My husband, three daughters and me!
We were out cutting down our Christmas Tree
My Home after the big snowstorm
This is Raven and Milo...two of my kitties. They don't always get along so well so I had to get a picture =)
My kitty, Simba. Raised him from bottle...
A lot of it depends on where you live too. I know in NJ groceries have gone up like crazy. It's honestly much cheaper to get a pizza out than to cook your own meal. We do not eat like kings by any means and I buy just what's on sale...no snack foods...and I spend well over $600 a month for my...
I have the same problem with my polish sometimes. I am just afraid to stick her head in water because I am so scared I will get water down her nostrils and drown her.
Welcome to the forums!
I live in NJ as well and I thought everyone in the neighborhood would think I was a weirdo for having chickens around here. Turned out another guy around the block has them too and I never knew it. lol
I live in Northern NJ, where are you?
My sister lives in...
I am going to be taking care of her wound soon and what I really need to know most of all if anyone can answer is this:
Do I clean the old ointment off and wash out the wound or just reapply more ointment and redress?
I just saw this on ebay.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Oxytetracycline-343-For-Poultry-Swine_W0QQitemZ110339013599QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Duramycin-10-Water-Soluable-Tetracycline-Antibiotic_W0QQitemZ120355437718QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Farm_Supplies
Are either of these an ok antibiotic to use?
Well I let them all out today to free range and they seemed pretty happy about it. I even brought my poor injured Wyandotte, Gabby, out for a while to stretch her legs in a less muddy area. She's all bandaged up so the wound stays clean.
I am exhausted. I emptied the old hay from the run and...
There are 8 chickens in the coop currently...the coop size I cant remember exactly at the moment but ten used to be in there and there wasn't a problem however it was spring and summer and they were able to free range then.
The run is a good size but could be a little bigger. There is hay on...
I patted her dry with a spare towel and put her in a laundry basket for now until my daughter brings home a box. I put her in my spare bathroom in the dark for now to settle down. I just checked her and she seems to be quiet for now.
I ran to to drug store before I got a reply to find some...
When I went out to lock up my chickens tonight I found blood in the coop. One of my chickens has been picked to shreds on her left side near her hind end. There is a big chunk missing and skin hanging.
I think the other chickens must have attacked her and just kept going at it. I brought her in...
...to take a picture...normally they are chasing each other around the house. =P
Simba - bottle fed as a teeny baby cause he was abandoned by his mommy.
You raise them, feed them, clean up after them, and what happens??? They get into pot! *tsk,tsk*
Libby and Chance on a camping trip...
name: Little Bear
age: 7 months
gender: Rooster
type: Black silkie
Favorite pastime: Crowing for all the neighborhood to hear =P
name: Charlie
age: 7 months
gender: Pullet
type: White silkie
Fun fact: We hatched six silkies. Gave five girl names and one a boy name.
Out of the group we...
I have been a very bad girl. I went from a pack a day down to nothing, up to three a day and now back up to 8-10 a day. What really blew it was a health scare for one of my daughters. Scared the u know what outta me and I smoked like a fiend that night.
I am still trying to convince myself I...
I gave my chickens some nice warm oatmeal with sliced bananas to warm their bellies yesterday morning. Later in the day I checked on them again and wanted to give them fresh, unfrozen water, and found my silkie rooster must have walked through the bowl of oatmeal. He had it all over his...