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  1. RollerDerbyLexi

    Finally built a Turkey house they like.

    Thank you for posting this. I've been looking for do it yourself turkey coops and most don't look turkey friendly.
  2. RollerDerbyLexi

    Bubbles in the eye

    I had that bubble eye problem and my chickens came down with chickenpox. They all survived and my rooster was blind for a couple weeks. I'm glad your girl is doing well. It started as weird bubbles and then the sneezing. I had to separate the rooster cause the girls would peck at his bubbly...
  3. RollerDerbyLexi

    Chicken Flesh Eating Disease? Warning-Graphic pics

    Hello, this thread really helped me, so I'm sharing my flystrike story. I have a chicken that has a bowed leg deformity and walks kinda sluggish. She started deteriorating. I chalked it up to her disability getting the best of her. Anyways, I noticed excess brown on her butt. I knew...
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    Poultry breeders Texas

    Hi there! I bought all my chicks for Seabreeze Hens. http://www.seabreezehens.com/ It's a local hatchery. The owner is very nice and honest. She's in San Leon, TX. Her facebook and website is usually updated to her sock. I have all great things about my experiences with her. I got two...
  5. RollerDerbyLexi

    ameraucana rooster??

    Both my Easter Eggers turned out to be HENS! I have lots a weird blue, olive and greenish eggs!
  6. RollerDerbyLexi

    Oh Shoot , racoon and now a skunk :-(

    We have a skunk in our neighborhood too. Will they actually go after the chickens? I have seen them chase after mice that the chickens attract. Our neighbor feeds a barn cat. Her food attracts the skunk too. I lock my girls up at night. My next purchase is going to be the automatic...
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    Transitioning tweens to the coop

    Update! My teens are 17 weeks and are getting along great with the older three. They are starting to be a bit more assertive and the rooster is leaving them alone now. I was happy to see them roosting next to the big gals this week. I was having an issue with the teens wanting to stay by the...
  8. RollerDerbyLexi

    ameraucana rooster??

    I'm 90 % sure Rock n Rye is a girl. She's not laying or crowing yet
  9. RollerDerbyLexi

    Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

    I decided against ducks do to the doo doo situation. I know they are full of personality, but so are my hens and roo. Anyone have anything to share about Turkeys? I still have a want for a few Palms.
  10. RollerDerbyLexi

    Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

    I moved from Mesa AZ to Santa Fe Tx. Both hot climates but I totally think I upgraded as far as weather. Here humidity is a big problem. Here's my gauge on humidity and temp. And this is what I wanted to share. I just bought this on Amazon and can't wait to get it! It's a solar...
  11. RollerDerbyLexi

    Solar vent fans?

    http://www.amazon.com/DC-HOUSE-Powered-Venting-Stainless/dp/B01G1F8EE6/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1465071520&sr=1-3&keywords=small+solar+vent+fan
  12. RollerDerbyLexi

    How do you keep eagles away?

    I'm surprised this is not a popular topic. I guess I just lucked out to live in the Migration path of Golden (Mexican) Eagles. My free range flock has been attacked twice. The first attack I lost a 3 month old Orphington. These guys hunt in packs like wolves. The Cd's hanging from the...
  13. RollerDerbyLexi

    Transitioning tweens to the coop

    Oh boy Brown Leghorn Roosters are so pretty. If my guy ever departs I want one of those or Ayam Cemani roosters. My hatchery lady has the Ayams. They are so weird looking. I think the Brown Leghorn and Welsummers are what a rooster is supposed to look like. I also like the fact that they...
  14. RollerDerbyLexi

    Transitioning tweens to the coop

    I posted this is before and someone called me a bad chicken mom. My rooster has survived 2 eagle attacks, Avian Pox and 2 dog attacks. Believe me I have done everything besides lock them in a cage to remedy the predators. Funny thing is.... his name is Zombie. Welsummers were voted the...
  15. RollerDerbyLexi

    Transitioning tweens to the coop

    I think my rooster is sad and extra horny due to most of the flock passing away. I had three ladies that passed due to a neighbor dog attack. It was tragic for all. After relocating the coop (and threatening our neighbor with a shooting of their dog) I have two 10 month old hens and...
  16. RollerDerbyLexi

    Transitioning tweens to the coop

    In my opinion, chicks in the brooder is easy street. It's challenging when everyone is getting big and rambunctious. This is my second transition and first transition with a rooster in the coop. The tweens were penned in the big girl's run for two weeks before I put them in the coop one...
  17. RollerDerbyLexi

    Fowl fox

    Thanks for your enlightenment Diva. Living in coastal country comes with challenges to say the least. I must read up on migratory patterns of predatory birds as well as how to deal with neighbors with unrestrained digging chicken killing dogs. The pain I have felt emotionally and financially...
  18. RollerDerbyLexi

    Fowl fox

    I put him in a animal cage with food dishes on the side and hay on the bottom. I dipped his beak into the water. (He did not like this.) He figured out the food on his own. He did go a couple days without. I tried using a syringe to give a bird water before. I just got it to choke and...
  19. RollerDerbyLexi

    Fowl fox

    Like Workshire said, fowl pox must run it's course. Some will be worse than others. My Orphington had an eye swell up really bad and my rooster's eyes were sealed shut for at least a week. It thought for sure he would be blinded. I just gave them rooster booster in the water and a round of...
  20. RollerDerbyLexi

    Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

    So basically I took a 40 gallon tote that the chicks can enter themselves and I can lock up at night. Here i threw netting on top cause it was hot out and they were safe on the back porch. The box lid locks and I used wire to lock them in at night. ' We drilled holes in the top to allow...
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