Recent content by jockeyeba

:frowThanks, thought so but couldn't find anything "googling"

Thanks.....definitely plan on trashing everything from them :)

Is it safe to butcher & eat the meat from 2 stags with fowl pox?.....hate to completely waste them

2nd entry :rolleyes:

1st entry :fl

They were all a big happy family the next morning :celebrate

I just put them in with her & the other 8 chicks tonight, it's dark, I'm beginning to think that they are actually her chicks, that something tried to get them in the woods & somehow these 2 made it all the way to our backyard. She showed up 2 days later with 8 chicks, she always hatches 12-14...

Have a American Game hen that hatched who knows where that showed up with 8 chicks, 2 days before I heard chicks peeping & found 2 chicks at the back of the yard, no mother, have them in box with a light, etc. It's possible they are from the same hen that showed up 3 days later. My question is...

She's not having any problem eating or drinking thanks for responding :)

This happened the day I put the 2 new hens in, she was fighting with them along with several others so maybe she hurt herself then. I haven't noticed her having a problem until that day. She is eating & getting up on the roost with the rest of them. Thanks for your input :)

Introduced 2 new hens (after guarantine) & they started fighting, I noticed my only resident EE was falling down when they attacked each other & seemed to have trouble getting back up. I've never noticed her having a problem until the new ones came in & the fights started. It's been several...

I did look up the hunting rules in Texas & the Egyptians are supposed to be protected but I haven't seen them in 4 days now :(

No they were gone later in the afternoon & back this morning when I went out to feed chickens, its 12:30 now & they are still out on top of one of my chicken coops, they seem to disappear everyday in the afternoon & don't come back until the next morning. I wish I could see them fly off so I...

I don't know the hunting rules for geese in Texas, I'll have to look into it....