Recent content by sean_wonder

Hey, I have a chicken named Goose too! Her baby is named Turkey... I've never seen them fight over an egg though. Such a cute pair!

Thank you! I am studying Animal Science in prep to be a large animal farm vet. I left behind six MPE Silkie x EE crosses, one Cream Legbar, one barnyard mutt, two Brahmas, and one Olive-Egger (who lays brown eggs).

By my girls, I mean my flock of hens. I'm turning 20 tomorrow; no kids for me yet xD

Good morning! I'm new to this thread (and I'd disappeared off BYC for almost 2 years) so hopping on to hopefully get back into it :) especially since I'm at college and had to leave my girls behind.

Not sure if this is in the subtext as well but if you string old, plain CDs (as in, silver on both sides) along the netting, it's a great deterrent for the hawks as well :)

I know, but it still makes me nervous they’re feathering at such different times. My other girls didn’t feather this way... but these are also my first meat breed

I have two almost 1 week old brahma pullets, but Ladybug isn’t feathering as fast as her sister. I know they are slow to feather, but Ladybug’s sister seems to be feathering a lot more normally if that makes any sense? I’m not sure. Ladybugs wings are just much shorter than her sister’s. Not...

You think it was moth larvae? Well that's good! I'm glad they won't get worms. But Ive already started the dewormer, so I'll just finish it and then they'll be good for the fall

Update: seems like the garage is extremely humid & I didn’t realize. 🤦‍♀️

I usually only have yk buy 1 50lb bag every few months. the bag was a quarter full when it got infected... so not pre infested. weirdest of all is the fact that out of the 3 places the food is stored, the completely outdoor chicken feeder is the least bad.

I threw it all away. It was Purina all flock, same as I always get. Usually lasts months.

Just gave them dewormer.

The film isn’t mold. I’m not sure what it is. But I flipped over the feed and within 10 minutes the gray filmy stuff was back on the surface.

Please help, all of a sudden all of my food has gotten a gray film over the top and smells sour, like lemons. It also moves around on its own and I swear I can see little worms, maybe maggots cause we have maggots??? What happened??? Will my chickens be ok??? I’m gonna deworm them

Welcome! Please tell us all about your birds!!! Feel free to private message with any questions!! Chicken keeping is easily one of the most gratifying and wonderful passions I've ever had. I hope you enjoy your journey!