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Lake Wylie, SC If anyone is interested, I have 3 splash Cochin cockerels and a white leg horn cockerel in need of Rehoming. Otherwise I am going to have to process them in the fall. We are 30 minutes south of Charlotte. Amy

Lake Wylie, SC If anyone is interested, I have 3 splash Cochin cockerels and a white leg horn cockerel in need of Rehoming. Otherwise I am going to have to process them in the fall. We are 30 minutes south of Charlotte. Amy

Thanks, will do!

I live in Lake Wylie, SC near Charlotte. I have a small chicken farm and we have too many roosters. I figured I'd post to see if anyone is interested in them. They are all 1 year to less than 1 year old and healthy. None have displayed signs of aggression. I have 4 splash cochin cockerels...

I had a fox wound an Orpington in a very similar manner. I cleaned the wound and slathered her with triple antibiotic cream. I put the flap of skin back in position. I kept her in our house in a quiet room for about two months. I wanted to make sure the wound stayed clean. It took her about...

One of my Orpingtons survived a fox attack. Her sister wasn't so lucky. She appeared to be in shock for almost a week. It was summer in the south so I moved her into a spare room in the house and she took to resting under a raised dresser. I kept her hydrated and kept feed around as wel, as...

I did a search for wound care on this site when my flock sustained an attack by a fox. I used diluted hydrogen peroxide to clean the wounds and triple antibiotic ointment. Depending on how deep the wounds are, you might want to consider oral antibiotics. My hens had some pretty deep wounds...

I have used Tylan 50 injectable on chickens and began eating their eggs again after two weeks. I don't know what the professionals say or why they say it but I haven't been ill and have experienced no adverse effects.

Different breeds mature at different times. My leghorns starting laying at 18 weeks but my orpingtons didn't lay till 25 weeks. Look for their combs to redden when they are getting to the point of lay. In my experience, rooster will try to mount anything that walks, regardless of maturity.:/

I had a fox problem too during daylight hours. I bought the Premeir 1 electric poultry fencing and haven't lost another since (recommended by folks on these message boards). They still get to "free range" a bit with this type of movable fencing. It has kept the ground predators at bay.

I'd suggest setting up a game camera. That is how we figured out a fox grabbed one of our gals during the day. I added some electric fencing after that and we haven't had a problem since.

I switched from pine shavings to a mix of Sweet PDZ Horse Stall Refresher (Available at Tractor Supply) and sand in my coop and the odor has gone down tremendously. I scoop the poop each morning with a kitty litter scooper. I am in humid South Carolina.

I don't know if it will help but I had a similar situation with an Orpington being attacked by a fox. It took her almost two months to get back to what I would consider a normal appetite for her and longer to get back into her top spot in the pecking order. I gave mine scrambled eggs to keep...

In addition to what was already suggested, I crush up a tums (calcium) and add it to their water when they have soft shelled eggs. They seem to like the flavor of the water and it helps solve the soft shell problem pretty quickly.

I am in South Carolina and my production has taken a nose dive that I attribute to the heat. We had a day under 90 and I got the most eggs the following day.

Just my experience - My hens know where their nest boxes are but either production goes down or they find other places to lay when I let them free range. I still get eggs when they are out - but just not in the quantity I do when they are contained all day in their run.

I have the same issue with my Orpingtons. I trim their butt feathers down every so often and it seems to have solved the problem.

Mites are pretty hard to see in my experience. I am a novice but I don't know of any other reason they would be raised. Hopefully, someone with more experience will chime in if they do know.

I am a novice but I have had some experience with respiratory infection and followed some of the advice I got here. I quarantined my ground zero girl and gave her 1/2 cc injectable Tylan 50 for 5 days. I also ordered water soluable Tylan and gave the rest of the flock that for 3 days. I...

The only time I have seen a rooster do that is when the hen in question has been sick - which I guess is another way a good rooster protects his flock. Just a thought...