Sick chicken...one of my Dominique's is not right!! Her comb and waddle have lost all their color (bright red to faded orange) over the past week and lately she's been fairly lethargic. Even the dog ignores her now because she won't react to her anymore! She's only about 10 months old and one...
So...we have run into a fairly difficult financial situation and need to begin cutting costs and unfortunately our lovely hens are a cost that we are going to try and minimize. We love them dearly, but feel the need to reduce our small flock to a smaller flock. We've sat staring at them for days...
Does anybody have a animal trap they'd be willing to lend out? Pretty pretty please with an egg on top?!?! We've got this skunk that will NOT go away. I'd rather not poison it and those traps are not the cheapest things in the world. I'm in La Mesa and can drive anywhere nearby. Thanks so much!!
Hmm....my last reply vanished...oh well, here's the short version. Yes to Rita! She is da cooooooolest!! Tell her Pepper sent ya!
If you're headed that way, make a trip out of it and either before or after the feed store you MUST go about 2 minutes past Double S to the county park (Flynn...
Yeppa, depends on where you live in the county. I'm in La Mesa and we absolutely love Double S tack and feed in El Cajon. I won't say anything negative about two others I've been to (one in El Cajon and one in San Diego), but I find double s to have the best prices for feed and supplies as well...
I had a red shoulder snag my little sussex a couple months ago, but she wasn't the brightest hen and I think the hawk waited till I was inside. Then a big red tail swooped in on my biggest meanest SLW a few weeks ago, but as it turns out the hawk picked the wrong chicken. Chicken-1. Hawk-0...
I've always read the questions people post about whether their chicks are going to be hens or Roos and here's a fun one. I have two SLW's (Y & Dot) that I got as two day old chicks and very quickly, Y started to grow a comb, uh oh. And then he became the dominant of the two, uh oh. And then he...
So my two Dominique's are 5 1/2 months old now and getting to the egg laying stage and have been acting...well, horny. Like my cat before she got fixed. They'll run over to me, get low to the ground, fluff themselves up and stick their booty in the air. Anybody else have hens that do this? These...