Recent content by roosterlover101

I feel like you are right. I now realize the cabinets where I had the feed are on wall that on the other side is the south facing front of the house and it is in full sun as long as it is day. It is also just off to the side above the kitchen sink. Now I will not want to store anything there...

Unfortunately I no longer have that info. I threw the original bag away. I should have taken a snapshot at least.

It didn't have clumps in it when I emptied it into the ziplocks. That is why I did put it in the ziplocks, to inspect the food and put it in what I thought was a better storage option. But I wonder if the feed could have still had undetectable moisture in it? The feed in the first five...

I think I have had it around two months.

I purchased a large bag of feed and divided it into ziplock gallon bags and put them in my kitchen cabinet. I do this so that I can make sure all the food is good with no clumps or anything. And I thought the ziplock bags would keep moisture out. I have already fed about 5 of the gallon bags...

My rooster's comb is softer today than usual. It is still the regular color and temp. But just softer, more pliable to my touch. I am worried. What could this mean? He is acting normal. I do think he is molting a little though.

How did the cooking spray work for you? I have been using it for over a month and I am not sure it is working...

I tried the vaseline and it was very messy and I felt like I couldn't get it up under the scales. Some people suggested cooking oil and I liked that I could angle the spray up the legs under the scales. I would go back to vaseline if it makes a difference.

No he has no trouble walking or anything. His legs have looked like this for a very long time and, due to inexperience, I used to just think that this was the way chicken legs look.

I also meant to say that I do spray the oil at an angle to force it to go up under the scales.

Thank you for responding. He is almost 3 years old. He is currently fed Nutrena NatuerWise Chick Starter.

I took this rooster to the the vet and even the vet wasn't sure if he had scaly leg mites or not... I have been spraying the legs with oil for over a month and I have seen no change in appearance. Could this be something else? Does anyone have experience and could give guidance in this...

She is a barred Plymouth Rock. I have only seen these hens with small combs in the past. I'm guessing hers just malformed? She does seem to get hot more quickly than my other birds. Could that be why her comb grew like this? I wouldn't want to do anything that causes her harm. Is there a...

Is there a way to remove a chickens comb? My chickens comb is large and flopped down over her eye. It looks stupid, I am sure she doesn't like it, she can't see out of that eye and I think this will ruin her vision in that eye. I don't know why her comb grew so big like a rooster comb, or why...

How detrimental is this? We only have the option of incubating 1 or 2. The chick would get a lot of attention from my 12 year old daughter... Then when full grown would also have the company of it's parents.