14 month old La Fleche rooster in need of a home. He is not flighty like many of his breed. My new neighbors are pitching a fit about the crowing. He is located in central NJ.
I have contacted a local farm that is known to take in non conforming Roos. I could never cull one of my own, just not in me. But thanks for the advice that he's a lost cause at this point.
for no reason. He will sneak up behind them and stab them with his beak and pull out tons of feathers. He was fine with my first flock of old ladies, then when the last one passed I integrated him into my younger flock. He does mate with them also but it's violent. He absolutely hates my...
My 8 month old Olive Egger has eye worm. She is acting fine and eating and pooping. I have been cleaning the eye (which looks like someone hit her with a bat) with sterile saline and the putting bacitracin eye ointment on it. That was before I realized what it was. I just gave her a dose of...
How do I get my girls to dust bathe in the kiddie pool I filled for them?? They don't let me hold them and it's next to impossible to catch them one by one to dust them for mites. They are sooo itchy. I am getting a new coop this week and don't want the mites in there. Any suggestions?
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Flubenvet is the medicine that isn't available in the USA anymore. Are you saying that the Safe Guard is not ok for my chickens??? Please let me know. Thanks!
My rooster in stretching his neck out and opening his mouth REALLY wide. Today he started shaking his head also.. His nose and eyes are fine. He isn't wheezing or sneezing. He DOES look like he is loosing weight. I noticed that today. It reminds me of how my first rooster looked when he got...
My girls won't let me feed them. I got them when they were 6 months old so they don't let me hold them. How can I give them the medicine for gapeworms???
i'm in a pickle...Leonard (my rooster) and the girls roam all over the place. The lots are 2-5 acres and I find them a mile away. Closest neighbor is now complaining because she picked up a stick and Leonard got a little defensive if you know what I mean. I want to put up an enclosure but am...