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VERY pretty bird....love his coloring!

That's one FAT rooster! But then, you are breeding for a meaty carcass and great weight gains, so you've succeeded! That carcass looks almost like a CX bird. I've never seen that much fat in the omentum of a rooster but that's pretty common in an older laying hen. I've seen worse livers...

YW! I think your right about his comb...good idea to put some there, just for kicks and giggles. Whenever I'm putting on my winter CO application, I always put a dab on every bird's comb and wattles, but particularly a good layer on the rooster....his comb is so very big and fleshy.

I work my birds alone too, so I know how difficult it can be to work on things alone...especially big roosters. I've figured out I can take a nice old towel, lay the bird on his back on that towel and wrap him up like a taco. This will help you control him better while you work on those feet...

Yep...Nustock works GREAT. It only took one application of NuStock on light infestations to eliminate it. Later on I had a longer standing mite infestation on a rooster that came back to me from a bad place of management(you should have seen the rooster that was left behind~not mine...his...

Looks like scale mites to me too! I'd try a less invasive treatment before digging around in that foot. Try soaking his feet in warm epsom salts, scrubbing the feet gently with a cuticle brush and antibacterial dish soap afterwards. Then I'd slather some castor oil upwards into those scales...

Sounds like he could use some vet wrap on those areas until they are healed up. Those naked stumps could be getting a little beat up in flock life.

I do mine alone too. I use a work station surface in my coop for lying him on his back, grasping both legs in one hand while cutting the spurs with the other, making a quick job of it. By keeping his legs elevated to his chest, he can't really do much and these big ol' WRs are pretty gentle...

Here ya go, folks...a charming way to ID your chickens. I can now die....I've seen everything now.

Yep...we are never without a bottle of it in the house or coop now. Any new birds that arrive here get their castor oil on the legs and feet before being turned loose, just in case they have scale mites. Sometimes they also get an oral dose of CO, just for good measure. Not sure if that does...

Best place I've found is Walmart pharmacy, in the laxative section. It has a 6 oz bottle for a good price.

It's not much of a description, I'm afraid...I just apply castor oil to their combs, wattles and legs/feet each winter. It acts as a moisture barrier and also stimulates blood towards the skin's surface. You can actually see the increased redness of the comb and wattles after an application of...

Yes, wild turkeys do a lot like chickens do....but much larger! They can plow through a section of leaves in the forest like crazy...looks like a herd of pigs have been there. They eat anything any other bird will eat, including earthworms, grubs, etc. Definitely not politely walking through...

I'm wondering what wild turkeys do...I'm doubting they are passing up any earthworms out there. Free range chickens are also prone to gobbling up any earthworms they spot and I've not had to deworm a free range flock in 40 yrs. I'm thinking the whole earthworm vector thing is possibly only...

Roaches would be a good insect source....can't kill 'em and they thrive anywhere. I doubt if folks would want to buy feed with ground roaches in it, though, just because of the negative PR roaches get.

Just feed it to the chickens.... I'm thinking you have some VERY well fed rodents there.....how in the world do only that many chickens eat that much feed??? You can feed them deer...no problem with deer meat. My chickens will gobble it right alongside the dogs.

How many chickens you got?????

I pay $10. 27 per 50# for layer mash and that's fresh milled at the local mill....you are both being held at gunpoint.

I was chuckling about the dogs this afternoon when I left to go buy some hay...it was 13* with a windchill factor of 6* and they were stretched out on the ground in the sun like it was 70, soaking up the rays while the chickens were out foraging in the leaves around them. Later where we picked...

You wear a sweater in the 60s???? We be still in shorts and short sleeve shirts, sandals in 50s weather...in the 60s we are barefoot and I've got a fan going too.