Recent content by Justin P

Thats about how mine was. The one i had was bought with four other chicks, when i had to put her down she was about half the size of the other four and when i picked her up she was all bones. All she did all day was scratch the food out of the feeder and try to eat but i was certain that she...

Yup Portsmouth just fell in the list of chicken cities.

That really sucks sorry to hear it. I dont want to stir things up but it sounds like the dog only because typically with a wild animal attack you would never have found all of them. they may would have all been killed but wild animals hunt for food. I would definately tell your neighbor to keep...

I dont know if they are more prone or not, i dont think so i think its just a birth defect in chickens and birds in general. I did have to put my poor chicken down. I came home and she was in the food hopper, I mean in the bucket part, trying to eat but she couldnt. It sucked but it was the best...

Portsmouth council coted 6-0 in favor of Chickens in the yards. Thats cool.

Thanks but no I dont think that will be an option. It sucks but some things just arent suppose to make it i guess. I am going to just see how she does for now. She looks great other than that beak but i surely wont let her suffer. I am hoping she figures it out, She just started kind of worrying...

Well i dont think this is going to end well. My cross-beak has progressed for the worse and it looks to be not getting enough food. No physical signs but her crop doesnt get full and she is always acting hungry. I have a deep trough to try and help it scoop up food but i dont think she will make...

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I know its not nice but I would probably kill that chick. Or you could take care of it personally everyday if you have time. If she is that bad now it will only get worse but this is just my opinion. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

They can really surprise you though so i would wait untill its obvious its not going to make it. I can still tell which one it is but it is not getting worse and she acts like the others. they are six weeks now and she eats fine. Read my other thread about the chick that couldnt walk, She...

that is sad , im sure it wont be lonely long. where did you get the eggs from. I have never tried to hatch em myself.

After a week of you feeding and watering them they will think your one of em. They werent thrilled about the camera, the suspect roo is the one that ran right up and started pecking it.

you have to right click the link, i dont know why

Well these are my three Buff Orpingtons and two Barred Rocks at five weeks old. One of these Buffs I thought I was going to have to cull because it was just laying there the other day and appeared that it couldnt walk. I think changing from a mash to crumbles made it get an impacted crop because...

Just in case anyone reads this and is wondering what happened here it is: On saturday I felt that I should switch the food that i feed my chicks. I swtiched from a starter mash, oatty sawdust, to manna pro medicated crumbles. They didnt really act like they liked it but they ate it. On monday my...