Yes, that is Little Red, a Serama bantam rooster. He is very tame. Unfortunately I have 6 more roosters than hens, and housing costs are getting ridiculous. Right now I have 57 chickens and 23 houses. That is still not enough houses to separate all the roosters. When the little ones fight, the...
My non-aggressive Welsummer rooster molted his tail feathers, and the hens are worrying him sick. Will Blue Coat stop them, or is there another solution since I have no safe place to put him separately other than a dog crate?
When you have 23 separate coops and still need more in order to separate all the roosters.
When you go to extraordinary lengths to save a sick rooster who is crop bound including administering an enema.
When you can identify each rooster by his crow.
When you know all 59 of your chickens'...
Smallflock 3, I just read your post and I want to thank you for all the good information. Now I feel better about my hen not roosting yet! I'm looking forward to making my own Calciboost!
I only wormed twice a year when I was using Ivomec. The VermX is all natural and was only recently approved for use in the U.S. It has been used in the U.K for a long time successfully. It is, however, a monthly thing. I was impressed that it is safe to eat the eggs all the time. With Ivomec I...
Thanks. I will look into the Calciboost and do some more research on feed. What do you know about when to stop calcium in older hens. I read that once they stop laying, even the layer feed can cause kidney damage. My Buff Orpington hen is four years old. Before I acquired the Welsummer hen who...
Is rooster booster OK for hens, too? I have seen that online before. Have you used VermX for worming? I hope it is effective! You don't have to miss eating any eggs with this product. It is an all natural liquid that goes in their water once a month. I switched to it this spring. I have to dust...
My exhibition Buff Orpington hen who had not laid in over a year laid about 6 eggs so far this year after I introduced a Welsummer hen and 3 Rhode Island Red pullets to the flock. I thought she was sick yesterday as she stayed on an empty nest all day except when I forced her off to see if she...
She wasn't much better this morning when I left for Bible study, but when I got home this afternoon, she was almost back to normal. Before I left home, I put her back in the pen with her babies, and she scooted to a shady corner. All her chicks stopped what they were doing and laid down beside...
My little Serama mother of seven chicks who are 5 weeks old was egg bound this morning. I soaked her in warm water and helped her successfully pass the egg which was hard shelled and intact. Later today she was able to walk around a bit and eat, but this evening she did not get on the roost. She...
This is Mama Honey playing Peek-a-Boo with her 7 chicks hatched April 29. The lone brown one was the first.
Below is Freckles with a very fresh hatch - one of two. This chick was hatched on May 2.