Thank you!
Hans has been the solo rooster in this flock for the last 2 months.
I’ve never seen Hans fight with other roosters. There are a pair who free range occasionally. They don’t often come near Hans’s flock, but it’s possible they have fought at the fence.
Hans is a 1 year old Bielefelder rooster. His rear toes looked a little inflamed a few weeks ago. I suspected SLM and so I dipped his (and most of the rest of the flock) legs in vegetable oil a few times. This seemed to be the most efficient option for the amount of chickens. No one else had...
Here’s a few more pics. This is a good one to show Traci’s comb color vs Vera Ellen’s comb color. They’re both 4 wk Silverrudds. Although one of my other splash Silverrudds comb suddenly turned pinkish-red… if the color indicates male, I could have 2 males… but the combs aren’t large so there’s...
Quick follow up- Marilyn Monroe seems to have made a full recovery. In fact, to look at her, you can’t tell there was ever a problem. 👏
However I suspect some lasting damage of some sort because the other day I picked her up from above, and she used her leg to try and dislodge herself from my...
I’m suspicious of 2 of my hatchery sexed birds.
Spudnut is a 6 week old Easter Egger. She is the largest chick in her clutch, larger than the BO. (The size difference was significant around 2-3 weeks but has evened out more now). Her feathers have come in cleanly like a pullet. Comb is a little...
I’m contemplating a tattoo to memorialize my Peanut Butter who I lost back in November.
I’m a soon-to-be 44 year old women with no ink. I tend to think small, dainty, & simple is the way to go with tattooes since they change as we age. I’m thinking about an image of a feather. She was a...
I had a chick hatch with wry neck a few months ago. I syringed a couple droplets of Poultry Cell in her beak every few hours and it cleared up in a few days. I hope your baby clears up quickly, too!