I work at a local farm supply store.
The other day I found a very small RIR in with its brood mates, beak in the shavings, standing, asleep.
I picked "him" up and put "him" in with a couple other sickly birds we had in the sick bay in the back.
Today I noticed his eye had a white colored bubble...
My friend had a puppy...
Her Mom hated the puppy...
So there were a couple times when she brought the puppy to work with her and left her in the car...I would call my Mom to come get the puppy so she could play at our house with our dogs for the day.
Her name was Nala.
She was a black...
For the longest time, I thought my boy was a Sultan D'uccle X.
I saw a picture of a white Serama the other day and other than the head and the lack of boots, it looked a lot like him.
I miss my boy and I'd like to have something similar.
I listened to a Serama crow and watched it's body...
I've posted about this before...but I'll try again...
My year old Ameracauna hen has no feathers around her vent, her underside is bare and under her wings is bare as well. She's starting to lose feathers at the base of her neck.
She's been like this for 4-5 months. She acts healthy. She eats...
National Take Your Chicken To A Pet Store Day!
Who's gonna do this!
I really want to...unfortunately, the only chicken who was well behaved passed away. I miss my boy bird!
I thought this would be a good place to post photos of the day or tell stories about your adventure...even if it wasn't on...
But I'm at it...
My favorite roo passed and I've been looking for another....
I don't know why I'm doing this, I know it won't be the same...
And I have a silkie roo...he's just not...I dunno.
Been looking at D'uccles...Sultans...Sumatra's.
Mostly D'uccles though.
Why do we do this to ourselves!
A bit about Roo first...
I always thought he was a white D'uccle...I was told he was part Sultan which made sense...so to me he was half D'uccle and half Sultan.
I got him a little over a year ago.
He was the sweetest...he knew his name...he talked when you talked to him...he'd lay in my lap...
I'm happy to have it there....happy we finally got one.
This brings up a set of worries though...people are so cruel....
I'm worried that someone will try to do something to our animals to get back at us. How would you handle this?
3 of my hens are naked on their back sides and the feathers are missing from the top of their heads...this I blame on my rooster...however....
One chicken is missing her feathers on the front of her neck, her stomach is bare, her back is bare. She just looks moth eaten. No sign or mites, lice...
I think mine is just fantastic! I love him to bits! He lets me scratch his back and he rolls over so I can rub his belly. He falls asleep on me all the time. He talks back when you say his name. He'll carry out a conversation with you. The only thing he does that is kinda silly...to me...he does...
Vote for this idea here! (If you would be so kind. I'm supporting a fellow BYC member.)
I think this is a great idea...as I said on my facebook and I received some garbage in response....there are plenty of human welfare projects out there and many for dogs and cats. In my area, there is nothing...
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I came...
I've only come across this twice.
The first bird, I bought from a feed store, I noticed it was ever so slightly off and I thought maybe she wouldn't be given a chance if I didn't snatch her up.
She lived 8 weeks, I finally decided it was time to go....she spent her entire day trying to eat.
I...
She sat on everyone's eggs...hence the * before "her".
We all know how Silkies are.
All of the babies have feathered feet, both of my roosters have feathered feet, but I'm pretty sure they are all my Silkies as my D'uccle rarely mounts anyone.
I'm going to post pictures of the father's...
How long does a typical molt take?
She's the only one who has molted at all...no one else has yet.
This is their first molt.
I would think she had fleas or something if anyone else was having an issue, but it's just her.
Any thoughts?
Ok...
This baby was hatched under his Momma (Silkie)
This baby is an Ameracauna Silkie X.
He was 2/3rds the way out and Yeta (Momma) had stopped laying on him. He was frozen! So...my boyfriend picked the rest of the shell off carefully and placed the baby under Mom with the other chicks.
She...
With a heat lamp, water and a small dish of food. Responds to hen like sounds. Drinks, but blows bubbles with the water. Seems to have a hard time swallowing.
Doesn't get up and walk around. Kinda pushes itself up and falls down, only when it's scared though (my sister...guh)
Breathing is...
My Silkie has been sitting for some time now, while my boyfriend was here, she had her babies. 5 out 12. Not too bad for our first try, at least not in my opinion.
The fifth chick had made it's wee hole in the egg earlier in the day. We went back out to see and Yeta (hen) was off the nest and...
I know this isn't chicken related....I just need somebody...anybody...
My dog is very ill....
We can't afford any of the treatments...and when it comes to your animals....they won't accept payments...they need it all now.
Since she was a puppy she has had a weak immune system...this has caused...