The Mysterious Robin
I had quite a shock yesterday morning when I awoke...I have a pet rooster who is incredibly spoiled that sleeps in my room at night. He usually sits on his perch by the window to watch the sun come up. He crows at 9:00 as per his training. He comes when I call him and...
Brewster the Rooster fights the snake!
I am having a lot of problems with uploading pictures and using this program to put information on this site.
However, that is not the issue today. I want to tell you a story about Brewster the Rooster. Our very first rooster. One day my neighbor...
Space Heater in the Hen house
Warning: Not a recommended source of heat!
Hello again everyone. I have been out of pocket for awhile..started attending online school and it was harder than I thought but I must have a knack for it I got A's and B's so far, so good.I was born in Wisconsin and have...
Potty Training Chickens!
By Penelope Dean Hibbitts
2010
Hello Folks,
Motherhen here! I have discovered a way to paper train and housebreak my chickens! The experiments have been successfull! I started griping loudly at the hens and roo's everytime one of them went to potty and immediatly...
How I got Rid of Elly Mae's Eyeworms!
Elly Mae is a very tiny adult Partridge Bantham, (12 oz). When I acquired her last spring she was infected with eyeworms. I caged her. I used every treatment I could find, including the RX but to no avail..the eyeworms were surrounding her eye and a huge...
OH NO! MICE IN THE HEN HOUSE!
LAST FALL WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT THE SHED TO MAKE IT INTO A HEN HOUSE. THE GIRLS AND ROOS WERE ALREADY STAYING IN THERE WITH ALOT OF HAY AND NEST BOXES. I ALSO PUT AN ELECTRIC HEATER IN A CAGE IN THE HEN HOUSE. AS I WAS CLEANING I FOUND AN OLD...
MOTHERHEN TRIES TO HATCH AN EGG!
OF ALL THE THINGS IN THE WORLD I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER DO..HATCHING AN EGG WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST!
CREAMY CHICKEN (WHITE ROCK HEN) I RESCUED CREAMY FROM A COMMERCIAL EGG PRODUCER..SHE WAS CONSIDERED "SPENT" AND THEY THREW HER IN THE TRASH, I...
GOT NEW CHICKS? PLEASE READ THIS! DANGEROUS BEDDING WARNING!
I have two new chicks February and Fluffy. A few days after we brought them home I noticed that Fluffy was listless, not eating and fluffed up sitting by herself. I proceeded to examine her. She had a piece of pine bedding stuck...
OUR LITTLE CHICKEN FARM
MOTHERHEN ROOSTER JOHN
RACHAELROBBIE JOBRITTANY
CORBIN ETHAN AND CORBIN
CHILLIN' SPOT OUR HOUSE FIRST SUNFLOWERS HEN HOUSE
COUNTRY GRAVY
CREAMY CHICKEN BETTY JO...
From trial and error I can assure you that you should NOT use kitty litter in your brooder! They will eat it and it will swell in their crop and KILL them!! Besides the fact that there are perfumes and dyes used in kitty litter. You can use the kitty litter on your flower bed if the chicks do...
I have had problems with the wire bottom cages cutting their toes once with a chick and three times with my full grown Hens and four times with my Roo's. I only have a small backyard flock, they are my personal pets and very pampered. However, if you are raising a lot of chicks I guess the wire...
I use a cage with a blue plastic bottom sold at Tractor Supply Store..no bedding! Pine bedding is very dangerous to baby chicks. I have seen a piece of it (dampened) stuck in my baby chicks neck. I had to remove it and treat the area with hydrogen peroxide and anti fungal cream for a week. I...
Hi Everyone,
I live in a small town on the edge of town in Texas. I have chickens in my backyard. I have had a few run ins with animal control about some of my younger hens who jump the fence when they first learn how to fly. In the last incident they came into my yard and there were no visible...
I have a white rock hen who goes broody every couple months, she sits on her eggs for almost a week before she comes out to use the bathroom and snack. Today I noticed some long white things but they were not moving in her stool...can chickens get worms? If so how can I get rid of them?
well, i finally got the vet rx in the mail but the worm looks like it is gone going to use rx anyway. i was desparate so i put someDE on her feathers and in her eye for a week..they went away is that weird? she seems to be doing fine.
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thanks for all ya''ls help i am trying most of them...i have tried the vet rx...on the roof of the mouth for more than a week and for some reason it did not work. so i am trying the others now well ive ordered the cresol and and more vet rx..from murrays haatchery but i am still looking at 7-10...
my hens are backyard chickens..not sure what free range means but if its do they run around loose outside..yes. but i put them in their henhouse at night.