i live in alaska TONS of bears! we had a curious bear this year, this isnt true of all bears in the lower(more habituated) but bears up here actually just like the corn and if they maul a chicken its a second thought...soooo when one is around we have to pick up the chkn feed pita! just hardware...
chicken people are cray! really 5 pages of roost talk!🤣 Soooo i join...intricate branching 2x4s and shellacked old picture frame 2x2 for the new peeps! silkies just hudle on an old milk crate!
Live in alaska WITH bears and eagles and havent lost a chkn yet! Free range walk abouts for probably 6 hrs a day...and prob exception to the rule but ..my husky/heeler is an AMAZING chkn herder!! Our all female flock actually tells US when there is a moose or bear around almost better than the...
seems like higher protein good but ya got to wonder if theres anything too it. idk just wondered..not that im anti comb! I found it crazy that my hens dropped egg product after switching feed for two days! like a 2% drop in protein was all it took😮touchy birds indeed
"Protein content should not exceed 19% as too much protein is linked to large combs, A little grain (scratch/wheat) may be feed twice a week. Too much grain will cause your serama to be fat and sluggish. Serama hens are great moms, laying, hatching and taking care of their own chicksrain (red...
Sounds weird but what kinda pants do you wear!? Do you have dark nail polish or jewerly? I learned from parrots that birds are afraid of some of these things. look through a chkn/birds eye! and yes call to them like a chkn momma! cluck cluck dont chase make them chase YOU!
Ahhh my hen got these kinda raised white spots developed over a couple months in winter>>i think someone err crapped on her head! and then this happened...finally know what it is! lorde just put coconut oil on it...maybe fungal cream next thanks!
Still super healthy and growing at 3 weeks now no sign of Mereks! What I have been reading though the incubation period is long with Mereks and I do not consider myself in the clear. So much confusing info online)We DID vaccinate all chicks at one week of age, except one that was vacc. at 2 days...
aren't they guaranteed? they wont even ship to Alaska. Hoover hatchery might but now im scared thats BS.😬 your not alone i just got dead goldfish from HI so sad and frustrating. wt heck doesnt fed ex ship chicks!
Yes have been watching but NO Silkie youtube vids🤷♀️ sorry just freakin out im gonna maybe try tommorrow.....I just saw a NAKED NECK SILKIE poke its head out from under the hen!!!😍seriously! my dream chicks!!!! First try at hatching!!!!
Looks daunting giving the vaccine too(u tube video) but in order to save chickies life gotta suck it up. I am thinking you just need ENOUGH SKIN on the neck to pull and get that needle in😬