Recent content by merlotmudpies

I put down my first little sweetheart today with lots of tears and also lots of thanks for this community. She had severe wry tail, problems with her eyes I couldn't resolve, a lame leg, and was starting to get picked on by the other birds pretty badly. I've been nursing her for a month and...

I added cayenne pepper to my chickens' feed and haven't seen a squirrel eating in their coop since. Glad for that. Will this effect egg taste though?

Wow. I've been spoiling them. LOL! Out to the coop they go! Once I give the interior a good sweep. They've been really happy in there during the day so I'm excited for them!

My girls are 6-9 weeks and mostly feathered with just a tiny bit of fuzz left. We are in Southern CA and our lows are in the upper 50s at night, high 70s during the day. Are my girls probably okay in their coop now? They stay in their run all day with no problem. But I have no electric source in...

Hi folks. Good to be back in the land of the chickens. I've got a 6wo brabanter who had pasty butt and now has lopsided wings and a crooked tail. My older daughter and I have bathed her twice gently -- once for pasty butt and once for just having a messy backside. We're treating our 13 (6w - 8w...

I've got a girl with a crooked tail also and she's not seeming to clean herself very well. Her wings also seem lopsided. She's eating and drinking just fine and running around with the others. I don't know of an injury but I guess that's always a possibility. Vaccinated for Marek's, on medicated...

This article is so clear and helpful. I do think I have one chick ailing and all my other 12 exposed based on what I've read here. Regarding separating the chicks, does it make sense to separate since I think we've had them together with this going on for a few days without my realizing what...

My "too old" RIR started laying recently (Yeah!!) and I sort of suspect this was her egg based on where I found it in the coop under her not al roosting spot. I saw sometimes laying at night on the roost happens once in a while. But I can't find anything about the weird two tones of the color on...

Hey guys I just looked on Amazon for Nu Stock and its 55% off right now. I hope this helps some of you. I ordered a tube right away!

Hoo boy. My RITs have scaly leg. They've had it since I got them and I'm so green I didn't realize it wasn't normal at first. Have been spraying with a mite spray we got at the feed store and am noticing some slow improvement but really like the tea tree suggestion a lot. Will be giving this a...

Total newbie question: I've successfully (so far) begin integrating two 8-9w RIRs with my three adult ladies (2 RIRs and 1 Buff Orpington). Right now my littles are on medicated chick starter and my bigs are on Freedom lay pellets. My bigs free range the majority of the time so don't eat much...

Great idea aart! Thank you for the encouragement. While I'm at church today they're back in their interior pen with my girls in the run with them through wire just to be on the safe side. But so far so good.

May I hop in for some advice here? I have 8-9 week old girls who have been in an interior pen with my big girls for a couple of weeks now during the day. The big girls free range and when I'm in the yard I let the little girls wander too (they spend a good amount of time digging in my garden...

So funny. One of mine will fall asleep right by the water. Her head will dip down down down and then plop! She wakes up all shocked and then starts to do it again. Hysterical!

I've gotta stop posting from my phone. LOL The gate. Not the hate. Oy.