I wanted to tell everyone how much I am enjoying the hen saddles we bought from BYC member Tess. The hens have adjusted to them nicely with only a couple of them who grumbled for more than a few minutes. I feel so much better now about my girls, they had been getting ragged from the roosters...
One of the guinea cocks has what looks like a fleshy nob about 1/4 to 1/2 in long with what appears to be a cluster of tiny baby feathers on it's tip. It is located in the middle of his back. He was picking at it (so was his mate) when I noticed it and he let me pick him up to look closer. Randy...
About two weeks ago I bought seven Buckeye pullets to add to our small Buckeye flock. One of them had what appeared to be an injury under an eye. Everyone seemed quite certain the bantam rooster who was in the pen with them may have been trying to mate with her and scratched her under the eye...
First of all Thank you all for coming so quickly to my aid in eliminating the Black Widow spider! It is now gone! WOOHOO!
My name is Rene, I go by Weebug on the internet in Yahoo, Facebook and Pet Chicken's of Virginia. My dad started calling me Bug when I was a young child because I used to...
How do I kill it? It is in the rear corner under the nesting box ledge. A rather difficult place for me to get to. It hides everytime I come into the coop but I know it is there, I know what their webs look and feel like, they are unlike other spider webs. I normally avoid chemical pesticides...