Recent content by RedNeckRosie

Birdman, that is what my package is marked below duramycin and what I'm using. Pinkaboo, I didn't rule out blood until I saw ... well I guess chicken snot and later after free ranging is when it turned black. I have been stalking my chickens like a nervous maniac. Oh wait, I am a nervous...

I think the ONLY thing I'm sure of right now is that losing the first hen was NOT an isolated loss. :(

Today everyone seems ok. All are active. Could the 1 hen I lost just be a single hen that got a secondary infection from the vent gleet?

Please, ANY advice or ideas. I'm upset! I lost a hen today, a good hen ... all my hens are good. I noticed 1 hen wasn't out free ranging, she sat in the coop door, went later to check and she was on roost earlier than usual and had something hanging off her butt. She gave us a pretty good chase...

Thank you Sourland. And Kelsie, I was wrong. The egg is cream and is from the Wyandotte! Oops. :) I have now added a black jersey giant, 4 leghorns and a banty pair that ate black mountain spotted.

Yes, both are hens.

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/redneckrosie1/Mobile%20Uploads/20140617_192249_zps5fbugia_edit_1404088869693_zpshd1rdvtl.jpg Her chest feathers are better now. Hoping I linked the images correctly.

First time adding photos with a tablet, hope it works. And http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/redneckrosie1/Mobile%20Uploads/20140617_192235_zpsptqfs7i_edit_1404088931498_zpsouye6o4s.jpg

My photbucket password has ran out of my head. Let me see if I can figure the silly thing out.

Oops, forgot to add I have 11 EE's, bought 3/31, close to laying any day but I don't think they left the extra egg.

My husband visited farmers market and picked me up 2 hens mear the end of May. A RIR and a Wyandotte. I know their travels and rehoming is stress and it takes time for them to lay. RIR looks rough, seller said other hens were picking her feathers and her butt/rump is still bare although...

Im tapping on an uncooperative tablet, I really can spell ... sorry.

We had this happen several years ago, my husband's grandmother sias weaels, a ferret turned loose, she named off several critters. We set the live trap up, wired a piece of chicken in there and caught what HAD to be the oldest, roughest looking hoot owl we have ever seen! He'd pop their heads...

Yes, it's probably more of a habit.

Thank you TwoCrows.