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Approx every 4 to 5 months depending on growth. It's just like filing fingernails. It's super easy and only takes a couple mins. Mine would just sit there without having to be wrapped in a towel or anything. I used a Demel tool on low speed only. I started having to do it at approx 6 months of...

Unfortunately, your story is the exact same thing I delt with 2 years ago. Needless to say, I tried everything under the sun and nothing worked so my RIR's (aggressors) were rehomed. Space wasn't an issue because they roamed on approx 5 acres of land. Their coop was gigantic, way more space than...

One of my Silkies looked just like yours at that age and it started around the same time as your little one started showing signs. As she got older, it got worse. Most cross beak hens will have laying/reproductive issues later on down the road so that's something to also take into consideration...

So sorry. 😔

Hey there, just wanted to check in on you and Smith. How are things going? Has there been any improvements within the last day or so?

Yes, that would work! I use 5 gallon Tidy cat buckets with Rent-a-Coop watering cups. I drilled the appropriate size hole approx an inch from the bottom of the bucket and screwed the cups in. They work great! However, if you live in a cold climate during winter months you will need to...

I have 4 Easter Eggers and 14 Silkies. Both are very docile and super friendly breeds. My Easter Eggers however will jump up and roost on my shoulders while I do chores in their coop. They are super nosey and have to be right up my rear end at all times. They'll literally stand on top of my...

No problem! I think the thing that baffled us the most is everytime we'd see the neighbors outside, they'd wave, say hi, etc... They never mentioned anything about not wanting the chickens to go over there anymore. There was never an argument between us, or anything. And then, all of a sudden...

We actually had a similar situation happen a few years back. We had a neighbor that seemed like they didn't mind and went as far as telling my husband our chickens (7 Silkies) could wander on over there anytime because their poop is an excellent fertilizer, so on and so forth. They wouldn't go...

Yes, if you zoom in on the pic they're right up under the end of the comb. You can slightly see them in the pic, they look like tiny slits on both sides of the beak.

Poor baby! Opossum teeth are no joke! By looking at the second pic, it appears to me that she may have possibly lost/severely injured an eye by getting it punctured from the force of it's teeth. Theres a lot of tissue surrounding those areas on the head/face and whatnot. I would definitely give...

All pullets!

I call that the teeter-totter! They'll do a quick up and down motion with their entire body, then straighten their neck all the way out and quickly walk in circles around themself! Both my drakes do it when they're excited. It's absolutely hilarious to watch and completely normal behavior.

Yes, but I'll have to find them. I just recently got a new phone so my photos are scattered throughout several SD cards. I'll post the pics as soon as I find them though. While in the process of trying to find the chick I'm talking about from my first batch, I did run across one from my second...

I had one that looked just like your little one in the pic and thought for sure she was going to be a blue, but nope, she's pure white! It's really hard to tell at that age because they change and grow so quickly.

@JRies I was wondering how your Buff's from JW's are doing? I ordered "Super Africans" this year from Stromberg's and I'm unsure if I want to keep my order and possibly receive whatever type of goslings they send me. Another thing that I'm feeling iffy about is they didn't have any hatch...

I can completely agree with that. I've read so many different forums where ppl started their hum at 40+ and had disasterous results. I decided to try more of the dry method seeming how I'm using a styro bator and whatnot. I'm just having a hard time determining where the air cells should be at...

So would you recommend me running my hum lower than what I have it now? At least until day 19 and then boost it up to 55-65? Or, what are some suggestions for me to do according to my air cells at this point? If you think I should, what is the absolute lowest I shouldn't let it go? Or should I...

So does this sound about right?....I'm beginning day 16 in a couple hours (2pm EST) and the hum is at 31 right now. Would you recommend not adding water and just letting it drop from here on out until it gets down to 25 or so, or maybe even lower? (without water added it gets down to 10) Then...

That's what I was thinking but I just wanted to double check..... So at this point should I keep my hum steady and between 30-35 or should I go a little lower? I don't want them to draw back to much by day 19- 20 and the chick have problems, but at the same time I don't want them to not be big...