Recent content by Phoenixsw

Thanks for the replies! No mites, plenty of DE and places for dirt baths. Also, the last time she went broody, she wouldn't get off the nest (fertilized eggs from online, damaged by post office and none were viable) for 5+ wks until I ordered chicks online and put them under her one night.

Hello! I need some help. I have a broody BO hen sitting on 13 bantam eggs. She was sitting great, only coming out for maybe an hour a day. Now, 2 weeks in and with the temps outside 55-60, she's off the nest for 6-8 hrs a day. I don't remember this being the case with any of the other broodies...

The only claws I trim regularly are the fifth ties on my Salmon Faverolles. And we might do our rooster since he's tearing up or girls. You don't really need to do any regular trimming unless they get real long and are dangerous. They should keep them worn down by scratching. As far as...

Ok, baby healed enough to go back out. Put her and the other chick we had with her for company, in the coop with mom and the issue was with Cricket(she makes little cricket sounds!), not mom. Blue had no issue taking them back, it just required sticking Cricket under Blue about 1500 times, then...

Agree with Ol Grey Mare. Same stuff packaged different to charge more. I use the horse stuff as well.

I never had it happen with young ones, but 2 of my adult hens have broken their claws. Did the same as debid. Styptic powder and I use a pair of small animal slippers to keep them trimmed.

When I got my first batch of 6 babies Salmon Faverolles, Speckled Sussex, Buff Orpington), it turned out 3 of them were cockerels. So I got 2 more (Welsummer, Easter Egger) to replace them. There was an age difference of 3 weeks. But the size difference was enough, we raised them separately...

Well, the initial introduction was me sneaking in at midnight to trade eggs for babies. I was hoping to be able to just go do the same again. Sneak out at midnight and stick her back under mom.

Well, she was a broody that I snuck the 5 babies under on Wed. They were about 3-4 days old at that time. I just want to be able to add her back in with the other 4 in a few days once she's better.

Thank you! I would love to keep him. He's exactly what I would want in a rooster. So good with the girls, not aggressive or mean. But I live in the city and they are illegal.

I have a week old bantam chick that fell out of the coop and got stuck btwn a straw bale and the fencing around the bottom of the coop. It was super cold and she nearly froze, but a mouse bit her on the foot while she was stuck and she lost 1 toe and I think might lose a second one. I'm going to...

She's a bantam about a week old. She's perked up, and is peeping a lot now. Her foot looks like she's damaged a toe and its going to come off. But her feet are feathered and so tiny, it's hard to do anything. For now I just wrapped it to keep it dry and stop the bleeding. Once I'm sure she's...

I found one of my babies this morning out of the coop and almost dead. We're warming it up and giving it warm sugar water, and it's peeped, but keeps pulling it's head back. There's a damaged foot, but I don't think that's the issue. Any ideas?

Yeah, my husband told me I couldn't have chickens. So he came home to 6 chicks in the bathroom 2 yrs ago. Now we have 11 hens, 1 rooster and 5 babies under a broody.

8 month old cockerel, beautiful guy but I can't keep him. Good home only, no freezer camp!