Recent content by kenjofarms

Angry Bird; cute version!

Noticed this tree growing in one of my chicken pens...rather appropriate And that's the lovely roo that the forum helped me decide was a roo...

Here in his mature glory...

Short sad update, I lost all the eggies - our chicken runs (and most other animal corrals and property) flooded and the only casualties were the pre-chicks, two days pre- hatch, 6 made it to fully formed and feathered, 2 were duds - unfertilized. The hen was still sitting on a floating nest...

She's an amazing little bird! I read that they can cover up to 15! I think that's a little much. She is definitely covering the 8 - though I am not sure where her feet are

Don`t know if this counts but I put 8 mixed breed eggs under a broody silkie yesterday. She`s a good incubator. All were fathered by a golden laced polish and none are hers. Should be interesting if they all survive.

Thanks! I wasn't 100% sure, since it's a cross. Well, not a bad thing, since he will have his own unrelated harem when the time comes.

The problem with simple quarantine for whatever length of time is if you don't put a sentinel into the quarantine from your own flock, you can't discover the silent carriers of disease in the new birds. Just because new birds didn't come down with anything doesn't mean your originals won't...

I guess no one wants to reply, but I think I finally figured it out after reading many other posts; and finally a drop in egg production, and still no mortality, and the rapid spread, and finally a wrinkled egg...it is infectious bronchitis.

Short flock history. Long post. Started with 30 chicks from a kindergarten project 8 + years ago. Free ranged, all got picked off one by one by foxes. Learned lesson, built run with top for hawk attacks. Decided to go with friend to bird sale in July(stupid sucker me) and came home with 8 two...