Recent content by Backyard Bruce

My chicken are going through that same right now and for the most part they been worse off, Heck one of my polish was renamed baldy because of such heavy molt. But listen to the folks up there ^^^, I'm no expert and just learning now as well. Anyway happy molting.

Thank you both for the replies. That would be just fine if they take the winter off, just wanted to confirm that there is nothing out of the ordinary with them. I have been giving them 20% protein feed all along. The polish which I though might be broody most likely isn't according to your...

It's been around 2 months since we've had steady eggs and have had zero for about 1.5 months. The 7 hens are a mix of Polish and RIR's all same age (18 months or so) They all are in various stages of molt with the Polish and on RIR all completed for the most part. Question is how long after...

She (1 yr old RIR) has been lethargic and pale comb for a few days. No mites for bugs that we can detect and the rest of the flock is healthy, active with no signs of illness, it's only her. She would eat a little yesterday but not today She just dropped this stool and it looks like an egg to...

cock a doodle dooooo

It's a good snake...It's dead.

just out of the blue one of my polish hens(just turned 1year) died on the roost last night. No puncture wounds no signs of scuffle, she was laying under the roost with legs straight back. The coop is Fort Knox at night anyway so NOTHING got at her and there were no peck wounds. No bugs...

Hope this is okay to post but it's pretty funny so I had to. https://twitter.com/search?q=how%20easter%20eggs%20are&src=typd

Remove the spurs completely? I just trimmed my roos spurs(went a little too deep) I am all ears if there is a way to remove them all together. My hens head and backs are bare as well OP. And sorry don't mean to hyjack your thread, just expanding on it a little, please forgive.

Either a kill pole or a sawed off hickory shovel handle

If I seen my rooster initiating or even joining in on that behavior I’d be eating him for dinner.

I already ordered 1 from the above mentioned amazon store but I only bought one, I will need at least 3 more maybe up to 7 more depending on my cockerels (cough) extra curricular activities. I will absolutely purchase from you (Auroradream260), when I get this one I can measure much better and...

Two of my Polish Hens are losing feathers and getting sores from mating with the polish cockerel who's spurs are really starting to emerge. They are all same age, coming up on 1 year old. Not sure on what size saddles to get. Medium or bantam size. I've read one review that the bantam size...