I'm in Jacksonville! My boss hen was just attacked by a raccoon. My dog got its leg but it got away. She's got the two wounds where it grabbed her by the back to try to get away. Pic for detail. Can she make it? Is it more humane to just euth? Of course she's the fav & loves our 2yrs old
Name of photo~ she's beauty, she's Grace
Chicken's name~ Dixie
Gender~ pullet
Username~ love laugh farm
Fun facts~ Dixie is one bad mama jama. She's a southern handful that wants to know why you're looking at her sisters as if you're allowed to hold them. She will run off with your cuticle if...
Name of photo~ Angel wings
Chicken's name~ Chewbawkbawk
Gender~ pullet
Username~ love laugh farm
Fun facts~ Chewbawkbawk belongs to my 10 year old son, who has never had interest in my chickens, but feel in love at the sight of her at the feed store. Her favorite treat is my ivy tattoo on my...
It'll take a bit for then to become accustomed to their new home. Mine took nearly 4 months! Note they are laying like champs. Just be sure they have proper home, run, fresh food and water daily, and no crazy dangers around. I'm surrounded by neighbors with dogs that bark constantly, they've...
...roosters. Some people get annoyed at everything, a friend had cops called on her for killing THE WEEDS in her own backyard that is completely enclosed by privacy fence.. Talk to your Tennant to see if the neighbors are just crabby people. If they *must* get rid of them then try your local...
My hens have just started laying, though I think it may be unrelated, their combs have gotten these black spots on them.. Live in Florida, so not frostbite, tried to rub it off so not dirt, always fresh water and frozen treats around 4:30-5 p.m., and in 80% shade so they aren't dehydrated or...
Standard Feed orders all their chicks from either MyPetChicken.com or Meyer Hatchery, can't remember which. I go through them rather than ordering online because that way I don't have to pay for shipping myself and if I just want to pick up 2-3 chicks I can, plus I don't have to sit, wait and...
Try Standard Feed and Seed on 1236 Kings rd, It's downtown jax. Just be sure you are very much aware of what the chicks you want look like, they got mine mixed up (Though that's the first time it's happened.)
They have Ameraucanas coming in on the 24th and sometimes they'll special order for...
Tuff is very mobile when she's in the cage and we are not holding her though, we are raising them outside in a cage next to the coop so they and the hens are used to each other by the time they are old enough to integrate. I feed the chicks once in the morning but give them enough to last the...
.. So basically diet and exercise will help? XD that's awesome! I did want to cull her.. but she's so friggin awesome and they seem to be sooooooooooooooooo attached!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/688779/easter-egger-question-of-egg-color
The thread above cleared it up pretty well for me! Check that one out too!
I had told them from when we first got them that it was a BO and a very meaty bird so don't get attached, Maybe his A.D.H.D will help him get focused on another chick. I just may take him to the feed store and offer a trade for a brand new baby he can pick out and everything :/ sometimes the...
...(don't worry they are), posing her to learn what's where, and basically doing everything that would be a normal terror for every chicken, that's a **** awesome chicken. He is gentle and never hurts her, but he's fast and nonstop and she doesn't care one bit. **** it. Best we can do is spoil...
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same eggs in both pics. This was their 3rd day laying, The eggs are now darker and most speckled. I'll try to take pics today of ours, They've been laying 1-2/day per hen! We are averaging 18-19 per week for 2 hens! Best $10 ever spent for a started pol pullet!