Recent content by BDutch

Good pictures. To me it doesn’t look like bumble foot either. But it sure is an infection. Hope the treatment works out. ❤️‍🩹

Welcome Zelda. I wanted to read the whole thread before reacting but that seems a ‘ondoenlijke’ or impossible no go. Thanks for the spirit! Time for a lesson in Dutch and Chicken breeds. Schijndelaar is the name of a village in the Netherlands. The same country as where the have they heavy G...

Hope this will work out just fine. Please keep me/us updated about the eggs. 🥚 I wish I knew this trick when I had a hen with a similar problem. She was a funny and smart chicken and I miss her circus acts to please us for a few mealworms.

Most people I know that breed, with several roosters keep seperated flocks for more control. Or often lock a rooster with 3-5 hens in confinement for a month-6 weeks. They start to gather eggs after 3 weeks to be sure the eggs are from that specific rooster, and do this about 2 weeks until...

We are getting close! Only one prize this contest? & What does TBD mean? To be decided? Are we all participating without knowing the prize? Whatever it is, I bet @Tookie is going to win!

It must have been a hard choice to make such decisions. You just can't make all chickens and yourself happy without making less pleasant decisions or selling/giving away chickens and not knowing what will become of them. I often choose the last option for the surplus of cockerels I had...

Please don’t use poisonous medicines if you are not sure what you’re dealing with. Poisonous medicines can be harmful. Vaseline is harmless if you suspect scaly leg mites. The green poop can be from some food you gave him? Like grasses? Get him out in the sun asap. Giving some supplements to...

Good instructions to built a L-shape coop/run in a warm climate. A few things surprised me though: the tin roof, and it looks as if you didn't sand off the sharp edges of the roosts. Missed a exact list underneath the photo what to buy, but I suppose most of the builders can work that out for...

@Maihar, I was wondering if you are recovering well and if the renovations work out. ❤️‍🩹 Did you add any new chickens? Any news?

Info about giving calcium tablets: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-laying-soft-shelled-eggs-constantly.1613901/page-2#post-27562871

You can add crumbled calcium tablet for humans in tasty soft food (like boiled rice or cat food) and give it to the hen in question. I remember reading such advice but I’m not sure about the dosage. You need to give this every day for some time. Maybe a few weeks? @Eggcessive ?

It helps a bit but is no guarantee at all you don’t get mites.

For all orthodox catholics.

How ….. 🤬🤐 Killing in spring is a crime for the law but what the boar does to your field is a crime too. And wasting so much meat is even a bigger crime.: … bind the boar on a ladder, let it bleed out, cut it in two halfs, … process everything asap. Don’t tell anyone if you have a huge...