Pioneer Chicken your pic is charming love the little rooster crowing! FowlWthrFriend you are obviously talented and I adore this pic, even the detail in the barb wire...do you create professionally? All entries so far are super:yiipchick
My problem is limiting the names to just one per chicken! We got one named Major by the little girl who originally got him as an Easter chick but after we rescued him I kept calling him Rooster Cogburn, then Major, then Roosterzilla (he was a huge Light Brahmin). Then there's Lucy who I also...
He was gorgeous! We just lost a rooster also magnificent...and I know you miss him. You must have large predators to be able to conquer such a formidable roo but I guess if it was at night anything's possible. My sympathies. I am in the minority at my house concerning roos because I try to...
Thanks! I will hold off on the grit for now. We did go ahead and put the red brooding lamp back in his coop for increased warmth and put more Neosporin over the blue kote, which he only had one dose of and it seems to have dried out his "skin" (not sure what there is left of that, but it (the...
So sorry about all of it...Roos can be their own worst enemies for sure even short of actually killing anybody. I hope your Banty enjoys his newfound sanity and that he helps you cope with the loss of your beautiful friend.
Hi all, Splash is hanging in there. His wounds have been healing, no more bleeding or evidence of the open puncture wound, nicely Blue Koted and we moved him to a larger coop still in our kitchen. However now he seems to have a sore throat and/or indigestion. Seems very uncomfortable swallowing...
About a week & 1/2 ago I posted my first ever BYC request for help with Splash who had been injured by a grownup hen and got good advice for treating his wounds. He is still in the kitchen, chirping and enduring his lovely BlueKote, but he doesn't seem to be taking food as well as he was. The...