I noticed one of my bantam frizzle hens has a swollen rear end. The vent is clean of poo. The area feels soft when I check it, I don't think there is an egg or impaction. I brought her in and gave her a bath. I had one similar to this a few years back that ended up being a horrendous hernia and...
I wanted to get some opinions on a few things. I built this last summer and didn't get to add everything I wanted to at the time. Sooooo....I'm planning a few modifications and trying to decide what is best to do and to not do.
I built this for Bantams and am going to be housing standards in it...
So, I started building my new coop/tractor thing and I wanted to share my progress! This is the second one I have made and I'm really proud of myself with what I have so far! I started building on Monday, so these pics show progress over the last few days.
Started on the run:
I found these dog...
I posted before with these, but took new pics today, they are about a month old now.
Silver Penciled:
Partridge:
I think all but one of these is Mottled, wasn't paying attention when I lined them up:
And the rest still kinda stumped on, but one of these I think is Mottled too:
Frizzles:
I ordered a total of 30 bantam cochins, 5 silver penciled, 5 mottles, 5 partridge and 15 assorted frizzles.
I know which ones are partridge and silver penciled, the rest I'm a bit stumped on.
I did my best to group them in a line, and I took pics of 5 or so in a grouping by color, so as to not...
I got chicks from Ideal a week ago and I noticed last night that one of them had a droopy looking eye. I took it out and examined it and noticed a clear goopy film over the eye and the lid, it also cannot close this eye for some reason. I used saline and cleaned around the eye, got the goop off...
I'm thinking with the cost of lumber it may be close to the same to buy premade?
I have my eye on this dandy little sucker, but would it be cheaper to try and build one like it myself?
http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Coops/The-Saltbox-Coop-with-Run-4-chickens-p697.aspx
I have...
They added new dates to the swap this year.
Early spring, April 1, 2, 3 and 4th
Spring, June 3, 4, 5, 6th
Fall, Sept 30th, Oct 1, 2, 3rd
Here's the link:
http://www.jacobscave.com/jacobscaveanimalswap.htm
Anyone going??
Ok, I want to order some chicks, but I don't know what a safe number would be to order of straight run....
I'm going thru Cackle Hatchery because they have all the breeds I want in Bantam....of course they don't sex them
They are also VERY close to me, so hopefully not too much stress in...
I'm looking for something that I had and sold at a garage sale a long time ago.
It's kind of a play yard, I think It was Fisher Price. It's made of thick plastic and there are sections, like "walls" that fit together and you can make a small play yard out of it or make it into a wall.
It has...
I am just AMAZED! They have canceled school for the ENTIRE week in at least 5 districts around us. I have never seen this happen before!
Here's our forecast.....YIKES!!
http://www.kctv5.com/weather/index.html
I have a sick 8 month old, he's displaying cold symptoms....cough, runny nose, but no fever.
I've been thru raising 2 other kids and usually the doctors will tell me "It's a cold, let it run it's course and use over the counter remedies."
I have been using Johnson's vapor bath, baby chest rub...
Someone mentioned them last night and I am thinking I want one, BUT...I want to know more about them.
Does anyone have any?
Know of any issues they may have?
Does the breeding to get them so small pose any problems to their health?
Ok, tonight is one of those nights..... My 7 month old is teething and now we begin the scream fest....he screams, I get up, go soothe him and come back to my post...we shall repeat this for the duration of the evening....or shall I say morning. Since it's 12:20 am here.
This party will go on...
Ok, some of you haven't seen much of me on here recently. I'm ready to tell everyone why...
I didn't tell everyone that while I was pregnant, I knew I had Cancer.....My tests came back when I started my prenatal visits and we had to wait to do anything. Which is prolly why I had such a hard...
Your kid is a few sammiches shy of a basket full?
I have one child that I have to wonder about. I have 3 kids, ages 14, 10 and 7 months and I worry so about my middle child....Sometimes I just feel like I have a 10 year old toddler running around my house.
Is it just me????
Is it normal for a...
He was a Polish, but what kind?
He passed away a few years ago and I want to find another one like him!!
I'm sure he's a mix of some kind, any help in identifying what he may be mixed from would be great!!
Here's younger pics of him as well:
Well, I had surgery on Thursday (hysterectomy), got out of the hospital on Friday and had help over the weekend with my 6 month old baby....BUT, I am back home now and on my own.
I'm still in quite a bit of pain and the pain meds make me loopy. Since I have no help with the baby I can't take my...