Recent content by Barb Root Hinkkanen

Thank you. You answered all of my questions and some I didn’t even know I had.

Thank you. You answered all my questions and some I didn’t even know I had. Great drawings…

I tried giving him Selenium and vitamin E, and baby vitamins, and vitamin C. He wasn’t improving so he is now in chicken Heaven…

Thank you. We have no chicken vets near us. I didn’t think of that. I wonder if a wheelchair would help. I’ve checked his legs and he doesn’t act like anything hurts him at all.

I have a crippled chicken, a little over six months old. He, I thought it was she, was born with a deformed foot. He’s a Silkie/Cochin mix with five toes. He’s always been able to get around without any issues. A few days ago, when I went out to open up their coop, he didn’t move. Unusual so I...

It’s a great idea. I add different things as I need them. I haven’t created a complete list, but will work on it. I bought surgical instruments because I had to remove some huge ingrown feathers. I was terrified but I did it. She healed very quickly and within a week, you couldn’t even see...

Yes, I doctored her for two weeks before I was convinced she would not improve. I think she was probably injured internally. I cannot eat my chirpies. I don’t want to. I rehomed my roosters. I was raised on a farm: we had meat birds and processed 100 every year for the freezer. I had no...

Absolutely, they grieve, they cry, actually seeing the dead bird gives them closure.

Thank you for all the information. This is the most informative and thorough explanation I have seen. I’d like to add a tag so folks can use it. I was able to rehome my roosters. I was raised on a working farm and we raised meat birds. I have been processing them since I was a little girl. I...

Chickens grieve, they cry, they look for a missing friend. I have had chickens look for days, walking around, calling, coming to me asking where they are at. It’s sad and pathetic. Especially so, if you only have a couple. This is the first time I have had to actually do this. I just thought it...

I googled it. It’s fast and even though she flopped around, she was dead. I was afraid I would do it wrong and almost took her head off. I held her and petted her first. I laid her in the grass to see if she would start to get around. My other chickens came and stood and sat by her. Her...

What to you go with feathers and innards? I have 15 too many Cochin roosters that I can’t even give away. They need to go. I was wondering if I could process them like a partridge and pull skin and all off. I had to cull my favorite hen today. My first I did the broomstick. I was so afraid...

Thank you.

Thank you for asking..No better. I put her down. I had to cull a small hen once but this is the first time I really had to do it on a favorite. I called my vet and they don’t do it. I let her sit outside with her flock. Sinbad sat down by her. I dug the hole and just did it. No pain, of course...

Insight on this my hen who had surgery, was healing, and then she went lame.