Recent content by cluck shmucks

Oh no! Well, I have heard that wyandottes can be flighty and not friendly, but then also heard the opposite. This one seems very docile, (why I picked it, and it hasn't changed thus far) though not really friendly like the other chicks. I read that Anconas are skittish and aloof, but ours really...

So, we bought 8 tiny pullets about 4 weeks ago, and all are different breeds. (We have two easter eggers, a speckled sussex, a russian orloff, ancona, welsummer, brahma, and a BLR wyandotte.) The wyandotte, who is also bigger than the rest of them, is a little more assertive--watches me a little...

I'm confused... You said your other rooster always tries to mate with "her", but you can't have roosters in the city limits, so you'd have to rehome "her" if she's a "he"? What will you do with your other rooster? Did I misunderstand, or did you have another rooster too? I'm curious because we...

What is crossbeak? I just noticed my Amerecauna hen's lower beak does not line up with her upper beak, it sort of sits to the side a little bit. Is this crossbeak? She doesn't act like it hurts her, but I haven't noticed it before so I was worried someone attacked her. They all seem to get along...

Oh, I forgot... Peaches, do I mix yogurt into their crumbles, or do I feed it in a seperate dish? I got some wet cat food too, I read somewhere that was good for sick chickies. I got the highest protein/fat I could find--which doesn't seem very high to me: 12% protein, 9% fat. I wanted to feed...

So I decided to take her to the vet because between checking on them this morning, and checking on them after my original post, she had gone to pooping what looked like straight blood. The vet gave me SMZ (Tribrissen) to give them, and sent out a fecal sample. She said if it's coccidia this...

And... I assume my dogs can get it too? Or is it species specific? Crud... I know my dogs eat the poop when I don't catch them in time...

Does this sound like coccidia? I have no idea, it was just my first guess. I don't want to treat them for something they don't have... I just don't know what else it could be, I don't know anything about chickens!

ETA: New Question! How do I force feed her, more specifically, what do I feed (wet cat food and corn on the cob seem interesting to her, but she won't go ahead and eat), and How much? I have some syringes, and have been waiting, hoping she would start eating since she's been on Tribrissen since...

Well, lol, I don't really acquire any animal that isn't going to be a "pet" (ETA: I primp and pamper them, spend lots of money and time on them, give them the best care and life I know how, and will keep them for a lifetime barring extreme unforseen circumstance. And in "exchange", I hope that...

I'm sorry for your loss, how devastating! I didn't see if you said you fixed the open areas on top, but the FIRST thing I thought was that if the chickens can fly in, ANYTHING can climb in. I wouldn't leave any open areas at all, especially because you now know you have a predator. Just...

I have a blue silkie that is just about two months old, and a white one that is about 5 or 6 weeks. Neither one is interested in even coming near me. I have held the blue from the day I got "her"(fingers crossed) at 5 days old, and she was so sweet and cuddly the first couple of days. After she...

How funny! I was wondering the same thing. I had my 8 week old chick-a-Roo hanging with me in the yard outside yesterday (outside is a big, new thing for him, the chicks are still in our basement, we finally got the first coat of paint on the new coop today!) and my bf goes "Oh wow, he just...

See, I didn't even know they were supposed to have a Pea comb, I guess looking at your pictures, those certainly are pea combs! .I don't know anything about all the different breeds, and when I bought my guy it was on a whim, I was going to pick out Silkies. But I was told he was a Lavender...

Well, I don't know that I'm much help, because I'm pretty new to chickens, but my guess would be girls. This is my 7 1/2 week old Lavender Bantam Amerecauna Roo "Bizzle". He has been pretty obvious from the time we got him, at 5 days old. Oddly... He had a comb from the get-go, and it turned...