Recent content by ikatiemay

Hi chicken momma, I'm a beginner and I knit hats! I actually wear some of them lol. Most of the patterns are knit and purl stitches:). I like allfreeknitting.com they have lots of free patterns, some say easy and some beginner. I get emails from them because I signed up. Happy knitting!

I have hens with bare backs also.whats so weird is 3 that have never lost feathers are 3 years old. My girls that are a year old some are losing feathers. I have put saddles on them but it still happens. I checked for bugs and saw nothing. I culled one of the Roos hoping that would help. The...

Thanks everyone for the help. Actually the pellet gun is a high power gun not a red ryder type. It has actually taken care of a few racoons too. We are caring people with animals and animal cruelty isn't something we practice. What I realize is there is more than one way to cull a chicken and...

Thanks all! I have some hens that are almost 3 what is the best way to cook the old girls? I don't think pressure cooking is for me, are they so tough that's the only option?

I don't like the process of having to make the decision and then carry it out either. We have had to put a couple of hens that were I'll down and yes the pellet rifle worked swiftly. This roo has been getting really mean lately and actually blinded our sweet black Orpington roo in one eye...

Sadly to say our attempt to cull our mean roo didn't go well. I hope someone can give us some advice to make this job easier for both parties involved. We used a high power pellet gun and after four hits he still flew away. We had to catch him and try to ring his neck. My DH is a hunter so the...

I know I have too many Roos, 2 and I'm down to 11 hens. I have a wonderful 3 year old black Australop that just got an eye injury and is blind in his eye. He is the friendliest and loves to be held. Also an americana, not aggressive but I think he is on the girls a lot. They are in the coop...

ISeem to have rooster issues. My girls are almost bald, backs heads and necks! All I can think of is rooster damage. I don't think we have bugs. I do free range some when weather permits. My question is do the girls need a roo for protection from preditors?

Hi Sunny welcome to learning how to knit!! I am also a beginner and teaching myself, funny thing all I have tried to make is hats (4 now) I have used the same pattern for all and try as hard as I do they each come out a little different from the others LOL. I know all of the experienced...

snowburton are you serious?

BAWK where in utah? Im in Eden

I have 6 new girls that I introduced this summer. They are starting to lay now but someone (cant figure out who) lays an occasional egg and it is soft. Sometimes I find it splatted under the roost and sometimes broken in the nest box. I have found a couple intact also. My hens free range most...

I know the chickens are supposed to loose feathers when they moult BUT are we talking ALOT of feathers or just a few. I have 6 girls that started losing the back feathers and wing tips. They have been featherless on their backs for a few months now. I thought at first it was caused from the...

I agree I am exited to see the knitting club again!! I am a novice trying to teach myself and I have NOT gotten past hats! The summer doesnt let me knit but we feeling fall in the air so the needles need to start clicking again soon. Funny thing, have any of you noticed this crazy phenomenon...

I have thought about culling one roo. I think the americauna would be the choice. The BO is such a big boy but I think not as hard on the hens. I also wonder if I dont have some roo competition going on too? I dont know when they moulted last with so much feather damage there isnt much to...