Need some help. I have a two year old RI Red, typically active and vocal. Since last evening she has been moving slow, quiet, sparsely eating/drinking and I know something is not right. I noticed when she did nibble on some soft food, she acted like it was maybe hard to swallow for lack of a...
Aloha, I have a broody hen who is determined to raise her own.
If you have fertilized eggs, please share with me what you have now. I only raise egg layers. I have 2 Arucanas, 2 reds, 2 black copper marans and one orphington.
Life is sweet, cept I have a Broody one that wants to hatch some of...
Hello! Your birds are beautiful. Things are going great with my birds. My Marans I discovered are not pure bred, but I love them. They are a year old now.
I have 5 other hens now
2 Aruacan's
2 Reds
1 Orphington
They are all laying now, which is great. I haven't had too much of an issue of...
about the blender, maybe it is just me but the egg shells and egg shell lining my girls are producing are very thick and hard to crush up easily. The blender helps me get the shells crushed and mixed with the other stuff on a low/slow pulse speed. That is all, I'm just looking for easy !
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So my girls decided to venture out of the yard and head back to the hills to meet the boys, so now I have even more of a problem. Good news, they came running when I called them, the bad news is that as soon as I noted they were back and gave them treats for good coming home behavior, they went...
I have been trying to think of a convenient way to save up and handle the "chicken suitable" scraps from my kitchen i.e. egg shells, veggie/fruit pieces etc that I want to give the birds. I think I've got it! I bought a decent used blender at a garage sale and put the base on the counter in...
Thanks, I agree as the wild bird illness scare me. I don't really want a rooster, noisy when they are right under your window in the morning. I am not sure what I am going to do, but will keep you in the loop.
Hi, YES! my girls just started laying mid October and it is going great. I have two French Black Copper Marans. Sweet and very tame.
Pita and Roxanne :)
My new chicks are (hopefully) all egg layers.
I have two Reds, two Aruacanas and one Orphington. They are about 11 days old now and...
Aloha! I am a Wailua Homesteads girl and raising birds. Would love to connect with others locally who can share info and ideas etc. I have 2 7 month old layers and 5 chicks. I love my girls
Oh, thank you for the post! We have tons of mosquitos here, so I am thinking you are correct. The two hens don't pick at each other much at all, they get along well. Does anyone know if I can use Neosporin or other generic antibiotic ointment on her spot?
Aloha! I have a 6 1/2 month old hen. She overall she has appeared healthy and just started laying about 3 weeks ago. Just 4 days ago I noted a dark raised spot on her crown. Looks like a dark wart if I am trying to describe it. We are in warm weather and there is only one other hen that is...