Recent content by mizzo73

Well his name was an unfortunate one given by a child - but perhaps they knew something! Poor Pippi - I will set up a love nest for him and Donna a rather lonely duck to hang out together in. Thanks for the info and I just hope that Brigette the wee bantie is ok. She is not injured but looks...

We have a lovely Cayuga Drake called Pippi Love Sausage (it is long story - don't ask!) who has always thought he is a chicken. He lives outside the chicken house at night, he escorts the ladies to the hen house and stands guard while they lay their eggs and roams with them all day as they free...

Yeah I used to have a life before I had chickens! Now I fret and fuss but they are worth the angst....

Yes earlier this year an elderly hen had a limp which meant that eventually she couldn't move at all. We took her to the vet immediately and they thought we were very strange - (we live in a rural part of NZ where a crook chook means you chop their head off - you don't go to the vet!) They gave...

Thanks for that info and I'm glad to hear he made a full recovery. No we never found any blood either. We wondered if there was some other injury- maybe a fracture in her foot or hip as she never wanted to move much. Although she was eating and drinking a bit, she was losing condition, couldn't...

Thanks so much I will try that

Hello I'm a new chook on the block and wondered if anyone could help with my speckled pekin bantie. Last week she started limping and upon inspection I saw that she had lost a claw. It was not bloody or injured in anyway so I have quarantined her just in case she has some infection. She is...

Hello I'm a new chook on the block and wondered if anyone could help with my speckled pekin bantie. Last week she started limping and upon inspection I saw that she had lost a claw. It was not bloody or injured in anyway so I have quarantined her just in case she has some infection. She is...