Hello all. It's been a while since I have been around. Have been lurking and reading lots of posts, just not making any of my own.
I have advanced in my chicken-ology and purchased an incubator. I have my first batch of "barnyard cross" eggs in it right now, just to try it out and get familiar...
I would love a pattern to make some for my hens too. I acquired 11 hens that had been left to fend for themselves after their owners moved to town. They are so thin right now, but till laying. A few of them have bare backs from one thing or another. How do they attach? Are they secure or...
Ksanes, what is the butterfly patch on the back of the white hen?
As freezing weather is starting here, I remembered reading somewhere about adding mineral oil to a waterer to keep the water from freezing in them. Does anyone do this or heard of doing it? I have a 7 gallon waterer and...
I have a couple questions I am sure a bunch of you can answer. :-)
What are the signs of a hen going broody? I thought I had one that was, as she would set on a bunch of different eggs (I'm sure they were other hens eggs as some of them were blue), but she is the one that developed the curly...
This is a Passion Fruit vine. They are covered with the noticably different flowers, which I love, then will produce the green passion fruit. As it matures, it turns a shade of purple at which time it is ready to eat. I have not had any of mine grow long enough to turn purple, but a lot of...
A paste of meat tenderizer applied to the wasp or bee sting will break up the toxin and make it quite hurting.
I haven't noticed any black widows here, but am not exactly sure what they look like so will have to google them. I do have a nice brown tarantula that lives in my yard though. :-)...
We are getting some good rains here, and the good soaking kind! Great for the end of July. Remember last year! UGH! We have had about 4" at our place over the last several days. I'm glad Travis is OK and no stroke. lol
Thank you lonnieandrinda. I have heard of the sex links but am not exactly sure what they are. Do they have the real large brown eggs?
I will check with my husband about it. Sorry it took so long to answer, I don't get online every day.
Patti
I have lost 5 hens in the last month or so. One to the curly toes and 4 to a neighborhood dog or critter!!!!! UGH! (That problem has been taken care of) I am needing to replace them but can't spend a lot . I raise only large brown egg layers, doesn't matter the breed. If anyone has some...
Poco Pollo,
Thanks for answering my earlier post about "curly toes" and direction to read about riboflavin deficiency. However, when I went out this morning, my little girl was dead. I had only noticed the toes yesterday, but could explain why she sat in the nesting box so much and I was...
Hi all. I have a question I hope that you can answer for me. I have a hen that is having trouble walking, and I noticed that on her right foot her toes are curled under. She hasn't gone through anything that I know of to hurt it except for possibly jumping from the nesting box to the ground...
YUP. Just found a big pile of black feathers not far from the coop. UGH!!!!!!
Question: My roo has lost all of his tail feathers except for a few small ones. I found 3 of the feathers. He isn't molting at the moment. Is it possible for him to just molt his tail feathers and no where else...