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Like I said I care a lot about my flock. They are well taken care of "spoiled". The hen in question had a 4x4 inch patch of skin missing and a lot of cuts. No matter what anyone says it was the RIGHT thing to do.I get the fresh eggs and meat thing that is one reason why I have them. My post was...

Let me start by saying that I would consider myself a city guy. Over the years I have had and do have had many kinds of Animals.After moving to the country last Year I got a small flock of laying hens.Like many others here they get the best of care. I would call them spoiled. from my short...

I have lost hens to dogs. I also have dogs and would be very angry if someone shot them. I was very mad after losing my hens and was ready to shoot anything that came near my yard. There is some point that you understand about living with neighbors ect. Now I have a large bag of firecrackers and...

Need some more? I have a few dozen like that in the fridge:P

my hen is siting on two chicks from today

A few months ago I added a rooster to my flock. I did not have one before just hens. He was a young rooster and he was here for over a month before we heard him start to crow.After a few weeks of that I wanted to see if he was doing his job. So I opened a few eggs and compared them to the...

It is the same here in Kentucky if they are in your yard you can only call animal control. If they are attacking your birds then you can shoot.

For the past few days I will look out and see one of the hens out of the chicken yard walking around the front yard. I will open the coop and she will go back in. My girlfriend said she saw the hen scratching around a bag in the barn. I just saw her do it so now I know the trick. She hops over...

Well they have laying mash and free choice grit and oyster shell. I also give them scratch from time to time. I would say they are spoiled food wise. They get a fair amount of treats. They get yogurt, grapes,hard boiled egg,sugar free apple sauce,sunflower seeds. They also free range and get...

So sorry for you next time I saw them on my property I'd shoot....

I have a hen that has not been doing well. I have tried many things and nothing seems to help. sometimes she looks O.K. but most of the time not. She is the only hen I have that is not laying now. She does not move around much but I have seen her eating and drinking some. When I have seen her...

I also have to ask the pictures of silkies I see here they all seem to have a full head of "hair" mine just have a mohawk is that normal or are mine "mutts"?

I know from reading here with Silkies you can not tell yet but what about the other ones? 1. 2. 3. Thanks

I have 2 EE laying hens and 1 EE rooster 1 production red hen and her 3 mixed game hen offspring.I also have six Bantams that include 2 blackish looking silkies 1 golden seabright and 2 Mille Fleur D'Uccles and 1 Porcelain

I have also added a hanging feeder and drinker and a rear wheel for better moving.

RHewitt I like yours a lot I wished I would seen it sooner I might have copied some of it. Here is mine. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=176441

It is also a part of the "Go Green Global Warming" B.S. They are going to tax every farm animal I saw a proposal list it was like ten dollars per chicken and one fifty per pig two hundred per cow ECT. it is just a way for them to take as much of our cash as they can. Global Warming is a myth.

I had to cull one nasty hen after my girlfriend insisted. After I heard very loud crying coming from the barn/coop and went in to see the roo head buried in the hay with the hen standing on him pecking the back of his head he was crying loudly.He came from a place with three roo's and he was the...

Indeed it is quick stop also Talcum powder works

Lot's of garlic a little salt and pepper 350 for about 1 and 1/2 hours. A nice bottle of a Napa wine enjoy....