Recent content by amamaofmany

We're way up in the Northern Panhandle, Hancock county.

Well, we were the only 'pro chicken' folks there. There were several 'ban all chicken folks' (reacting to the feral chickens the city supposedly spent $4000 to rid us of two years back, and the noise of those roosters) Anyway, because my husband and I spoke out, asking why responsible chicken...

Hello! Anyone else in Weirton WV who own chickens, please attend tonight's (Oct 12) city council meeting at the city building at 7. Because of ferral chickens in King's Creek, the city is planning a new ordinance. I do not know if they plan to ban all ownership although the way this is written...

I just logged in to ask about a similar situation with our silkie, Cloud. She didn't want to go into the coop, and was hiding under it. We got her out, and she just stood so pathetic and lethargic on the floor of the coop when we put her in. I went out with a strong flashlight and saw that...

Hello! I've already seen the 'poop' site, first thing so y'all know! One of my little red Cornish hens has a really dirty bottom and she's is kind of bald back there so its easy to see - its crusty, runny, brownish yellow and white ooze, no blood that I can discern, but there is a little stuck...

Thank you, thank you! for the great advice! I'll see what we can do to get our puffy little princess out of the mommy mood. I wasn't home most of the day today, and will have to figure out what to do tomorrow. It shouldn't be too hard to make something to keep her off bedding for a few days. I...

The puffy, growly behavior is broody! My first experience with a broody came after she had been laying only 4 weeks. Some birds just want to be a mommy. I thought so! At least my little girl will be able to go to sleep now (it is after midnight here - and she's been worried about Sachi all...

Have a lovely little white Jap named Sachi. She spent the whole day in the nest box, and was still in there this evening when my daughter went to check on her. My 9 year old LOVES the birds like a little mother hen herself, and was worried to death that Sachi had an egg stuck inside. I am...

Prayers from our family as well.

Here's ours! The little white egg is our Silver Grey Dorking's first egg, and the blue-green is our white EE's first. The others are from our black, brown and red sexlinks who have been laying for a week, and we are not sure who laid the really light brown egg. Edited because the...

Another good way to get rid of ants is borax or boric acid. A lot of ant baits that you buy at the hardware are boron based. Make 'peanut butter balls' as bait. Some ants eat sugar, some seek oil, PB has both so it makes an ideal bait. Take a wad of PB, maybe a tablespoon, and mix about a...

Some of these were named by young children. The Standards: Sunny - G Bl Wyandotte Mystery - White EE (didn't know what she was for a long time) Sue - a hawk colored EE Sally - Speckled Sussex Peeps - Australorp Cocoa - Australorp Elizabeth - Silver Grey Dorking Yuffi -Black Sexlink (named for...

We didn't get just one egg, but two! My son found one first thing this morning in one of the nest boxes, and three hours later, I found another in the same box. The darker of the two eggs was the first one laid. That pullet is a 17 week old Black Sex Link who has been squatting for 3 weeks...

Ooo What a pretty girl! She's so lucky to have you caring for her. I'm sure you'll find her the perfect home if you can't find her original owners. I agree that it isn't just big dogs being dumped. Three weeks back, a Shi'Tzu was dumped one street above ours. I was driving out to get my kids'...