Recent content by olderchick

Thank you so much for your reply. Today, I gave her a little gruel again early in the morning but then had to get off to a tomato plant sale for our local garden club. So when I got home I tried feeding her again. It was messy and I have been washing off her breast after each eating. So I...

I have a hen that recently started looking really lethargic. She was hiding under the coop ramp and avoiding the other chickens. Well this happened right after I introduced two other hens into this coop. So at first I thought it was just a pecking order issue. But then I noticed Goldie was...

I had a young pullet once with sour crop and tried to get her to vomit, which did get some out. But the lady at the feedstore said to try pineapple juice. It works. Which sort of makes sense because it is often sold in health food stores as Bromelain tablets which helps you to digest your food...

I am trying to follow your instructions by going to the Coops tab, but I do not see a blue "Add a Chicken Coop Design" button per your tutorial. I see a brown one that says Add You Coop Here but that doesn't take me to a template page. As one of the previous posters, do I not have enough posts...

I'm kind of new to this posting, and there seems to be a million posts on sour crop. I have three little pullets I'm raising to add to the flock. Since they are two months old, I saw no problem in putting them in a pen outside and letting them do a little scratching, and get some fresh air. Plus...

I have a nice Buckeye rooster who needs a new home. I also have a Welsummer rooster and they got along okay ( a little hackle raising) until last weekend. Horrible fight. Buckeye rooster Bucky didn't have a scratch. Tammany the Welsummer didn't fare so well and is in chicken hospital, but doing...

Here is my entry: Tammany Breed:Welsummer Gender: Male Age 5.5 months He had a comb at 2 weeks! And his comb and wattle just keep getting bigger and bigger.

My chickens were free-ranging the other day and a bob cat snuck into the yard and attacked. My little Java hen ran back into the run to escape. Bad idea, the cat actually ran into the run. I ran out to an upstairs patio to see him in there with her. I screamed, he ran out with only feathers in...