Recent content by Autumn Leaves

Thanks, I'll check the coop tonight with a flashlight. I've inspected some of the girls and don't see any on them during the day.

I've noticed in the last week my some of girls feathers are looking a bit ratty. I think I may have a feather pucker as the feathers on the head look the worst. I've had feather puckers in the past, but I have not seen any birds actively pulling anyone's feathers so I can't narrow it down. I...

Thanks everyone. I'll keep a close watch on them this winter and see how it goes. I'll set up a garage house for them just in case.

I hatched out some Serama chicks finally as it took me forever to find them without shipping! They came from a flock in Columbus, Ohio. I live in Cincinnati. I keep reading that Serama need heat when it is lower than 40F. I don't heat my coop in the winter and it can get a bit nasty here. Last...

Yes! I love Papa's Poultry. He is great with communication and when you order with the Black Friday deals its awesome. On that note, if you are looking for Rocks I just had a wonderful hatch from DMRippy (a member here). Had 14 of 17 hatch, which is amazing for shipped eggs. And he has blue...

Hi! I didn't get any of the brahma to hatch, but such is the problems with shipped eggs. My cream legbars did hatch and were easy to sex at hatch. I gave the roos and one hen to my sister-in-law and kept a hen for myself. She just began laying last month and her eggs are a very brilliant...

So today I saw 2 more of my girls pulling feathers. I have to assume my whole flock is doing it now. I feel like such a bad chicken mommy! I thought I was doing the right thing by feeding the layer feed! At least only one chicken has bad pecking, everyone else still has most of their vent...

To answer the questions: The bird in question did go though a rough molt right before Christmas. She is 2 years old. I'm going to start giving her some extra wet cat food for the next couple of weeks (I had a bunch of cans that my cat won't eat - Blue buffalo expensive stuff). I think I will...

On my phone so just wanted to say thank you for all the advise. I'll go find some feather fixer tomorrow and I ordered some peepers.

I need some advice. I am 99% certain my favorite hen, a barred rock, is eating feathers. She is the head hen. I noticed 2 of my girls were loosing feathers on the top part of the tail base. I inspected the areas and didn't see any sign of lice or mites. Decided to wait. Next I noticed most...

Have a small flock of white calls that my husband can't stand the noise of. 1 Male and 1 Female that are 1 year old (parents). Female is currently laying. 4 female and 3 male (I think) that are this years hatch. Local pickup only on west side of Cincinnati, Ohio

Hi, I have some extra white call ducks from this year's hatch. I just have these little ones as pets so I don't know about their show quality. I can make 2 pairs, or a pair and a trio depending on what you want. I'm still kicking around how many I want to keep. They are starting to try to...

Hi everyone, Anyone in the Cincinnati, Ohio area want a blue D'anver rooster for free? I'll throw in a silver quail hen too. Both are from this year and the eggs were from Boggy Bottom Bantams. He's so cute - but a bit too loud for my husband.

Here are some of the things I have done. My Australian Shepherd chases off any large birds she sees. If I say "vulture" she will scan the sky looking for them, and then chase. I have a fully enclosed hardware cloth run for my girls when not supervised by myself and the dog. My chickens are...

My call ducks go up a very large ramp into the the chicken coop. Last year they would only go in the coop in the winter when it was in the teens. Other than that they wanted to stay out in my secure run. This year though I have added some muscovy. The muscovy started following my head chicken...