Recent content by PoultryQueen29

To be clear, I’m not advocating that the spurs be used as a definitive answer. It’s just another thing to look at that may or may not help. From what I’ve read, spurs can develop as early as 3 months or as late as 9 months depending on the breed. I haven’t done any research on this breed...

Off the top of my head, I know worms can cause this. If they haven't been wormed recently and aren't being fed diatomaceous earth, I would start doing one of those two things. I prefer food-grade diatomaceous earth over dewormer because it's relatively inexpensive and I can keep it in the feed...

I'd have to agree that Roxanne looks more like a Rocky based on those saddle feathers, but all of your birds are beautiful and I wish you the best of luck with them!

I'd need to know the age to be confident and a full body pic would be helpful, but I'm guessing cockerel. A pullet's comb would only be that large and red right before laying for the first time, and even then that seems like a big comb for a pullet. The tail feathers also look roo-ish: long...

I had a chick with exactly the same problem. She was a runt, already skinny and lethargic, and got pecked in the eye. I separated her with one other chick, put electrolytes in her water, and tried to treat the eye with warm saline, vaseline, and terramycin ointment; that only made her scratch at...

I have a 6 week old pair of black copper marans from DragonFly Farm in Hillsborough, NC (hatched 3/26). I have been handling and socializing them since they were one day old and they are total sweethearts (the cockerel loves to follow me around, eat from my hand, and sit on my shoulder), I just...

I know this isn't about chickens but I need some help. I am a huge bird lover and every year I take time to locate nests and I watch as they are built and the eggs are laid. I always keep my distance from the nest so I don't attract attention, but the last few years none of the nests have been...

I think i'll go with the 1588 Hovabator. Thanks again everyone!

I was thinking about getting a Brinsea but they are super expensive. It's well over $300 for one that holds more than 10 eggs. I'll look at the 1588 and everything :) Thanks for the help!

I wanted to do a little hatching project this summer. Hatch eggs for people and maybe make a little money off of it. I love hatching eggs so it would be really fun. I want a good incubator for this (at the time I have a Little Giant cheap styrofoam incubator that almost killed my eggs the first...

Thanks for the help! Would a snake or something get in through the chicken wire to the run and then get into the coop? My chicken coop has lots of security latches and my run is a full cage. The top, bottom, and sides are chicken wire. Any predator would have to be small enough to get through...

I had three, 8 1/2 month old pullets that were laying very well. One silkie, one polish/silkie mix, and one EE. About a month ago, my silkie was taken from the coop by something. After that my polish/silkie mix slowed to a complete stop with her laying. My EE went layed for about a week after...

Minerva (Minnie) is a 10 month old female black holland lop bunny we have up for free adoption. All of her supplies including the cage, food, toys, water jug and feeder, come with her no charge! She likes to play with you with her toys and she will come up and and nudge your hand but she does...

Ok thanks :) When will she start laying again?

After my black silkie vanished from the coop (probably a predator broke in and took her), my polish/silkie mutt skidded to a stop with her laying. She laid 2 days after it happened and then after that she hasn't laid anything. It's been about 2 1/2 weeks. She used to lay every other day and...