Recent content by Paul1980

We need more people to call Senator Bettencourt. This may be our last opportunity!

I finally hatched some Silkie-Cochin cross chicks. I was surprised how strong the Silkie genes are. All the chicks look like the hens. The hens are a blue and black ideal poultry hens and the dad is a Partridge Cochin. I'm sure all the chicks will have normal feathering like the Cochin dad. I...

These are the "blue" chicks I bought from Ideal in August 2011. None of them look like the blue color, but I really like them. All except one is bearded. Out of 6 straight run that I ordered all are hens and just started laying. From the day I recieved them, the splash hens have been smaller...

I agree with the comments about certain flocks being resistant to some things while others are not. I bought two game hens from a very healthy looking flock. No visible disease, no anything. I brought them home, quarantined for 30 days. Put them in with my heavy breed (Plymouth rock) hens and 4...

Thanks Miss Lydia, glad you told me about the eggs. Feeding them back to them would technically be putting the medicine residues and maybe even the disease back into them. Hadn't thought about it from that perspective. I guess even if the eggs were cooked there would be medicine in them.

Hello everyone. My 4 hens were showing symptoms of Mycoplasma, so I decided to inject them with LA 200 that a friend said he'd share with me. I injected them once then again in 2 days and again in another 2 days for a total of 3 injections with 1 CC each time. They are doing great and laying...

Hi Amalia! What a small world! I am the guy who bought the white hen from you. I went with my wife and daughters to pick it up. Just wanted to say HI!

Thank you for the picture! She looks realy healthy too, nice color on her face! I'll be ordering some more next year.

Lots of good vibes sent your way. SMILE! I know everything will be ALL RIGHT.