Recent content by janean

Hi I have the same problem except that it is hard as a rock and baseball sized 9maybe even softball) She is eating and drinking... poor thing... I don't want her to suffer... I have soaked in warm/hot water and stuck my finger in vent.. just some watery poop came out and it feels like one big...

I don't want to use medicated feed as I can't get organic if it is medicated and I am totally against GMO's. I was wondering if it might be a good idea to put some nano silver in the chicks water to help boost their immune system. Any thoughts from anyone?

i have what I think are 6 of the loveliest friendly Black Copper Marans... too bad 3 are Roos and one of the Roos has a gimped neck. I am going to look for homes for 2 Roos. Anyway, when can I expect the girls to start laying? I ask mostly because they are the first to occupy our new coop and to...

I am getting really confused...I have a mix of Orpingtons, Australorps, Wyandottes and Ameracaunas that are 2 weeks old. The threads that I am reading have the general consensus that the 'girls' feather out faster than the males. What I found with my now 8 week old Black Copper Marans is that...

The 2 chicks in your bottom pic look just like my Wyandotte chicks... if they are black they are silver lace ... if they are brown then they are blue laced red Wyandottes.

Ahhhh thank you... I shall keep that in mind for the chicks. May have to research it a bit.

It has been 30 years since I have had the pleasure of keeping chickens. Now that I am on an off grid permaculture homestead I want to have chickens again! We have an outbuilding we want to convert into a chicken coop. There is a very large cedar tree next to it. Is that going to be a problem for...