Search results for query: *

  • Users: cactus-hen
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. cactus-hen

    setting hen abandoned hatching eggs

    I had to move my setting hen 3 days before the chicks were due to hatch. I kept her in the same nest box and 3 chicks hatched without problems on day 21. The next day the broody pen door was left open and other hens got into the nest. Mom moved the hatched chicks but left the other eggs. Mom was...
  2. cactus-hen

    Fox sighting

    My neighbor told me she saw a fox and kit on her property three days ago, about an hour before sunset. She was sitting quietly out by her goat pen when they came out of a wash that crosses the property. She moved and the fox saw her and ran and the kit went into a culvert. About 15 minutes later...
  3. cactus-hen

    scaly leg mites

    Let me preface this to say that my chickens are not pets. I love them and all fifty have names but I can not hold them or even get close to some of them. We were exposed to scaly leg mite over a year ago. I had never seen them before and didn't recognize them nor realize how horrific they were...
  4. cactus-hen

    sense of smell

    Do chickens have a good sense of smell? I have a pullet that may be blind. She had an infection in both eyes several months go. She healed up nicely and is back with the flock. She doesn't flinch when I put my hands near her eyes. I fed her separately for a month to insure she got enough to eat...
  5. cactus-hen

    blind chicken

    I noticed a pullet with pecked spots near both her eyes the morning I had to leave for 4 days. The person I had feeding and watering would do that but not any special care. When I got back I found the pullet had an infection in both her eyes. I brought her into the house, got antibiotics for...
  6. cactus-hen

    puncture wound

    I got 11 hens 3 weeks ago. They have been in a quarantine coop until last night. I picked up a hen this am and discovered a piece of stick embedded in her thigh. She had no access to this type of material since she's been here. The stick was embedded about 1 1/2 inches in. When I removed the...
  7. cactus-hen

    age of independence

    How long should a hen keep her chicks with her? The chicks are half her size and she still is caring for them. They are going on 11 weeks old now. They still try to get underneath her at night. I had to put a platform on the roost as they would push each other off the roost trying to get under...
  8. cactus-hen

    sick turkey?

    My brother has a white tom turkey that is approx 5 months old. Two days ago it started staying inside the coop. He sits in a corner of the coop with his head drooping half way to the floor. It has little energy. He has taken it out and it will eat and drink and then it goes back into the coop...
  9. cactus-hen

    amount of food to give turkeys

    How much food should I put out for three turkeys? My brother bought a hanging feeder and the turkeys seem to waste a lot spilling it on the ground.
  10. cactus-hen

    trying to find day old chicks

    I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I need to find someone who can sell me several newly hatched or day old chicks. I'm in the Sacramento area but will travel anywhere in the San Francisco Bay area. I have a broody that has been setting for three weeks and all her eggs have...
  11. cactus-hen

    lock down

    When do you lock down a setting hen?
  12. cactus-hen

    moving day

    Well, Saturday is moving day. The new coop is set up and ready to go. I have a 12 hour drive ahead of me. I want to know how to crate the chickens for the drive. I have access to several wire dog crates. How closely should I put the chickens? I plan on putting the chickens in the car around 9pm...
  13. cactus-hen

    crop impaction - day 5

    Its now been 5 days since I noticed Wanda's crop was not emptying. She went to the vet today. He flushed out her crop, did not find any mass of material, just grain and yogurt. He thinks a blockage may be further down in the system. He emptied about half the material in her crop. I gave her some...
  14. cactus-hen

    impacted crop?

    48 hrs ago I noticed one of the hens with a full crop in the morning. I didn't get out to the coop yesterday morning early enough to get her before she got down from the roosts. She was on the roost when I went out to feed last night. I caught her and brought her into the house. She had a full...
  15. cactus-hen

    Eggs good - day 23

    I put some eggs under my brothers 2 broody hens 25 days ago. Five eggs under each hen. On Friday one hen hatched out all 5 chicks. The other hen is still sitting on her eggs. Is there a chance that they are still good? The first hen rarely got off the nest. The second hen would get off up to...
  16. cactus-hen

    We have a convert!

    My husband had to move to California for work. He lives in a studio apt on the 3rd floor and has a small balcony in front of his apt. He hung several potted flower plants from the roof line. He came home from work several weeks ago to find all the flowers smashed. He thought "vandals". Several...
  17. cactus-hen

    horse stepped on roos foot

    Sam will not put any weight on foot. There are several small cuts on his toes. What should I do for him.
  18. cactus-hen

    Rush the Magnificent Roo

    Home to Roost Rush Limbaugh was a very good rooster. A true Americana Easter-Egger. Like his namesake, he had a compulsive attraction to fresh manure. Innately drawn to it, he would fearlessly assay those steaming piles and, if found worthy, issue a raucous benediction to convene his always...
  19. cactus-hen

    new residents

    I hope everyone had a good holiday. Well, I came home from vacation and found three new chickens in the chicken yard! The yard is next to open land around my house. Apparently someone dropped them in the yard. I had a nice young man caring for all the animals. He did not notice the new pullets...
  20. cactus-hen

    acronyms

    Is there a link that will tell me what all those letters mean? I can get RIR, BO, BR, and a few of the others, but... GLW, SLW, etc.
Back
Top Bottom