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Sadly to say our attempt to cull our mean roo didn't go well. I hope someone can give us some advice to make this job easier for both parties involved. We used a high power pellet gun and after four hits he still flew away. We had to catch him and try to ring his neck. My DH is a hunter so the...

ISeem to have rooster issues. My girls are almost bald, backs heads and necks! All I can think of is rooster damage. I don't think we have bugs. I do free range some when weather permits. My question is do the girls need a roo for protection from preditors?

I have 6 new girls that I introduced this summer. They are starting to lay now but someone (cant figure out who) lays an occasional egg and it is soft. Sometimes I find it splatted under the roost and sometimes broken in the nest box. I have found a couple intact also. My hens free range most...

I know the chickens are supposed to loose feathers when they moult BUT are we talking ALOT of feathers or just a few. I have 6 girls that started losing the back feathers and wing tips. They have been featherless on their backs for a few months now. I thought at first it was caused from the...

I have 2 roos 1 americauna and a black austrolorp( msp?) The Americauna is a small guy but the BO weighs 6 pounds. I have 7 hens that are 14 mo old and have introduced 6 newbies to the flock. My problem is rooster damage to the older 6 girls. They look pretty rough, backs bare and wing tips...

I picked up one of my roos and his tail feathers fell forward towards his head. I saw this 1/2 inch long pointy thing on his back above his tail! SOOOOoo I grabbed the other roo, same thing on him SOOOoo what is it?? Hope this is in the correct catagory I couldnt figure out where to put my...

Our flock all came to our coop at the same time. They are all 1 year old. We got a rooster (americauna) just for the fun of having a rooster crow. We soon found out one of our girls was a guy. We then had 2 roos. We have lost a couple hens to various things so we are down to 7 hens and 2...

I posted yesterday with my problem and was told I probably didnt give enough info. My hen is 11 mo old, started laying a month ago. For the last 2 days I have had her in the cage inside. She cant support herself on her legs and just rolls onto her side. Her feet seem to curl up. She has...

Please give advise. I have a 11 mo ameracauna hen that just started laying last month. Today I went to the coop and she acts dizzy ,cant walk well and ends up on her head or laying on her side. She also has diarrea. she is not eating well. She cant seem to stand in her legs. Her eyes look...

My girls are all 10 mo old and havent moulted yet. Is there a time/age that they usually moult? I have had a daylight extender light on for 12-13 hours of light this winter. I was told they wont moult with the light on. do I turn the light off or is everything ok and they will moult when they...

This weekend I took a few girls to town to escape the snow and enjoy some R&R in the sunshine. Yep, loaded them up in the subaru in a nice travel cage and made the 20 min drive to our sons house. They had a great time, scratched and roamed free all day. BUT when we returned in the evening the...

I hope this is the right section for this question, I couldnt decide! What hatchery do you use? I would like to add a few maybe 4 chickens this spring to our flock of 10 but dont want to buy a large quanity. We are in Utah and IFA farm stores have chicks but have a reputation for a high...

Our girls were hatched last may. They havent gone through a moult yet but tonight I noticed a couple of then are losing feathers in a patch on their lower backs. Is this Moulting? what is the usual behavior and time frame for the moult? Do they quit laying during a moult? Thanks for the info!

Help has anyone had the avian water nipples stick and leak?? Ours are getting stuck off to the side a little after the chicken hits it with her beak and then it just drips. BIG MESS, the shavings are getting soaked. Let me know if this is something that can be fixed!

I have an americauna roo that gets in the nest, pulls the shavings around him and makes really funny noises!! What could be his problem? We have a BA roo also and I think he may be the boss. Poor Brigham!

My local feed store only sells a very small bag of crushed granite for ten bucks. I got a 20 lb bag of pea gravel from home depot and it has different sizes if small pebbles. I cant tell if they use much of it but do you think im in the right track? The crushed granite felt like it was about...

I havent wormed my chickens yet, they are all about 8mo old. Its really cold here and they are inside most of the time. They dont like the 3 ft of snow on the ground!! When should I worm and what is the best wormer to get. I havent seen any parasites on them, maybe i will take the magnifier...

Hi everyone, i have a question about my americauna. she has always been small, was a last may hatch and doesnt lay. They are all the same age and we got them all at the same time. She has started hiding from the others, staying on the feed can and staying in one of the nests. I put her down...

we have chickens but we live in the county. Our son lives in Ogden Utah and the city just denied them to have chickens. The reason was that the city has to high of an imigrant population (whatever that means) and the powers that be were afraid they would have a cock fighting problem. My son...

Wow I went out to take a pic of the girls today and caught speckles in the nest. Just as i was getting my camera ready she lifted her backside and kerplop out came this beautiful green egg!! It was wet and dried quickly. She rolled it under her and was going to set on it but i grabbed it!! I...