HELP!!! I just realized that my mother hen has a bad case of lice. I'm not quite sure what to do. She has one chick which I don't want getting lice. I have washed her in soap, then bleach, then vinegar. I got quite a few of them off, but there are still a ton left, mainly young white ones. I...
Hi guys. I have a broody hen who just hatched out a chick! We've had loads of chicks but this is our first hick hatched by a hen. Is it alright for our broody hen to eat the starter with the chick? Or to I need to feed her layer pellets tot he side?
Calling all Sherlock Holmes out there...
Today at lunch, when I went down to the chicken run, a dog cage that was just outside the door of the run was covered in thick red blood. One of my hens had been free ranging around and is thankfully alright, as are all of my other birds. The only clue...
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Thanks. We live right by the ocean. I can't think of any bodies of water apart from the sea. Do you think something would have taken all three of them without leaving any evidence? They are all quite large.
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I have three free range male ducks. This morning I couldn't find them anywhere.They have been missing for at least 7 hours. I don't have any females. As it is spring time would they just leave to find a partner? They seem to be really happy here. They roam around the yard and...
The same thing happened to one of my Polish. She was fine one day day and then the next couldn't even lift her head. You are doing the right thing by feeding wet food and water. If it is the same thing that happened to mine it could mean that she just got really dehydrated and hungry. Mine was...
If you don't want to cut their crests another thing to do is you could tie them up out of their eyes. I have done this with my Polish and now see can see a lot better and is a lot happier.
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I am going to be getting some blue, black and splash standard cochins soon. I was just wondering how old they are before you can sex them and if there is a certain trick to doing it apart from looking at their comb and wattles. I have heard that you can sex them like the Brahmas (the...
Hi everyone, I'm thinking of getting some Russian Orloffs soon. How is their temperament? Are they good with kids? I would be using them as a 4-H project so they would be around people a lot and would have to walk and pose for judges. Do you think that they are too flighty for that?
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I was at the fair briefly last weekend. Though I wasn't showing anything. Where you there? I live in the Coombs area. I have dark Brahmas. I don't have any roosters but the man who I got them from breeds them. Do you happen to know of anyone with Houdans, st. cochins or appenzellers or some...
Hello fellow flock members,
I live on Vancouver Island and I was wondering if there are any other breeders out there. I have some Brahmas, silver laced Wyandottes and some other assorted breeds.