Does anyone have any recommendations of what are good crops [seeds/greens/etc] to feed to chickens? The obvious i'm thinking is corn and sunflower seeds but i bet people have some things I'd never think of. Anyways, I want to try to grow a portion of their food in the extra space in my yard...
I just got three new ducks about a month and a half ago [Rouen, Cayuga, Indian Runner]. The Rouen who is the alpha duck has been trying to bite/eat the cayugas new feathers that are just coming in to the point of bleeding. any advice?
Paul
UPDATE: Poppy has made a full recovery. Her wound has skinned over..Kinda amazing since the dog bite was deep. She's now back outside with the other hens. Although I think my buff orpington, Buffy, believe she's the alpha chick now.
I took Poppy for her checkup today. The vet said her wound looks to be healing well so far. When the vet was swabbing Poppy's wound, Poppy grabbed the swab and threw it on the floor. Feisty!
We have another checkup in two weeks. I brought inside her sister Buffy today. They clucked at each...
Yeah, Poppy has Clavamox for antibiotic. Butorphanol for pain killer. and Thermazene as a cream for the wound. The neck wound wasnt too bad. The one on the back is deeper. The vet was worried about infection there since it will take longer to scab over since not as much skin left
She seemes...
I just got a call from the vet. Poppy is waking up from surgery. The vet however is worried about reinfection b/c it will take at least a month for the hunk of flesh to scab over.
I'm gonna have to keep her in the house and give her some TLC during the recovery. Anybody keeping adult...
The puppy is a 4 months old mix of border collie and black labrador. We just got her a few weeks ago and obedience school doesn't start to the last of this month. She seemed to like to herd the chickens being part border collie but i hadn't seen any desire to attack.
and yeah, her teeth dont...
Hey everyone,
Please put my blue andalusian hen Poppy in your thoughts tonight. She is in surgery now. We got a new puppy about three weeks ago and she attacked poppy when i wasnt looking for a second.
The vet says he thinks poppy will pull through. The worst problem is reinfection from the...
Hey all,
I have a Blue Andalusian hen that just started crowing. She was our first to lay eggs and is the alpha chicken. One of our younger chickens turned out to be a rooster so we had to get rid of him last week. Now Poppy our hen is crowing. Is this behavior normal? The reason roosters...
Hello all,
I just found out that my 5 month old Black Crested White Polish is a boy which means I cant keep him. Free to a nice new loving home for him. I live in Oakland, CA.
Paul
Hey Lizardz,
I totally agree! There is so much diversity on backyardchickens.com Rural, suburban, and city folk coming all together. Seeing chickens at the alameda county fair and reading up on BYC forums is what gave me the courage to purchase our first two pullets.
Niftychick,
I thought...
Definitely had an interesting time. Man, some of those chickens were as big as dogs! I added a bunch of chickens to my want list. A silkie being near the top. When are you having more for sale kanchii? I also want a salmon favorelle and columbian barred plymouth rock.
Hey, OEGBman...I...
Hi Everyone,
Our Black Crested White Polish "Blanche" crowed for the first time today which means we cant keep him. Could anybody going to the show give him a nice new home?
Paul
Hey there,
My bf owns his own sign making shop. [http://www.coyotesigns.com/ ] He has some scrap vinyl that he could use to make the banner. We just need to get the backyardchickens.com logo in either illustrator or eps format.
Paul