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  1. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Rough week...

    Lost 3 birds this week, a lil RHR mix roo born in Jan, a 3 month old Australop hen and an adult good producer Wellsummer I paid $50 for 8 months ago... Daytime Coyote folks... in a decently populated area (1-3 acres properties, 1 mile from I-15 in socal). That's where it's at nowadays. so to...
  2. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Flax seed chicks buzz?

    Ok, weird one but bear with me... Got 2 3 weeks old, been on chicks feeds since, some vitamined water. Gave them flax seeds earlier, dismissed, no reaction at first, then got a taste and went nuts on them. 2 minuets later, they're comatose-ish, sorta dusting around-like amd rolling on each...
  3. TeenageRooster's Dad

    How to get Marek's vaccine in the US?

    Prescription required? The equine version doesn't require one, at least online. I'm sure Komifornia has an overrule. I couldn't find a source online, everyone seems backordered. What's the oldest the chick can be? I read a day-old and 3-4 days for "the vaccine to work"...
  4. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Slackers...

  5. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Incubated and hatched a "store" egg...

    I can't believe it worked. A month ago the girls weren't laying much, the wife did the forbidden act of buying a $7/dozen "Vital Farm".. I took 3 and put them in the incubator for the fun of it. Well, 3 days later, one showed vascularity and was obviously fertilized. Well 4 days ago... that...
  6. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Disclaimer: Controversial "culling" method

    Hi guys, just sharing my experience here: 10IU of "R" insulin, injected in the breast muscle... they go to sleep, low blood sugar "shock" which is pretty fast injected IM (2-3mins or so).. it's painless and a nice "fade out". Being a diabetic myself, I've been down that route before and seems...
  7. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Group attack on a "limping" 8 week old cockerel????

    Posted before about this lil' 8 weeks old guy which I thought had Marek's, but turned out to be a slipped tendon on his right side; pressuring the sciatic nerve which I fixed a week ago. He was back 80% ish, walking around and doing his biz, semi normally, lil crouchy but functional. Until...
  8. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Teen rooskies trio???

    Never-ending story... keep hatching roos... I was pretty sure the light brahma one was a girl or the dark brahma one..the other one is a mix RHR, she might be a girl... But their long tails seems treachery. None have any spurs dots which I find interesting and confusing. What do you guys think?
  9. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Just Curious about "hobby people" vs raisers...

    For many of us, our flocks are more pets than "stocks" and I'm sure we have a different perspective. Don't get me wrong. I grew up on a ranch and my dad, although a cop by day was into "production" and never really showed emotion like I do. When I restarted my flock 18 months ago, I was less...
  10. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Got bit by a ground squirrel ...

    Long story short: walked in the "nursing" coop, grabbed the pet carrier before closing the door, didn't notice a squirrel was staging there... tried to evac it, her leg was stuck, tried to assist "it", got bit... Director's cut: Wife's on my case to go a get a rabies shot. I laughed... yaddy...
  11. TeenageRooster's Dad

    In the white corner.. Mrs White weighting in at 13.2lb!!!!

    Jeezus.... I was changing her foot bandages earlier tonight from last week's injury, she felt heavy... put her on my shipping scale.... 13.2lb! She's a big dude... (she thinks and acts like a dude :duc). Mrs. Freakin' White.. a force of nature. Almost lost her a week ago from that foot...
  12. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Triiodothyronine (T3) and GABA supplements for hens???

    A breeder near my home suggested supplementing my hens with these. Apparently both stimulates their immune system and promotes LH and FSH, leading to better laying... Couldn't find much on this online. T3 seems pretty harsh but his rationale is that most hens thyroids are down-regulated...
  13. TeenageRooster's Dad

    6 weeks old chick with Marek's?

    Paralyzed right leg, unable to stand. Doesn't look good. Never had a baby chick with Marek's. Should I isolate her? Let nature run its course? She has a little sister showing no symptoms at all and still handing with her mom Mrs Yvette (she pops in mid video). Sucks :(
  14. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Stalking hen or just a chicken crush?

    Mrs Ginger (we call her), starts following me everywhere as soon as I'm within her eyesight.. she comes over peck at my feet, I give her treats, she pick at 'em a little then ignores... I walk away... back in the garage...follows.. then she squats for an hour or so. Funny fact, she showed up...
  15. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Mrs White at the Vet...

    My 12lb Light Brahma... who eats rocks and lawn shaves... Bad abscess on her right foot, it busted open late this afternoon and she went into septic shock. Should've noticed earlier but she's tuff and never complains, limps or linger behind... Gave her a .5ml shot of tylan and washed her foot...
  16. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Gave up on my flooded run...

    We had lots of rain here Sourthern Kalifonia last few weeks.... Plus our septic leech field is leaking. Feel bad for trying to give others advice about drainage earlier just to be in a worse sitch myself lol. Anyway, the cannabis growing shed (kidding... or am I) is now a nice 12'x12', fully...
  17. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Solved Do articles get curated before being publicly avail?

    Posted an article earlier... full of typos and ottkorrects... also can't find it on the main article page. Was it just super boring or waiting for curation? Thank you! https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/author/teenageroosters-dad.502911/
  18. TeenageRooster's Dad

    Had to put my foot down tonight....

    We've been house hunting for a couple of months now... moving from SoCal to AZ or... Vegas (far second choice for me)... Wife wants a cookie cutter, newer, "ready to move in" tract home.... for the love of me, I just can't do it, would first and foremost mean donating the girls, my neighbor...
  19. TeenageRooster's Dad

    French farm chickens gang-up to kill fox that sneaked into henhouse!!!

    First, I'm surprised they're French ;) A fox in a henhouse got way more than it bargained for when a group of killer chickens turned the tables on their traditional foe and pecked it to death. The henhouse was located at an agricultural school in France and the fox likely entered the coop at...
  20. TeenageRooster's Dad

    What breed is my lil' Rooster?

    Donated by my neighbor last year as he kept coming to my empty coop about a year ago. He's the reason I restarted the flock. He's probably a mutt but I'm curious what mix he could be. I always thought he was part Dutch Bantam. He's the sweetest lil guy, does a great job with his herd and always...
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