Well, hasn't been a good week for my birds :(
While treating with Tylan 50 last night for respiratory illness, I noticed my barred rock hen has a softball size mass under her skin on her lower abdomen between her breastbone and vent. It is kind of soft. I haven't gotten any puctures yet. She is...
I have raised broilers before but this is the first year I have ever had a batch of sick babies. I only had 4 of them, 2 conish x broilers and two red broilers. Two days ago I lost one of the red broilers. On necropsy I found it had some sort of bacterial infection (I think) in its intestines...
I have some sick birds. Does anyone know where the state lab in Texas for poultry is or their phone number? Been trying to figure it out but getting conflicting information
I have 10 chicks, all under 3-4 weeks old. I have 2 cornish x broilers, 2 red broilers, 3 easter eggers and 3 silkies. One of the red broilers started sitting down most the time and having a hard time walking. It has been only a week since i got these birds and Saturday is when i noticed the...
Ours happens to be RAISINS! We soak them first so they're soft and they go nuts of them.
They also love meal worms. I did have a chicken once that really loved ice cream too.
Treat frenzy!
Our ducks are great! They are about 4 months old, and include a Khaki Campbell named Mocha, a Mallard named Cricket (or "Quackers"), a Blue Swedish named Space captain Bluebill, and a Pekin named Snowy. Though they don't like to be handled much, they are very gentle when we do handle them. They...
Hi y'all and howdy from Wimberley, Texas! We have had several chickens in the past when we lived in Austin, but now that we live on 3 acres in the country we decided to get a whole flock! We currently have 12 chickens and four ducks. Though we did have 17 chickens, the neighbor's cat managed to...
Hi everyone, been a long time since posting here as we have been several years without chickens. Now we have 12, and 4 ducks! They are all about 3 months old. They all came from a mix of chicks at the local feed store (so they aren't the best representatives of their respective breeds). We've...
I think a mugshot/closeup picture thread is in order so...you know what to do!
Those first three of Marjorie I am rather proud of...it's nearly impossible to take a non-blurry picture of a Minorca!
See.....I have about 20 more of these:
I just love Molly's coloring and pattern! Sooo...
So my new pullets (have had them about 2 weeks now, BR-Penelope Strange and Splash BLRW Betty Poop) got a bath last night because Penelope has had some diarrhea, and needed her backside all cleaned up. I went ahead and bathed Betty too, as she is very attached to Penelope. They behaved quite...
I picked up two 12-week old pullets last weekend (a BLRW and a BR). The BLRW seems to be fine and healthy, though a little skittish. But the BR, though acting pretty normally and very sweet, has runny, very smelly diarrhea. I thought it could be pasty butt but there really isn't any blockage of...
If possible to tell at this age, is my new 12 week old Wyandotte a blue-laced red or a splash-laced red (or bl/sl-buff/gold?), or is she too young to tell? It really doesn't matter, I just want to call her the right color.
My 8 month old Godiva (SLW) died about a week ago, and I went and did what you're not supposed to do...went on Craigslist to peruse the farm and garden section. And after a few days of browsing, I saw an add for Wyandotte and Barred Rock pullets for $10 each. I decided to take the short ride to...
Went out today to let the birds out and had a really bad feeling since only 4 came running out into the yard. I was hoping she was just laying an egg, but there she was, lying on the ground in the run, as if she were just taking a nap. But Godiva, my SLW, was pale, stiff, and lifeless. I...
So when Nugget started crowing he got kicked out because we live in a neighborhood that won't allow them. It was a hard decision to make and I miss him a lot, but he now lives on our friend's 10 acre horse ranch just over an hour's drive from here. We get to visit about once or twice a month...
Got Delilah's first egg and Godiva's first egg today! These two girls are best buddies, so I'm not surprised we got the'r first eggs on the same day.
Holy crap we're gonna have eggs coming out of our ears! That's four today, two brown, two green! ALL our birds are laying YES!!!!!!! Now gotta...
Molly, my brownish EE laid her first and most beautiful green egg yesterday:
And the three colors I've been getting (all first eggs!)
And here's Molly!
YAY! Alice is right on time, and only 4 days after Marjorie started laying!~We have 5 eggs in the fridge from MY birds! woop woop! and three aren't even laying yet! haha! Alice laid her first egg after cackling and acting hysterical for a couple hours- "where the *insert your favorite expletive...
It's been a looooong while since I posted anything because of classes. But here are a few pics of the girls much more grown up. AND the best news of all, Marjorie, my Black Minorca, laid her first egg on Mother's Day! And then a second yesterday! Woohoo!
the brown eggs are from the farmer's...