Recent content by ChicKittyHouse

  1. C

    Arkansas Chickens for Sale (or Free)

    I'm in central AR and am interested in buying and selling eggs, chicks, hatching eggs, pullets, etc. I love all things chicken!!
  2. C

    Calling All Rabbit Nutters

    I need some assistance from rabbit people. My little guy occasionally likes to join the chickens for a romp in the yard. But when he came back to his hutch I noticed he was quieter than normal. This morning he has a hard swollen place on his face near his mouth. He is breathing harder than...
  3. C

    Official BYC Poll: What Do You Do With Broody Hens?

    I have a Barnvelder, Spice, who goes broody about once a month if she doesn't have chicks. Sometimes I break her. I have a dog crate in the run so she's not isolated, but it can take a week to break her! I let her sit a couple of times a year. She currently has 2 babies that are 8 weeks old...
  4. C

    Naming chickens

    All of my core group of 20 have names. My Welly roo is JarJar Binks, totally fits! One hen is Amelia (Earhart) she can fly over a 7' fence to get out but can't make it back in! Some after tv characters, my wife loved the Golden Girls. Unfortunately Rose and Sophia met a coon......Dorothy and...
  5. C

    Broody breaker with dog crate?

    I have 2 in a slightly larger crate. One hen has 6 week old chicks and left them to start sitting eggs again! She's a barnyard mix. The other is a Barnvelder and this is the 5th time she's gone broody this year! I let her hatch a brood of 6 because I was interested in what color eggs I would...
  6. C

    Damp Moist Wall In My Chicken Room

    I was fortunate enough to go to India years ago, and people here have no concept of what life is like there. Most people live in concrete block buildings and there are no yards or gardens unless you're very wealthy. You open your front door and you are on the street. When monsoon season comes...
  7. C

    Nail caps for roosters?

    Has anyone tried using cat or dog nail caps on a rooster spurs? My rooster is not intentionally rough with the ladies, but he is really big, probably 12 lbs. Even though I get someone to help me trim his spurs regularly I still have a few hens who look pretty bad. I have only the one rooster...
  8. C

    Dropped egg - day 19

    I've put the egg in a tiny bowl with a wet paper towel loosely around it. I also add some water to the incubator. I was planning a dry hatch. I tried that on my last one and had a 75% hatch rate. It is naturally very humid here in central Arkansas!
  9. C

    Dropped egg - day 19

    This is the egg that was dropped. Baby is moving and peeping.
  10. C

    Dropped egg - day 19

    I went in to check the incubator and had a chick that had hatched during the night and is almost completely dry. I was taking the turner out today so as I was trying to do so 2 eggs were stuck in it. One hit the floor!! Probably 40% of the shell broke off but the membrane is intact. It is...
  11. C

    Adding chicks to broody

    I had 2 hens that were broody on a total of 9 eggs that were duds. I successfully put 15 chicks under the 2 of them that I hatched in the incubator. They are NOT good with math! Thankfully..... I'll be doing the same in a week with 2 more hens. Hopefully they do as well as these two.
  12. C

    Wing Problem!?

    I was reading your posts and I might have one possibility about your chicken issues. Did I read correctly that you have a wild bird bird feeder? I have read that wild birds carry a lot of disease that can harm chickens. I took mine out of the chickens area just to be safe. If your chickens are...
  13. C

    Vet didn't allow me to be present for chicken euthanasia. Valid or cause for complaint?

    I have been present for nearly all the pets I've had euthanized. It isn't like you are imagining it. I have held all my babies. They are given an injection to relax them, and they fall asleep peacefully. Then when you are ready they give a second injection to stop the heart. I'm sure different...
  14. C

    Vet didn't allow me to be present for chicken euthanasia. Valid or cause for complaint?

    I had to have a chicken euthanized just a few months ago. They just injected the medication into a vein in her wing and it was peaceful and no movement on my babies part at all. I think a lot of people just can't understand how someone can love a chicken like they would a dog or cat. I didn't...
  15. C

    OE breed IDs

    Do you know what breed the blue one is. I was given one yesterday that looks exactly like that! I haven't been able to identify it. It is very sweet and follows me around.
See more
Back
Top Bottom