camera is just about fully charged an am about to line up the Breakfast club for their new mug shots,,,,or more realistically chase the rotten birds around the yard for an hour , an hope a few of the pics turn out useable
Haven't had any problem herding peeps,,, till yesterday. They would not fear the chicken stick, they didn't fear being picked up an carried around, they would not be herded in to coop. They just walked past me. Think i should stop making them oatmeal with scrambled eggs in the morning?
pack of stray dogs showed up this evening while chickens were free ranging, one looked like a dog/coyote mix. thankfully we got all the chickens put up right away after they showed up
He's a Rhode Island Red, approximately 7 months old. We noticed he was losing tailfeathers and other chickens were pecking at his butt. His feather follicles seemed like they had some redness, he has dry skin, and there's some redness on his legs and feet (especially at the webs). He has no...
we learned 2 things while trying to treat the injured hen, isolate the hen, or the others steal your cotton balls ,an try to eat them and/or help in some other way . And keep a close eye on the rooster with chicken stick in hand(we use a green plastic flyswatter)i never have even swatted them...
Hi Yall , Would like to thank everybody that helps run the site, has been very helpful, i started with chickens after my friend brought over a RIR rooster an 2 mixed breeds chicks he hatched. i went to feed store 2 days later an got 2 Americana chicks, then 2 more,,, then 3 yellow Sussex, an 2...