Recent content by ECrow

Hi there! This is such a cool story, I'm not used to hearing stories about double yolk eggs hatching! Just to clarify - the second twin did not make it? Just the first twin?

I cannot recommend bantam roosters with full sized hens enough! They have been my favorite pair! The banty roosters don’t do as much damage to my full size hens than my big roosters have done, and I have hatched eggs from this pairing! The young tend to be medium sized hens, smaller than my full...

Some of my pretty ladies :) Bantam Easter Egger, Buff Orpington, and Egyptian Feyoumi.

Everyone's roosters are so pretty!! Had to add my best boy, Orion, to the post❤️ (including a goofy photo of him, haha!)

Beautiful roosters! I love the naked neck one haha😄. The rooster in your pfp and in the third photo looks a bit like my rooster, Orion, just with darker feathers!

Not sure if you've made a decision about this yet, but whichever rooster you choose to keep (I, personally, would probably keep the legbar), I recommend handling the rooster as little as possible. The rooster's I have had who have been the best have all avoided interacting with me as much as...

Hi there, Does this look like scaly leg mites? I was looking at my rooster's spurs and noticed that his legs don't look quite as smooth as I was expecting. I can't say I noticed them looking really smooth lately, but I was a bit concerned when I saw them. He is about 2 years old and otherwise...

I’m pro-rooster! Banty roosters are always my go to choice, because they’ve small so they don’t do much damage to the hens, and mine have always been really nice to the hens and nice to me. From my experience with raising roosters over the past ten years, if you don’t try to hand raise them...

I've had this happen a couple times. From what I could tell, it was either a raccoon or a weasel. So sorry for your loss, it's always so devastating to lose one, not to mention losing multiple at a time :(

I have raised 2 Buff Orpingtons! they have quickly become one of my favorite breeds. My first BO was the closest to a chicken soul mate as I think I’ll ever get, she died during a predator attack last summer at the age of 10 and I doubt I’ll ever find a hen as loving and caring as she was. She...

Your chicken coop is really cute! I love the beware sign😂 I hope the new setup keeps them all inside!

Having a divided coop sounds nice tho! One side could be used for your flock and the other for introducing new birds or to be used as a sick bay.

I was going to say this same thing! Just by the photos alone, it looks like a very hard coop to clean, and it already looks pretty messy from the last flock. There are a lot of places in that coop that mites could get too, and building something with less layers (does that make sense??) will...

A month ago I hatched some chicks and when I spoke to a vet recently, he said it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give them amprolium. The feed I use is unmediated. I’ve used powder Corid in their water in the past, but I can’t remember the dosage to use. If anyone could tell me how much of the powder...

Recently I’ve been noticing some unusual poop in my coop. It’s runny and yellow/green and a few of my hens bottoms have been getting dirty. One of my hens has completely stopped laying and her face is looking a bit pale. Is it possible that she has worms? How do you tell if that is the issues...