I wanted to tell everyone how much I am enjoying the hen saddles we bought from BYC member Tess. The hens have adjusted to them nicely with only a couple of them who grumbled for more than a few minutes. I feel so much better now about my girls, they had been getting ragged from the roosters...
HI! I am rather new to this site and not very adept at getting around it. I need some hen aprons for 11 hens. I have a few questions about them though.
Our hens range from about 5 pounds to about 7 pounds. Will one size fit them all?
Do they stay on and in place good? Is there a danger of the...
Thanks for the wonderful endorsement Karen! The young Buckeye hens are still laying smallish eggs. I reckon by time the weather is warm enough to safely ship eggs, theirs will be normal size. I have been resaerching the best methods for shipping eggs and to going rates for Buckeye hatching eggs...
It is right smack dab in the middle of it's back. He was picking at it, which got my attention to it. His mate picked at it too. I tried to get a look again tonight but they all went into the coop early and got on the highest perches - of course. I will try to get a look again tomorrow.
Rene.
One of the guinea cocks has what looks like a fleshy nob about 1/4 to 1/2 in long with what appears to be a cluster of tiny baby feathers on it's tip. It is located in the middle of his back. He was picking at it (so was his mate) when I noticed it and he let me pick him up to look closer. Randy...
Hello!
We have laying Buckeyes in Virginia and are looking to buy more Buckeye hens so I am really responding to both of you! First about the eggs. Our young hens JUST started laying a few weeks ago and their eggs are still small but should reach full size in a few more weeks. We have three...
About two weeks ago I bought seven Buckeye pullets to add to our small Buckeye flock. One of them had what appeared to be an injury under an eye. Everyone seemed quite certain the bantam rooster who was in the pen with them may have been trying to mate with her and scratched her under the eye...
We are nearly neighbors! We live in King and Queen County, just west of Gloucester...a bit east of Westpoint!
We got our first baby chicks almost three months ago. I've been keeping them cool on hot days by keeping a mist sprayer spraying near them, setting milk jugs full of frozen ice in the...
First of all Thank you all for coming so quickly to my aid in eliminating the Black Widow spider! It is now gone! WOOHOO!
My name is Rene, I go by Weebug on the internet in Yahoo, Facebook and Pet Chicken's of Virginia. My dad started calling me Bug when I was a young child because I used to...
I got it!
I went in with a vacuum cleaner and a big stick. After I wound all the web out, I poked and poked until I cornered it and SMOOSH! Got it! I didn't see an egg sac anywhere, and the spider wasn't full size yet, so I am hoping there are no eggs.
Thanks for all the advise!
I am new to...
How do I kill it? It is in the rear corner under the nesting box ledge. A rather difficult place for me to get to. It hides everytime I come into the coop but I know it is there, I know what their webs look and feel like, they are unlike other spider webs. I normally avoid chemical pesticides...