Recent content by kwhit

Absolutely agree and love this article! Thank you for sharing! I had a RI rooster pass away in October I was sad and still feel sad he wasn't a bird that liked being picked up and held but he would hang around me while I worked in the yard or sat to relax with a beer just like a dog. I loved...

I went out to the coop tonight to check for eggs and found this egg under one of my hens. I can’t believe it didn’t break. It feels like a paper egg.

I read thru most of your posts so sorry for the inconvenience and losses. Unfortunately sometimes its how we learn is from our mistakes. I live in Massachusetts between Providence and Boston. I've seen enough wildlife to know I had to make a chicken-fortknox pen but I still experienced an event...

I just applied this spray this past weekend. I did read that there may need to be a few applications done over several weeks. We'll see how well this works.

Hoping to show my Rooster and a hen at the Marshfield Fair this August! I entered my flocks eggs 2 years ago and we won 1st prize!

Besides trying to keep it clean with an antibiotic spray I bought at TSC is there anything else I should be doing? Her behavior is normal, she's eating, and drinking water and generally acting normal. I am just wondering if there is an ointment I should put on the wound to protect from flies...

Not sure who you are asking the question.... In my case it didn't get in. It grabbed the chick through the fence. You probably meant the question to the previous sizzlesnsilk

I had an experience last night with a monster that killed one of my chicks that was two months old. I am thinking a fisher cat or a raccoon was the culprit. I will openly admit that I am 100 % at fault. I am in the process of introducing four two month old chicks to an established flock. I...

One of my 3 week old barred rock chicks feel out of the cage to the cement floor below two days ago-about a two foot fall :( Now this is what I see: I think it received internal injury. I suppose there is no hope for this little guy. It is acting lethargic and not eating or drinking...

There are a few people here and there that say it is hereditary? Some say it is an "itis" of some sort. No one really knows. Some have never heard of lash egg. Very puzzling.

I have a new friend I met at UCONN last week. I'm going to ask him what he knows. He is a poultry science professor. Dr. Darre.

Ok. But so far my original question remains unanswered. Can I eat these birds?

Here's some crazy questions. I'm just discovering that one maybe two of my laying hens has what is called "lash egg". I've read that it is the end of the road for the layers when they catch this dreaded infection. I am going to have to depopulate my flock (5) and clean and disinfect...

Thank you Eggcessive, I posted pictures under "1st experience w lash egg" It will be interesting to see input.

Well, now I finally get to plant my pictures in this thread. These pictures are what I found. I thought one of my hens ate a piece of insulating foam, or worse I might have an egg eater, but now I wonder about this lash egg. Even my 'Raising Chickens for Dummies' book did not mention this...