coconut oil makes theyre feather extremely shiny and helps with theyre preen glands. they dont smell quite as much like chickens over time.
as for the molting and the color. while molting suppliment in 2tbsp molasses per gallon of water. unsulphered only. should help with the comb color. i...
vetericin only gos so far. start slathering it in triple antibiotic or neosporin. keeping it wet encourages new tissue and skin growth. something that cannot be attained with an aerosol or evaporative antiseptic.
it ran when it was pulled from teh trike it was in. been sitting, its a california model so it has the air pump that was re purposed as pneumatic power assist somehow on the trike. think it was used as the air pump for the pneumatic shifter it has
im probably the weirdest gearhead you will ever meet.
im a fabricator, a body man, a engine builder, a painter, and a chasis guy.
but most of all, im not partial to any manufacturer, nor do i have a preference.
though i do specialize in honda and nissan/datsun
one of my newly discovered cockerels (prior i thought he was a she) left leg shakes pretty badly when standing still but before his back got ripped open he was totally fine so i attribute some of that to the injury
they have really flat fat heads, unlike our plymouth rock laying hen
we currently have 3 layers 2 are 3 years old and ones about a year maybe 2, then the 6 sex links, the 2 BR or whatever they are. then the bantam blue, and the austros. if we have 3 cockerels that makes 13 not including the...
i dont see blood draw and pay super close attention to all our birds as we have osprey, bald eagles, red tail hawks, and euro starlings in the area. i take care of the starling issue but really nothing i can do about the predators
they keep going at it here and there but mostly stay on opposite sides of the 10'x8' run they are in.
we plan to de spurr all males to prevent damage to hens and other animals on the property. a neighbor up the road hasnt de spurred his roosters and they frequently have to tend to wounds on...
so last question. they are cockerels, is it ok to let them settle differences between eachother at this age so tey get along or is that never going to happen and keep them seperated?
i have them in the same run as eachother so they can all get some outside time
this is one. has a white speckled face. appears pink foot pads to me. top of legs on scales are both black
here the all black one appears to have yellowish orange feet