Recent content by Kes

Thank you, I managed to get some today after work and am treating the flock.

I've tried asking my vet that I use for my cats and dog about the fecal test, but they won't. It's a very small clinic and they send their tests away to a lab, I believe. I'll keep looking though because it would be nice to find someone who does. Thanks again, I'm going to try giving her some...

Thanks for your reply. She was hatched the first week of March last year. She laid some in late summer/fall of last year, when she was old enough. It was a fairly hard year in general for my chickens, we had constant rain which resulted in a mosquito boom and they contracted dry fowl pox as a...

Hello, I'm in need of some advice for my BCM. I believe she has stopped eating and is probably in her final days if I can't figure out something. She is only a little over a year old. Last fall after molting she ended up with leg mites. I've tried treating her with vaseline/etc a few times to...

Thank you, the instructions I was given before about electrolytes was pretty different from that, so I appreciate the info. I asked my vet once before about stool samples from chickens. I think they have yet to catch on as pets in this area, so they found it a little bizarre, but I'll ask again...

Thanks for the reply. :) She was hatched in March and has been a pretty healthy bird until suddenly no eggs and weight loss. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is there anything I should moisten the feed with other than water? I've been putting some electrolytes in their water since the dog...

My chickens have had a rough Summer and Fall. I live in PA, where, for the majority of the Summer, we had rain 5 days out of the week, every week, on top of our typical hot and humid conditions. I believe it sent one if them into an early molt. Three of them also went broody even though they're...

Sometimes slower feathering can mean a cockerel but if they're small as well they may just be a bit slower to develop (or a bantam or have some health issues like others mentioned). When I got my first batch of birds (Welsummers and EEs) I had one Welsummer that was always smaller and more...

I think you stand a really good chance of green or blue eggs from the legbar mix.. not sure about the other but she looks a bit like a wyandotte mix to me too, so I'll take a wild guess and say light brown for her. I hope they start laying for you soon, I love the uncertainty and anticipation...

I think this may be a breed trait.. or maybe we both got "lucky", haha. My SG Dorking, Opal, is extremely noisy too, especially when she sees people. I find it kind of endearing most of the time even though she has perhaps one of the worst voices of any of my girls- I agree that I would call it...

I'm feeding mine a mix between Blue Seal mixed flock and Southern States Hearty Layer. I think SS is supposed to be somewhat higher quality, but I don't like it as much for my birds.

I would go with thornless blackberries if you get them for the reason oldhenlikesdogs mentioned, but you usually have to prune blackberry/raspberry bushes down a lot or they can become diseased, so they might not be the ideal cover. I'm not sure blueberries would survive the abuse from chickens...

Someone posted earlier on this board that wyandottes sometimes mature quickly in the comb/wattle area and I found this to be true with my pullet too. Her comb developed a blush around 3-4 weeks old and she started to form wattles so I was starting to sweat a bit but they haven't developed...

I refrigerate mine right away just because it's easier. My basement has an otherwise unused mini kitchen in it so eggs that have any smears on them get a quick rinse in the sink and are immediately stored in the basement refrigerator. Most of the time though they're really clean or just have a...

Most shelters and breeders don't adopt out kittens until they're 8-10 weeks old, so I don't think 6 1/2 weeks is too late. If anything, it might be a little too early. It's hard to say if handling them would increase her chances of moving them. It would really depend on the mom and she may move...