Recent content by JudithKerlin

  1. JudithKerlin

    Hen lightly mauled three days ago... can't walk?!

    Our hen managed to dig her way under the fence and got cornered by neighbor's dog. We rescued her fast, before there was even any chance for dog to break skin anywhere, and I can'r detect anything broken, but she can't walk. Both her legs work, in the sense that she can push with them (she's...
  2. JudithKerlin

    We could sure use a friendly hen or two if you have excess?

    We live in South Austin and cherish our chickens. Sadly a concatenation of bad luck recently left us with only one lovely young hen and her anxious daddy Copper Maran; of the previous adult Aracauna hens one got scooped up by a big hawk and one died a graceful death of old age. Young hen sure...
  3. JudithKerlin

    I have a hen (possibly a red star mix) in need of a new home.

    where are you? helps to know!
  4. JudithKerlin

    Texas

    We are in South Austin trying to keep all our three-month-olds warm. Since 4 out of 5 are boys, that means separate quarters, and they can't share with the sole hen any more either--someone pecked her face so I had to bring her in and nurse her back to health. Fine now, but still living in the...
  5. JudithKerlin

    South Austin with a NEED to rehome some gorgeous young boy birds

    Now the pair of iridescent-black roos are fighting with their little sister to the extent that I must keep them separate as well. Currently using second half-bath as recovery room for her poor pecked-up self. SItuation getting even more complicated-- I wanted to keep the single hen, who is a...
  6. JudithKerlin

    South Austin with a NEED to rehome some gorgeous young boy birds

    Here in South Austin, center of the universe for eccentric urban chickenkeeping! Other cities have garden tours for a neighborhood to show off their gorgeous yards. Here we have COOP TOURS! Alas I have a need all too common.... a need for a good home for a couple of roosters. Our recent...
  7. JudithKerlin

    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Bittie chicks are like God proving he can do "adorable".
  8. JudithKerlin

    Comment by 'JudithKerlin' in item 'Easter Eggers'

    I have noticed my Easter Egger hens are *smarter* than my other breed hens and more, well, bird-like; they fly a little better, roost on tree-branches, etcetera. I have heard that the Aracauna is a breed much closer to a wild bird than breeds like, say, Buff Orps, which have been domesticated...
  9. JudithKerlin

    oh yikes a strong cold front came through. Worried about my chickens

    Do put up a tarp or a towel or SOMETHING for a windbreak if you can. It's much easier for them to stay warm in a pocket of non-moving air. Mine down here in Central Austin have a lamp to warm the air inside the sleep-coop. The two small guys who can't share quarters with bigger rooster are...
  10. JudithKerlin

    When do we stop feeding ChickStarter and switch to regular feed?

    I read the wonderful thread by the professor raising a porch flock of games and was startled to learn that some of his chicks died from eating scratch grains scattered for the adults-- the corn, I believe it was, tore up their tiny gastrointestinal tracts. No scratch-grains for my juveniles...
  11. JudithKerlin

    I want a house chicken.

    Chickens learn only by lots and lots of time. Sit em on your lap and hold gently, pet and try to figure out what this bird likes best-- i.e., cheek scritches? gentle neck-feather preens? belly rubs? and just keep em with you until they forget that you ever weren't their favorite part of the...
  12. JudithKerlin

    I enjoy my chickens so much..Is that wrong?What are your favorites?

    I *love* the idiot birds no matter how much trouble they are (and right now they are quite a lot since we got 4/5 roosters in the hatch-batch!) and have given up trying to figure why. Perhaps some of us are born to become "the crazy chicken lady". Family luckily tolerant of wife/mama wandering...
  13. JudithKerlin

    constructing a single chicken family unit for porch

    He was such a handsome bird, and such an excellent father!
  14. JudithKerlin

    Pudding the rescued Maran

    She is pretty adorable!
  15. JudithKerlin

    Five chicks of odd colouration?!

    I'm not sure I understand the situation, by the way, about asking whether there might be other mothers? All five of these younguns definitely are the offspring of these Easter Egger hens and this Mystery Daddy (Rocket the Rooster)-- does something about the coloration of the offspring suggest...
See more
Back
Top Bottom