Big, beautiful young roosters - two are red and white ("red pyle") and two are red and black - are in need of good home and hens of their own. These roos were hatched on our property on July 21, 2015. They are friendly to humans and very protective of their ladies - one of them attacked a skunk...
No, I ran it off, and washed my hands after handling the bird. Also I had a rabies vaccine three years ago; just to be safe I'll go get my titer tested. Thanks for the heads-up.
But, I still need to get her some antibiotics, I'm told that Pen-G veterinary penicillin is the thing... does anybody...
What kind of antibiotic do I need for a skunk-bitten chicken ? We got woke up half an hour ago by a ruckus in the chicken yard - a skunk was out there, and had one of our young pullets by the neck, while one of this year's hatchling, barely-able-to-crow roosters was attempting to defend her.
I...
Thelma, my year-old Cornish cross hen, regularly lays eggs that weigh from 3 - 3 3/4 oz! They're so big that I can use one of them to replace two medium eggs in recipies, and they usually only have a single yolk.
We've been raising these birds for years. Aside from a tendency to heat intolerance, the biggest downside to this breed is the HUGE amount of poop they produce - think turds the size of golf balls, from every bird, all day long! Other than that, they are relatively trouble-free birds, as long...