I've lost 1 white guinea, 1 Cream Legbar rooster and 1 Blue English Orpington pullet this week to a dog attack..........my head rooster we found this afternoon, Lightning.........just protecting his girls while they all free ranged......guess that is the end of free ranging for a while. I am so...
On Friday, my dog (large German Shorthair Pointer) grabbed my large 24 week old Lemon Cuckoo Orpington Rooster (Sam).....Sam lost a lot of tail feathers, there was absolutely no blood, no puncture wounds....he started staggering around immediately after the incident. I thought he was just in...
Last night, I noticed something on the combs of several of my roos and examined them closely after they got on the roost....it was black and tan wart like bumps and it is on their wattles too. At first I thought mites??? But examined their legs closely and they all look fine, nothing on them...
noticed my 5 week old pullet was very lethargic this morning.....started dipping her feet, legs & lower body in cool water....layed her in front of the fan....put chick electrolytes in her water.....seperated her from the rest of the flock.....she has ate and drank several times today....she can...
I am very new to having chickens, my oldest ones are just over 5 weeks old. I had been begging to get chickens for about 5 years but my other half balked....finally in a weak moment he gave in and I wasted no time in getting my coop built...I had been dreaming about it and planning it for...
Already had one Dominique and ordered 3 more....I think one is a Barred Rock and/or a Roo...they were supposed to be pullets.This is Dill, the little booger in question...in the back ground you can see one of the other Dominiques. Dill is just more striped seeming, more black and white vs black...
I have begged, pleaded, coaxed and finally my significant other capitulated!!!. It only took 5 years to talk him into building a chicken coop!!! Now I anxiously await our first chicks, they will arrive around May 9! Sooooo excited. We are in South Georgia. I grew up on a farm and my...