Buckley Bros. is great, if you ask me. Our birds are doing great on it. Nice hard shells and gorgeous dark yolks...and (not sure if it has anything to do with the feed) but they've still been laying pretty consistently even in this freezing cold. Of course, we're just outside wilmington, so it's...
Yep, I'm sure it is scary for them all. Johnny (man in black-austrolorp) is our other roo that stays in with the hens and he did a wonderful job of getting the hens together and taking cover. But it does sadden me to think they had to see their friend attacked and chowed on. My husband was the...
We lost one of our roos just a couple weeks ago, to a hawk. I think this extreme winter has them desperate for food. While I understand they need to eat too...I wish they'd stick to the rodents in the back field or far far away! Our roo Derk, was free ranging and he tried to get to his roost...
We have a bird here that is starting to get some rather long tail feathers, and I too wondered if she could be a hermaphrodite? I read here that it could be hormone related, and she is still quite young (about 3 and 1/2 months) so maybe it would be too soon to tell anyway. I only noticed today...
Thanks! We tried getting her vomit and it did not work...oddly though, she seemed less lethargic afterward and since then. Perhaps it's a coincidence or maybe it helped move something or maybe just felt good-I don't know. But I gave her some plain greek yogurt and decided to go ahead and try a...
Hello to everyone. I'm new to raising chickens and I've found a lot of great information on this site...so I decided to register and become official! :-)
I have a sick girl and need some help deciding which treatment option is better. One of my golden comets appears to have sour crop. I noticed...