Recent content by elainag

im no expert or nothing, but i do know that most if not all animals including humans are territorial, so in this case you need to show him who is the boss i havent experienced this with a roo, but i would say that without abusing him nor hurting him you should prove him who is the boss and...

i have no idea, but i wanted to say CONGRATS! i remember when i got my first eggs, i was sooo eggcited!!

21 days. good luck!

i got 0!!!! from 11 red production hens, 4 from 5 mix japs, and 6 from 16 buff orpingtons. today wasnt a good egg day!!!

like i said, i dont have her caged or nothing like that, she is just sitting in the nest with an open door, i have hatched eggs in the incubator and i dont see them as healthy as when she hatches them. when i put her more eggs i just hope that she takes them... but in the case that she doesnt i...

well, hello everyone!! i have a situation that i need help with... here it goes... i have dozens of eggs from different breeds and only one very broody bantam cochin, she is the only one that is sitting on eggs right now, and the funny thing is that she didnt lay one single egg!!! i put her...

sulmet and corid. im on it! going to tsc right now to buy it. thanks everyone! im really glad i found this site...

Quote: they are between 3 and 5 weeks old, and i do not see bubbles in their eyes not snotty nostrils.

im very new to this, i dont know how to treat cocci... i was reading the other posts about it and i think that is what it is but im not sure, nor i know what medicine to use... at first i thought it was just stress. because they only show the symptoms for about 1 or 2 days then, they die.

hi, everyone, i need your help on trying to figure out why my chicks are dying. i bought some chicks from different places, and as of today more than half have died these are the symptoms: loss of appetite, also they dont drink as much water as before, they shut their eyes and drop their...

i like all of them... i would say they all have beauty in them... except the naked neck or turkens... well they are just different with their neck sooo naked!!!! oh, also the mutts, my mom likes to have all the breeds in the same corral and when we put some eggs in the incubator, we get...

hey yall!!! i have a question about the "silkie seramas" i dot know if they are a breed of their own, or a mix between a silkie and a serama? can anybody share their knowledge with me?? i only saw them once at a breeders home, he wouldnt sell them though i fell in love with them little...

Quote: i love silver lace wyandottes!!! i find it amazing how the feathers are sooooo precisely lined in black and white, its so neat!!!! I personally dont like the naked necks... i wouldnt say they are ugly, its just plain weird looking at their naked neck!!! its soooo red, and naked...

i also just joined a few days ago... and also, like you, just started with one a black tail japanese rooster (he was a cockerel, back then) he caught my eye since i saw him at the flee market, since then, i have increased my love and addiction for chickens, because trust me, sometimes it...

i agree with the rest... i dont think "chicken farmer" is a good description of a person who wants to be able to have a few chickens on their back yard. us people that have a few chickens, instead of farming them, love them (and their eggs!!!)... so the term "farm" its too scary... i also...