Hello all...I forgot about this post, it seems like such a long time ago! I can't tell you how wonderful this little guy was. We called him Rocky (because he looked so beat up). I figured out how to get him to eat (just made mash with the chick starter) he loved it...but so did all the other...
kkelsh14. It is nice to know that I don't suffer alone (though you went through something far worse I think and I am sorry for that ). We have a new routine at our house, I let the dogs out a t 7 a.m. (too dark for the chooks to come out), the dog's free run and then they come in for...
azygous, thank you for your kind words and advice! I have managed to re-home one young roo, and am trying to re-home the other and then I hope I will have things under control...I hope.
azygous, thank you for your kind words and advice! I have managed to re-home one young roo, and am trying to re-home the other and then I hope I will have things under control...I hope.
I can tie him up, then he can't go after the chickens (as long as they are not dumb enough to go near him ) He is a Bull Mastiff (I know...what was I thinking)!
Well, call me stupid...It wasn't our roosters killing the pullets, it was our dog. I never imagined after 2 years of having chickens, our dog would develop a taste for fresh chicken. I feel like a total idiot, so does my husband as it was he that was at home when the attacks took place. I...
GuppyTJ. Thanks for the information and further to your question, I have a total of 11 chickens now, the group of roos/pullets in question are about 18 wks old. In that group are the 3 young roos, now 2 pullets, 1 hen. The other group is about 13.5 weeks old and consists of 5, 1 of them being...
I have taken your sage advice and have seperated the 2 JG/EE X roos from the rest of the flock. I will butcher them when I have a moment (and learn how to do that). The flock seems to be in harmony, even the youngest members have joined the flock. Though it certainly came at a high price as the...
Thank you all for your good advice. It makes a lot of sense that the two roos are competing and trying to mate on the fly so to speak while the alpha rooster is occupied. I really thought I would only have to concern myself with the roosters fighting among themselves, not worry about them...
I have 3 roosters and I am not sure which one is doing this. Earlier this week I found my 1 1/2 yr old JG hen badly beaten and bleeding. She was hiding and refused to go into the coop at night. She is now in the coop but wont come out. I thought something got in my yard and attacked her, but...
Ashem0: Come over to the May hatch, we can follow your incubation trials and tribulations there. I am sure my incubation experience was bad due to the fact the post service left my eggs out in -5 celsius for over 8 hours! I put 8 more in the incubator (Marans, Ameraucana, Welsummer and...
Hey mattsinger: Well I guess we can chalk it up to another life lesson! Is that a blue or a black Copper Marans? Sure is cute anyways! My little deformed peep is actually doing well, I was thinking I'd have to cull it, but so far he's loud and lively! He's running around looking for me (out...
Hi everyone: My only chick out of 7 eggs hatched yesterday (shipment of eggs frozen by postal service). It seems quite strong but has some physical problems (which I blame on the hatching eggs being frozen) it's eye on one side is not formed properly it is blind on that side, and it's beak...
Well, the little peep started zipping like crazy, it got about 1/2 way and just couldn't seem to go any further. It would try and try and push it's self out to no avail, and chirp, chirp the whole time. I finally went to bed at 1:30 a.m. I got up again at about 3:40 and he was still in the same...
Are you talking about the hygrometer? If so, you take a 1/4 c salt, 1/2 c water stir it up a bit (salt wont dissolve), put your hygrometer and salt water in a ziploc bag (put the salt in a dish in the ziploc) make sure the hygrometer doesn't come in contact with the salt water. Leave it in the...
Well,its day 21 and my one little survivor a BCM (The Postal service left my hatching eggs in the outdoor community mail box in the middle of April it was -5 Celsius), is pipping through it's shell. I have 8 eggs (BBCM, Welsumer, Barnevelder and Ameraucana) waiting to go into my little bator...