Recent content by karrm01

Hi, I hope those of you who have been a part of this discussion are still out there . . . I just started looking for posts re: metacam because about 1 month ago, my chicken started laying beautiful eggs once again! She had been on a two year hiatus so when I felt I had to take her to the vet...

Thank you both! That was very informational! People never seem to talk of anything but laying feed for laying hens. I never heard of protein or lack of could contribute to behavior issues. Thinking back, I had transitioned them over time from a regular generic laying feed to an organic no soy...

I found a local home for them. Thanks though.

Hi, I don't get this and am hoping someone might have insight. About 2 months ago, 1 of my two 13 month old hens started bullying my other two hens. Maybe it was a food issue but that made no sense to me since they had the same feeder setup etc for nearly a year. (I did change around the...

Hi, I am no longer able to take care of these two hens. Honestly, they've gotten to be too much for me and my 4 1/2 mo old chicken. One is a scillian butter cup and thinks she rules and needs lots of space. The other is an easter eager who needs shade cause she gets easily hot. They are both...

Hi, I was getting excited about those peepers and then looking at that buttercup this morning, I don't think it would work. She's got a huge floppy buttercup comb that falls over her L side and sticks out forward of her nostrils. If the peepers are suppose to go in the nostrils . . . . I'll...

Your chickens actually keep them on? Where do you get them? I tried wrapping one of my egger's feet just to see what she'd do and unlike my Orpington, she ripped the thing off within a couple hours.

Ok, I added pix. They have a large area to run around. Before my two 1year olds, I only needed one layer of rabbit fencing. It's now 7 feet high. As you can see it goes under/around the orange tree and takes up 1/4 to 1/3 of my back yard.. The first pic shows the llaying box to the left...

Hi, 3 weekends ago, I came home from a trip and my 4 1/2 yr old orpington hen was bleeding at her comb. I immediately suspected my 1 yr old scilian buttercup attacked her. I also witnessed the buttercup attacking my 1 yr old easter egger but not as viciously. I separated the orpington. I...

OK, I looked at both orpingtons -- vents look similar. Skin coloring similar. Just harder to find on my unwell one with the disaray and abnormal feather pattern. I didn't see any evidence of mites. Though I understand there are some whitish colored ones. Those might be hard to see on the...

Ah, so a quick google search provided more info than I needed for "What does Vit E do?" Here's the link for anyone else who wants to know: http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/dnpna/anh_poul_vit_e_def.htm

Hi, thanks so much for responding and the info. She definitely doesn't have the postules or whatever they are called in that picture. My other two chicks, same age, have been thriving and appear healthy. Since day one. They're compact and sleek and lighter. They're also shorter if you...

Hi, I've been trying to find photos/videos for examples of what Marek's could look like. I did do a post about my then 9 week chick who's been gradually getting worse since 1-3 wks old. I guess my description wasn't helpful. Thought maybe you might be able to help based on your responses to...

Hi, Thanks for responding. I got them from my local Ace Hardware. They did mention they'd been vaccinated but I didn't know anything about that so didn't know what to ask. I know they got them from a place in NM. Let's see if I can upload pix. Though a video would show much more. . . The...