Recent content by redeyedroland

Hello... I have 35 eight week old Buff Orpingtons and Barred Plymoth Rocks. It is looking like the cockrel to pullet ratio is about 20 to 15 so far. That means that in another month or two I will need to process about 20 birds in one day. I usually pluck my birds by hand but I've only done...

Nice lot of girls. Couldn't help but notice that some of your girls have bare spots on their backs. Do you have a picking problem?

I am having the same problem whith about 5 of my RIRs. I posted the problem here and got some good advise. First I thought mites or lice. Dusted each bird and the coop but accually saw no evidence of mites or lice. I use DE abundantly so I don't think mites are my problem. I have narrowed...

Thanks, I'll check tomorrow. I didn't think I would have this problem since I use DE everywhere and on everything. If that is the case then how do I treat them and will they begin to look beter if the treatment is successful?

I have 10 RRR hens that are 8 months old. All are in good health and most are laying. I've noticed here lately that the tail feathers on 6 or 7 of them look ragged. 3 or 4 are loosing feathers around their rear ends. I also noticed some dried blood around the base of some or there tail...