Search results for query: *

  1. redmacbear23

    HELP! Extreme eye Infection? Chorzya? Cholera? Injury!

    I would be interested in how this case turned out. I have a Mottle Cochin Bantam roo, and he developed a very hard pocket which took over an eye. I finally took him to our vet who gave him some twilight anesthesia, and with a laser cut off the pocket, which was solidified pus. He was given 10...
  2. redmacbear23

    Ugh! Stupid young rooster...

    I bought 6 RIR pullets last Spring, but one turned out to be a roo. He became just as aggressive as you describe, running at me, jumping at me, and just being a pain. After about 6 mos, he had de-feathered all of the hens, and was aggressive with them as well. We ended up having to end it after...
  3. redmacbear23

    Heat lamp thoughts!

    As long as you have the lamp safely installed and taken precautions about flammable items like bedding, you should be okay. We live in a rural mountain area, with nights as cold as below zero, and have a heat lamp in all our coops, near the ceilings. The chickens can wander about in large...
  4. redmacbear23

    Comment by 'redmacbear23' in article 'Cold Weather Advisory: A Detailed Look at the Question of Supplemental Heat'

    Great read, with many good tips. At our altitude in CO, with our cold and wind, I have to side with RezChamp in Manitoba. We have to heat. We have been very careful, keeping the red heat lamps above the chickens, and keeping heated watering bowls. We check constantly, since the coops are covered...
  5. redmacbear23

    Small compact coop vs. tall coop?

    You are absolutely right. We are at 7200ft in CO, and have 4, 10X10X8h runs, walk-in 4X4X8h coops with heat lamps in winter, and not only double fencing with chain link and chicken wire, but opaque poly roofing over the runs for the snow. We have bears so we really worked on safe fencing...
  6. redmacbear23

    (Pics)HELP, Am I crazy?? Chicken has not laid egg, no Signs off egg binding, or lethargy!!!

    Sounds like you are doing everything you can. What are you feeding? I know some readers will cringe, but sometimes you can add some supplement to their water. Certain times of the year, when the weather is too hot, too cold, or just in transition, hens won't lay. But if you feel an egg, the hen...
  7. redmacbear23

    Winter Care Tips?

    We live at 7200ft in CO mountains, and have 4 large coops/yards. We have to have really aggressive fencing to keep out bears, so the chickens don't get to free range. We keep heat lamps in all 4 coops, at least 4 ft above the chickens, if temps get below freezing, and have screened vents as well...
  8. redmacbear23

    Rooster Characteristics? Agressive vs. non agressive

    I have 4 roos, and out of all, the Bantam is most aggressive. Raised the others, and they eat out of my hand. Two are gold and red mixed breed, another is a Red, So a lot is how they are raised I think, and some types are just naturally more protective of their hens and/or aggressive toward...
  9. redmacbear23

    What is the price of peanuts in China? What are you paying for feed?

    Paying about $13.99 for Nutrena 16% crumbles, $10.99 for scratch, and supplement with greens and cracked corn, also $10.99. 4 Mottled Cochin Banties, 1 Gold Lace Cochin Bantie, 1 Bantam Roo, 1 White Wy, 1 Gold Lace Wy.
  10. redmacbear23

    Is it cruel to have chickens if they can't free range?

    Hi, We have 6 hens and a roo in a 10'X14' chain link dog kennel, with an adjacent 4'X4'Coop, and they are fine. We have bears, cougars, coyotes, hawks, eagles, so the very protected yard(with strong wire fencing for roof) is essential. Over that we have a poly, opaque roof to keep snow off the...
  11. redmacbear23

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2011

    So, why don't my chickens molt? I want photos too!!
  12. redmacbear23

    Colorado

    Good to see fellow mountain types out there! We live south of Walsenburg in the Spanish Peaks. FYI-there is a poultry sale and trade in Penrose(West of Pueblo)every 1st and 3rd Saturday, at the feed store. Don't know if it goes on during the winter. We have 3 horses, also known as Yard Art, 2...
  13. redmacbear23

    Sick Rooster cured

    Thanks, Maknat! Sounds like you have your hands full anyway. This was the second time the roo was sick, but first time I knew he had been overcome with heat exhaustion. He was ORANGE! Kept liquids in him and he came back. Glad we don't have your humidity here in Colorado mtns. 3 horses, 3 dogs...
  14. redmacbear23

    Ok really! WHO IS SICK OF IT?! ~UPDATED!~

    I got my first egg from a hatchling today. They were hatched last May. I've always found my girls love warm goat milk on cold mornings, and they lay better. When I had a cow, I fed milk right from her. I also feed chopped spinach, out of a bag if I am out of fresh. I live in the mountains of...
  15. redmacbear23

    Sick Rooster cured

    I found my Cochin Rooster, 1 yr old, looking like a sack of feathers. For a week I held him and fed him eyedroppers of duramycin treated water, crushed chicken meal in weak milk, and sometimes some cream of wheat in milk. I kept him apart in a carrier, with water and food available, but he just...
  16. redmacbear23

    How to treat poultry lice in a flock of 200 chickens plus turkeys?

    Love the garlic water idea. Much easier. Also dusting the roosts and boxes, etc. I use Sevin, but only have a small flock and can catch them up one at a time, then dust under the feathers. There is a Poultry Protector in a small spray bottle that works on nesting areas. Also I use some of the...
  17. redmacbear23

    How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens? - OLD

    I was raising chickens on a farm in Missouri when the kids were little. Now the kids are grown, and I've been raising some hens and a Mottled Cochin Bantam rooster for several years. The Bantams continue to give me hatchlings, but we also have a Gold Lace Wyandotte Cochin, a Gold Lace Wyandotte...
  18. redmacbear23

    new Bantam chicks

    Thanks! She is my only hen, since finding her partner dead a few weeks ago. I was going to get more, but then she started setting, so thought I'd wait. I worry about the roo tho. I can put him in a second yard when I try them out in 2 weeks, per your advice. Thanks again.
  19. redmacbear23

    new Bantam chicks

    My Bantam hen just hatched some chicks. Not sure of number yet, but there were 5 eggs, and I found one dead chick, which is heartbreaking. I have hen blocked off in corner of roomy coop away from Bantam rooster. There is a chick feeder and waterer in with her and chicks. One chick is pecking...
Back
Top Bottom