Recent content by bax_attack

Love reading a good dog pix thread and felt inspired to contribute. My mutt Tito is great with the chickens (after much training). He is a rescue and may have some Carolina Dog in him (which would make sense because is is as smart as he is stubborn).

Just posting to say that Tylan50 is fantastic. I have a silver laced wyandotte that has been rattling/wheezing for a couple of weeks. She has been other wise active and eating and drinking fine. I originally thought it might be a worm issue, and wormed her with no improvement. I just started her...

As the title suggests, I've had two eggs laid this week without shells. I've got three BOs, one Americaunas, one RIR, a silver laced wyandotte and a barred rock. I know it isn't coming from the Americauanas because she lays green eggs, and they have been coming regularly. I also know it isn't...

This morning I had my hands full with 5 eggs and I accidentally dropped one. It hit the concrete and within seconds all four of my chickens were swarming around it gobbling it down. I took up the egg shell to they wouldn't associate the broken shell with a treat, but left the yolk and white for...

I'm having this same problem. Its been raining and cold for four days straight and one of my BO hens has redness between her toes and on the sides of her feet. She is still getting around fine and does not appear to be very bothered by it. I've been adding new bedding to the coop and have had a...

After three nights in the shopping cart jail and two days being blocked out of the nesting box she loves during the day, she is officially done being broody. She has been eating like a hog and is running around with the rest of the crew all day today. Not sure if she has started laying again...

So one of my BOs went broody a few days ago. I've been forcing her off the nest a couple of times a day and she will eat, drink and take a big poop but then heads back within about 10 minutes. She had managed to pull all the feathers out of her chest and will growl at anyone who approaches the...

I've noticed the past few mornings, one of my BO girls comes out of the coop and the top edge of her comb looks purpleish/discolored. It is worst right when she gets up, but by the time she has ranged for a while the color seems to come back to it. I've read that this could be due to cold...

Quote: Ok, I think the heat may have been the culprit. I do have good ventilation in my coop, but it just started being super Texas-hot again this week. All summer I have been throwing a big block of ice in the coop with the ladies when I put them up for their afternoon shade. Normally they...

Well after reading around the forum some more, I had considered calling around to vets in town to see about a necropsy (I live in Austin, TX and there are a fair amount of farm wise vets around town) but I had already buried her, and didn't feel like it would be worth disturbing. If I lose...

So my five chickens, 2 RIRs and 3 buff orpingtons, were let out today to roam my back yard like they are every morning. They went out at about 7:00 am and at around 1:30 pm I came home and put them up (because it is hot and they need to shade up, and to let the dog out to do his business). When...