Saturday March 14, 2009
I took Spiffy out of her house and collected all of her nesting material. She squawked at me and pecked me when I was removing it (well when she caught me) and then I gave her food (corn scratch & wild bird food mixed with oyster shells and water with the vitamin mix...
Aloha JJ,
I do not feed Spiffy layer food, I just did not think that I needed to because I really never thought about raising her for her egg production ( a bonus now that I think about it) and I really did not think that she would ever want to sit on any of her eggs.
This is because as soon...
Aloha thebritt,
Spiffy laid her egg on the 8th February and I counted the 21 days and then left her egg in for around 5 days, and then I removed it. Her eyes are not covered by feathers and I will post a few links. I have tried everything even holding her beloved ravioli in front of her and...
Aloha Courtney,
Thank you for the suggestions and I will do what you suggest. She does have a crest and it is small however when she went broody it did shrink quite a bit. Her eyes are clear and bright, I have seen no changes in them EXCEPT that before she got sick there seemed to be more...
Hi All,
I have a question about a broody hen. First let me tell you about her.
1. She is a wild chicken (Hawaii).
2. She was given to me as a chick and her leg was hurt and she could not walk.
3. I nursed her and gave her good food and finally she was able to walk again. She is a pet.
4...