@Desertvalleychickens and @Ponypoor I am sorry for your loss.
It sounds like Cluckie had a long and full chicken life.
Kelly, I hope you feel like you did everything you could for that wee one.
Keeping chickens we somehow have to make peace with them dying. It's harder when their end is not the...
Oh, @lightm , I'm sorry that Wendy is gone
It is comforting that she did not suffer long, and mostly that you could see her. Maybe once she saw you and realised you were back she knew she could leave in peace.
I hope the other hens cope with the second loss of their alpha.
:hugs :hugs:hugs:hugs
It can be nerve wrecking, but remember it will likely extend her life by giving her laying breaks.
And maybe it's a black chicken thing ?
Since I have began using an excel file sheet to track eggs in January, I can also actually track how many days the hens have been broody. I knew Merle is...
I have almost no experience of roosters around small children. My first reaction would be to ask if Lore has difficulties recently getting the hen's attentions, and if it's in any ways possible he finds you and your daughter a competition in that regard. And if his overall attitude and status in...
Oh, no. I'm so sorry. It is such a sad way to pass , and yes, those red hybrids leave us too soon, always.
I have seen two of my hens bully another when she was near death, but it was because she had bullied them herself countless times before.
However, the sight of blood makes some hens go...
I am so sorry for your loss.
It seems many old friends have been saying goodbye in this thread. I hope we all keep them with us, by holding them in our thoughts.
:hugs :hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
Hello everyone,
I have a dog post for pony Sunday. It's partly a follow up to this story and a mix of bittersweet.
The nice stuff first , this week, I finally got to meet the little LGD puppy with his daddy and mummy, Typhon and Alice ! Alice is now very old and she stayed out of reach. Typhon...
FBA chicken synopsis, 18 to 25 May
Link to last week's synopsis : https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fluffy-butt-acres-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27750397
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@BY Bob
Simple explanation of why the tax system exists ...
I am also very glad you are giving it a try !
It's obvious you care for him since he was your first chicken and you are named on BYC after him.
If it works out, you will be very glad you tried it ; if it doesn't, you can re-home him feeling better about it since you can tell yourself you tried...
Each herd rotates on two or three of these 100 acres enclosed plots throughout the year, I think they have seven or eight parks in all on public land, so they could have a lot more donkeys. But you can't really think of it as grazing on pastures, most of it is rocky mountain ground and marl ...
Well, your voice as a biologist obviously has a lot more weight !
I am sorry that some of the BYC members who know the more about worming and medicating, tend to prone very assertively a systematic use. I rarely react because I don't have enough experience keeping chickens and also due to the...
Round worms in chickens look like this :
Image from https://poultrykeeper.com/digestive-system-problems/chicken-roundworms-or-ascarida-galli/
Tapeworms show up in poop as segments looking like moving rice grain
Please people, think twice about worming your chickens if you are not at least...
Edited to add : Marie, I just understood that it was for your dog, and not your chickens. I am still putting up my post which could be useful for others.
I am not sure about tapeworms in dogs, but I don't think they are exactly the same as in chickens.
I used Febendazole on my chickens with...
We will all miss her 😔. For me, she has become a legend. I talk about her at some point to almost everyone who is interested in hearing me talk about chickens.
You and Rosie have done a wonderful deed with her 💚.
:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
Alex, I'm sorry that you lost her so soon after loosing Jaffar. It does feel like she had decided her time has come, and I hope the annoying little peeps do bring you some joy throughout this sad time.
I am also sad to say that like I thought she would, my little...
:hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs :hugs It is so hard loosing your best friends. That makes us feel like we let them down. But everyone must die ; you make your chicken's lives the best they could be, and walk with them along their path until the end.
I think my hen Blanche will finally pass...
I am not a good enabler ... I think you should wait a bit before deciding to take in a rooster. You have too much to process now, and I believe what you wish is to go back to how things were with Jaffar, but that is just not possible :hugs :hugs :hugs
Take it one day at a time and don't feel...
This may be one of the saddest post I've read on this thread. I feel relieved that you have the chicks that will necessarily at some point force a smile on your face, because this must be so hard for you. I am sure everyone on this thread will keep him in their heart and memories for a very long...
Makes me think so much of this song's lyrics. (Sorry, I was a teen in the 90's...).
Tax from the past. Not all chickens are born to fly....Piou-piou will never be aerodynamic.