Recent content by TBarry

thank you all the replied. Before panicking-I should have read on here as I always do. it's always reassuring to know others have gone thru this or worse. I looked at some pretty bad stories about hawks and dogs. we are fortunate. she is separated-I think a little depressed over it but she is...

I was able to read and find solutions on the site, although I had no replies the backyard chicken site is always helpful. I will stick to reading before reaching out as I usually can find a solution. yesterday I was in a panic but reading and knowing others have gone thru this is very helpful...

updated information, with help I was able to lift her wing as she would not allow me close to her, and there is a huge gash from the rooster. it is horrible. any advice that can be given would be helpful as we do not have a vet in this area that tends to chickens. I will also start my search on...

hello, I'm on backyard chicken daily, mostly reading and learning and enjoying the stories and photos. but I need advice if anyone has the time. right now I'm dealing with one hen with bumblefoot so I've been preoccupied with solving that but this is my girl Rosemary. I noticed her limping last...

I couldn't get any sound on the video, though you rooster seems smaller than mine. you can clearly see the collar on yours. our boy is getting pretty big-you can't see it under all his feathers. I've not tightened it since my last post, not taking the chance it's as tight as we can get it w/o...

I wish I could get the sound down that low.I did a sound check as I'm feeding a neighbors cat 3 doors down while she is away. Sat in her backyard and at 7:10 am-I could hear him and hear him clearly when walking back home. it's not as loud as it could be.....it garbles at the end, but I know...

I thought I would do an update in case anyone is still wondering about doing these collars. On return from my vacation-we tried to put the collar back on our boy. He did the usual backing up into things and not happy-but this time it was much more than 10 minutes. we sat out there for an hour...

have you had a chance to do your video? we have had our collar on our rooster for about a month-he was young (appx 3 1/2 months old) - I knew he was still growing so at night before bed we always did the pinky test. It didn't stop it -but did lower it, which was great. I am out of town with my...

I'm so sorry - I read this after I posted.

I've wanted to update on my collar. I still have it on our rooster. it's our first rooster-so honestly I don't know how loud the crowing may get as he grows BUT I think this may help. I just read Newly hatched eggs reply about that yellow tag (thanks for responding). we removed it as well as he...

thank you, I'll keep trying. I'm on day 4 and he is still crowing. he is young-only 3 months old-so it's not horrible-I'm trying to master this before that happens. I feel I cannot put it any tighter but will try again today. not giving up. thanks for the encouragement.

hello, hoping you could tell me how it's going with your rooster collar. unfortunately we live in a city that doesn't allow them and we are 90% sure we have a rooster. My husband feels we should wait until we get a complaint and then find him a home (which will be hard), I disagree and ordered...

Jesse's eye has healed. May have just been pecked at farm and it got a little infected. Did Neosporin and eventually the bubble opened and bleed. it is healing very nicely.

new parents again and new to byc.