Recent content by coltsrox

i really need advice please!!

So 5yrs ago I got two chickens, 1 bantam barred rock rooster who grew up to be gentle as a lamb and then 1 bantam barred rock hen who was a bit flighty but bestfriends with the hen. I went off to college and their area was then very condensed and a lady took care of them. Then last year out of...

how do you know what is to far? is it nessecary? i didnt want too cuz he is not violent or feisty at all but their sooo long and it looks like some of it is peelin now...

Hi! Well its been awhile since I've moved off to college, but I came back and realized I've never clipped my roosters spurs becuz he's so calm but i think becuz their so long their peelin now and im thinkin its time to clip them.... how do i do this??? i need to do this tomorrow, i heard if you...

Howdy, I didnt realize i had no more straw for their bedding so i just put in pine bedding which i used when they were babies, however i couldnt find kaytee so i used petspick pine bedding, not thier cedar. Is this ok for them, it seems in different form..I dont want them to die please their in...

jesterseye, my condolences to you and your chicken family. I have no idea how it would feel, but I praise the Almighty that He delievered my rooster everyday! speaking of which, i don't know if he is jsut comin off of his sickness and tommorrow it will be 3 weeks since he's been sick but only 1...

Jesterseye, how is your girl pearl doing? Massala update: i am still force feeding him vitamins, giving him yogurt and yolk but his appetite is back, he is crowing.feister already, his color is back! and he has gained most of his weight back!!!!!!! i still feel his breast bone but he has gained...

newer update: and his color is back and he's eatinng as much as our hen! he is piggin out!!!woohoo!!!! threehorses,jesterseye, and eggsforsale: I CANNOT thank you enough for all your help! I believe my rooster is on the way to his own self! If there is anything i can do to show my...

jesterseye, i am so so sorry. and plz pardon my next comment i don not mean to overlook this tradegy... Massala update: HE CROWED!!!! I almost cried when he crowed this morning like ten times, my sister said she thought she heard him trying last night when i was away but wasn't sure but this...

threehorses, i just put wazine in their water now, so i just dewormed him......um i have been feeding him parrot formula with the vitamins and and yolk and yogurt..seems his appetite is better.looks a little perkier... but please know i am tryin to follow yalls instructions as best as possible...

jesterseye so sorry about your girl pearl! my prayers are with urs as they are with my boy massala... Massala update: Yesterday was a great day but as i said it is a day to day basis, yesterday was great today is ok.... he pooped that long strand of poop again but this time it took him a...

jesterseye, i am so sorry! I am glad to hear about ur cobalt but sorry about your hen, not fun Uh! thats a great idea thank u I shall try that.... Massala Update: thank u for asking! yesterday seemed a like a big set back, he was sulking and pale and just wasn't happy, even my fathr who is...

ok, color better but he is still hunching and sulking...

Massala update: Ok so a part of me wanted to believe he was getting better, his color looked a little better he seemed a little perkier but then today came and he was sulking alot in the corner. He doesn't sleep in the perch still, no crowing, and he hunches alot. then tonight after giving him...

good for you jesterseye about cobalt! i wish the best of luck to yall! Thanks for inquiring about his health again: I want to be honest but I wanna hope at the same time. I feel he is not getting any worst. his color has been returning a little bit, when i fed him yolk and yogurt today he ate...