Recent content by Jheila

Its just been a bad summer First, our first nest was abandoned, I saved one chick, whose growing really well, but the rest of the eggs were... eaten by the chickens. Now, one egg was away from the second nest, and it was cracked, bad. There's blood, and some of the liquid leaked out. The baby...

I first dealt with pox when we got our very first chickens, and we took care of it immediately by taking the three affected to the vet. Now, sadly, the vet is closed on the weekends, so I want to do as much as I can before I can take them. Since vaccinating our first flock, we've added some new...

I actually bought 5 "hens" three were roosters. They get along fine, and then we got 4 "hens" two were roosters. They get along fine. Maybe I'm just lucky, but in my experience, when you get them young, the rest will turn out okay. Once the hormones kick in, they may spar, then they form a...

I just got 3 wyandottes yesterday, 8 months old, and was surprised at how big they were! My hens are much smaller, thinner maybe? They aren't bantams, but I'm wondering, is it because I'm feeding them non-gmo organic feed, it's scratch n peck, and I mix herbs in it? Will the new hens lose...

I recently realized that my grey rooster was bred for his meat, so he grew way too fast for his age. Now he's fumbling around, and can't walk right. I feel bad for the guy, is there any way I can piece together something that can help him walk? Is there anything I can even do at this point...

Quote: Doh! should of thought of that! I was so set on the lil'guy vs big guys that I didn't even think past to when they're all grown up! Man, I really wanted to give these buddies a good home in the current run, but the second run doesn't sound so bad I loved building the first one

Thank you! Thats surprising, to me at least, I was expecting that the lil'guy would be having a bad day! He lets the hens walk all over him, literary . Building a new pen would be fun, we'll just see how set the rest of the family is on these roosters. Do you think the pen could still allow...

I currently have 5 young, teenager chickens, one being a rooster. I wanted to get another beautiful, halfblind, older rooster from a local sanctuary. I might be getting his friend whos completely blind too. These guys are fully grown roosters, and I'm a little weary of how to introduce them to...