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    Chickens vs. Barn Cats - Looking for Suggestions

    My 4 barn cats hang out in the poultry yard even though I've tried (and tried...) to get them to hang out and eat in the hay shed. So, I feed them in the poultry yard early in the morning before the cat food gobbling chickens are released from their coops, and again in the evening once the...
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    How to get chickens to eat turmeric

    I use about 1 rounded teaspoon daily, mixed into the feed as described, for about 20 layer hens and 7 turkeys. I also add ground pepper to the mix, about a teaspoon, as this is said to help make the turmeric more available when ingested.
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    What eats guts of chicken entering from behind?

    I had this same question last season, but my hens were left otherwise intact - just the guts were gone. I lost 6 or 7 hens this way over a period of several months. It turned out to be a cannibal hen in my flock - I caught her in the act. Since she was removed, it has not recurred.
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—Poultry Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    Lola and Trough.
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—"Other Critter" Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    Lace and Milo
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—"Other Critter" Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    Gracie the Quarter Horse and J.R. the Red Angus.
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—"Other Critter" Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    Hunter the Rat Terrier and Gracie the Chiweenie.
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    Ended Cutest Couples Photo Contest—"Other Critter" Edition—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

    My red Angus steers, Heckle and Jeckle.
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    Comment by 'chickyturkeyemulady' in article 'Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken Breeds'

    I have a bunch of Leghorn cross hens that are really good layers...BUT they are the problem children of my poultry yard! They have a tendency to escape their yard every chance they get, raid the vegetable beds, and make nests out under bushes in the pastures that they eventually disappear to and...
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    Emu Egg Hatch-along

    Lucky you! I have 3 geriatric emus now, aged 24 (Dookie - male, hatched and raised at home), 25 (Ianna - female, acquired at age 1 year) and 33 (Earl - male, acquired at age 12 years). In his younger years Earl was a great emu dad and raised several broods. Sadly he lost his mate Princess to a...
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    I just amputated my chickens wing today...

    Thanks for posting this. In 30 years of having chickens, I never had to do this, but I just amputated the left wing on one of my year and a half old blue egg layers. She was attacked by a hawk last week. I had cleaned up the injury site and put the wing in a sling, but later found the wing was...
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    Hen Spurs

    I have a blue egg layer that is half Leghorn. At 1 1/2 years she is just developing spurs. So far they're only about a half inch long. She has a very large comb and wattles, so almost looks like a roo. It's winter and she's gone through her molt, but she still lays the occasional egg. In 25...
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    double spur

    I just lost my 10 year old SLW too that had a double spur on one leg. He was 3rd generation. I have his 5 year old son. None of the others, including sibs that were either sold or processed had multiple spurs.
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    What eats guts of chicken entering from behind?

    I lost one older hen earlier this week. Fine in morning, dead in afternoon. She was eviscerated through the back end, guts and organs missing, no other marks on her body. I thought she had probably suffered a prolapse followed by cannibalism. Now, I just heard a racket in my poultry yard and...
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    Comb has been ripped off

    A rose comb in a pullet chick is flat early on, never getting very big. If it's cockerel, it will start flat, but develop some elevations sooner than the pullet's.
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    Comb has been ripped off

    I raise Wyandottes, and that looks like a normal Wyandotte 'rose' comb.They don't start to raise up for several weeks, and some stay relatively flat. Check out some pictures of Wyandottes and Wyandotte chicks to compare yours to.
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    Roosters

    I agree with 16 and me (and BTW Sammy is quite handsome). Roosters do best raised by chickens in multi-generational situations and not as pets (I do this with my turkeys as well - it saves a lot of injuries to juvenile/teenage males). If you want a pet, have a pet hen. I think genetics have less...
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    How old do your hens REALLY get?

    Mrs. K - I don't see the competition aspect. It's just a bunch of replies that show that there's quite a bit of variation in how long hens live. It's everyone's choice if they want to keep their old hens around until they die a natural death or move them along to the stew pot when they're no...
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    Sell me on a bird

    I would opt for turkeys or Guinea fowl. Turkeys are good for meat and eggs (seasonal layers), and Guineas are good for meat, eggs and tick control (if free-ranged), not to mention they are all just plain entertaining to have around. Peacocks and pheasants require more space management, ducks...
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    Sell me on a bird

    I raise turkeys and chickens. If you want healthy turkeys, get a Heritage breed as they don't have all the issues of the heavier Broad Breasted varieties. I have Standard Bronze which I raise for Thanksgiving birds.
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