Recent content by cuisle

  1. cuisle

    Buttercups

    I have a Buttercup cockerel - he is very friendly, sits on my hand, loves to be stroked, drinks water out of my glass - in fact - he's areal darling......not at all flighty - talks all day long - and is always happy....
  2. cuisle

    week old chick died

    I had a little chicken die too. It was only a few weeks old. I was devastated. I thought, perhaps, a piece of hay had somehow got stuck inside of her - I had rescued her from being attached to a piece or grass only that morning - and she had seemed fine afterwards - then she suddenly died later...
  3. cuisle

    I need to vent. So Sad, Lost my chickens. UPDATE The last one is gone.

    I would not be able to bear it if the dog got my chickens. Yes, if he has killed chickens once, he will continue to do so. You'll have to make a choice. The dog OR chickens. It's really not fair to poor defenceless wee chickens to do anything else. Sorry.
  4. cuisle

    What is your Favorite breed

    Oh - I also have three hand-reared Wyandotte bantams crossed with Sebright bantams. Fabulous birds - wonderful pets, highly ornamental, very tame and gentle - but a bit bigger than the straight Sebrights. However, they have the gorgeous markings of the Sebrights - I have one who is black, with...
  5. cuisle

    What is your Favorite breed

    I have a hand-reared gold Sebright - and she is just wonderful - more like a good friend than a pet...but....so tiny I worry about her. Pekin bantams make gorgeous pets, and a lovely friendly chickens - lots of colours are available too! So, I think I'd go for a Pekin Bantam.....
  6. cuisle

    HELP! When do you started feeding newly latched chicks pleas?

    Thanks very much. I don't want to take any risks with these gorgeous wee dots of chickens. I just thought that their own "chicken" mother would have a better chance of intergrating the babies into the flock - but I'd be perfectly happy to raise them myself, if there was any risk involved....
  7. cuisle

    HELP! When do you started feeding newly latched chicks pleas?

    Thank you very much - I have just used the saucers for the doll's cups and saucers - put organic "honeygar' into one saucer and dry chicken mash into the other - and then watched then - sure enough, the tiny dots of chickens (Buff Pekin Bantam chicks) went straight for the water - after I had...
  8. cuisle

    HELP! When do you started feeding newly latched chicks pleas?

    I have four newly hatched chicks - yesterday. I was advised to take the chicks away from the mum, because mum still has six eggs under her - these eggs are not due to hatch for another five days - so, in order for the eggs to not be abandoned, I had to bring these four new babies inside. They...
  9. cuisle

    Scaly Leg Mite Again? *Update* Buffy Died Last Night :(

    Oh, I forgot - garlic is an anti-cancer agent as well - I have lost chickens to cancer - one with tumours, and one with leucaemia - it made me so sad I had to find ways to protect my darlings. Non-dangerous ways at that.
  10. cuisle

    Scaly Leg Mite Again? *Update* Buffy Died Last Night :(

    Thank you. The cider vinegar is for all-purpose health, the garlic for eradication of mites and worms, plus immune booster, etc, the ginger and cilli are for heart and lung health - onions are good for lungs too - and cod liver oil will boost vitamin D, and stop that paralysed leg problem that...
  11. cuisle

    Scaly Leg Mite Again? *Update* Buffy Died Last Night :(

    Your Buffy was gorgeous - and I feel for you. I just lost my Jane, a buff Pekin Bantam.....I think she had pneumonia - and a heart attack. She was such a sweet chicken, and I'm uncertain what her age was - probably over six years, and I'm not sure of the lifespan of a Pekin Bantam - does anybody...
See more
Back
Top Bottom