - are fighting today. They are about 10 weeks old - grew up with mom and still with her. They have always done the little bit fighting - facing off - fluffing feathers - flying up - but it's always been a few seconds then they'd stop...

Hey - for all you people who have free range or experience with wild chickens - do you think there is less food available when it rains alot? Maybe less bugs out there available to catch? Just wondering because the last week or so it has been raining quite a bit here. It seems like the...

Just wanted to share my girl's babies, who are already 4 weeks old. They've been roosting at night in a tree with mom for over a week already. Almost 2 weeks ago, I went up to put them in their cage for the night, but Casino had already taken them off somewhere for the night. The sun hadn't...