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Thanks for the tip, and yes losing Denden has been as bad as losing a favorite dog or cat. This little guy was under sized by comparison to his brothers, but healthy and feisty like crazy lol. I'm blessed because this past springs babies brought me two new Dendens... it's amazing how much a bird...

This is a somewhat sad but uplifting story of experience, as well as treatment info I used on my free range Rooster after he was mangled by a fox. As you know, the fox is sligh and loves to hunt chickens... If you have a chicken lot it's probably safe to say some predator is lurking and...

I also want to toss in, I gave "Tennessee" my rooster Vet-Rx and though it's not a cure for gape, it seemed to help a bit. He's not breathing the best, so I'm really hoping for the best. Another danger with Wazine as well is it can kill a pretty sick bird, I know because a hen of mime died last...

My vet didn't know what to suggest as an exact name of a medicine because in the world of raising chickens, when one takes ill... most kill them, he suggested we search the web for medical treatment options for other animals. He said that they do make medicine for other animals that treat...

Something I want to make sure people understand, worms are extremely easy for birds to catch as well as so many other things. You can do so many things right, and sometimes no matter your effort, a bird still comes down with something. So I'm the guy with a nice sized flock, but have a few...

Been a while since being on here, but really glad to say I've pretty much solved this problem with the roosters. I have placed the two that occasionally get along in a small dog carrier at night together, there is no room for them to fight. They basically have no choice but to sit side to side...

And thanx for the compliments on them, two are white rocks, and their biggest brother is a white rock Brahma mix. They are probably babied and kept up about as good as a show bird in how I feed and care for them

Thanks for all the welcomes! Well as you probably get from what I've written so far, I truly do love working with chickens... However stuff like this makes it hard because I'm currently keeping them on eating and free range shifts lol. I can't let them all run free at once, but I have my main...

[/IMG] As I've been growing in raising multiple breeds of chicken, some of us new comers might find out really fast that not all chickens are created equal. Just like people, They are individuals and some are simply better than others, despite being very instinct driven creatures as you raise a...

I hate wringing the neck too, yes it works but I just don't like it and won't allow it to be done to any of my flock. I was faced with having to do a wringing to a hen of mine one night when I was ran out of bed hearing my birds screaming. A huge dog had got in their lot and had killed a bunch...

Something about the knowledge that what's taking place is the final chapter in their life, it's not easy. I had 2 roosters I had raised... Actually hatched them in my house and loved them so much, but both of them were sweet little guys that started turning mean around 9 months old. It got to...

I've had to face this a number of times, it makes me sick to kill anything honestly. Not sick as in grossed out, the gore doesn't bother me as much as the thought of taking life. I've been raising birds for a short while and despite everyone thinking I'm odd for wanting to do so, I've done...