Recent content by Cajunrose

I am new to roos but have some older hens as well...2.5. My roo (I have two, but only one that has come into his own so far) is just getting his spurs and feeling rather 'randy' lately...I have watched him quite a bit and with most hens, he does his business and leaves them alone. I just caught...

We are piecing together our flock from different places, different times. I have only ever gotten mine all at one time before and they were the same ages. We have some that are around a week old now, am getting some day olds tomorrow possibly, some week olds at the end of the week and new babies...

I can't tell..does your have furry feet?

And wondering if #2 is an Austrolorp?

Could #3 be a Welsummer?

Not banty..normal sized baby chicks..maybe just under a week old? Good to know about silkies. Thanks!! (she is going to be SO disappointed!) Stephenie

Answered in the wrong place. Sorry!

My mom got her first babies and we would love to know what breeds they are. We got them today at Atwoods (farm store) in the mixed breeds section (straight run..ACK!) Will number them so you can help out. If we need better pics, we can get those for you too. #1 (my daughter is desperately...

Quick history, I have a 100% blind chicken...we love her to death. She is so sweet and thinks she's human. I have a RIR that she was raised with. When they first started laying (they are 10 months old now), the RIR started pecking at the blind one. Would come across the yard specifically to give...

No, it's not In a place where other chickens can peck really. I watch them pretty close and haven't seen any doing any pecking. I have a blind chicken and I have to keep a close eye On her so by default, I watch all of them. They free range in my small backyard nearly all day long so it's...

I looked through the past threads on feather loss, but mine doesn't fit in any other category so far. My girls are about 10.5 months old and are great layers. They had fowl pox about 2 months ago but are better now. My girls (no roo and not any that are particularly bossy) are loosing feathers...

Before bath (nearly every part of her body looked like this). It was dry dirt just stuck to her feathers. After bath (her feathers are dry even though it doesn't look like it)

I did a search before I posted but didn't find much. She pooped in my tub and it looked normal and there were no worms in it. Just that one in her feathers that could have been from my garden. The only thing now is that her down on the bottom half of her body is very dirty despite her bath. I'll...

Ok, I just finished with her. I def. think something is wrong. Her feathers won't clean. I got most of the dirt off but they still don't look good. The color is off and she's skinny I think (I need to go out and pick up the other buff for comparison). They are going on 4 months old by the way...

I have pictures, but I can't post them right this second. Quick history...it has been raining and raining....complete downpours with several inches of rain every day. My chicken coop has been a muddy mess. My husband has done everything he can to divert water. They DO have a dry place to go...