Arizona Chickens

[nurseshelly]

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Our 6 month old mini-rex does the same thing. He'll be sitting on my daughter's lap, then when he decided he's ready to play, he'll hop, kick, and spray - gross! He started doing it a couple months ago (I'm assuming he became of age). It seems as if it is becoming much less common now - either that or my 16 year old daughter has figured out how to avoid it : )

Soooo much less interested in bunnies now.

Girl bunnies are
Awesome tho. Now I am really glad mine was a girl!

 

[5pinkarrows]

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I have not had rabbits for quite a while. But I know they are trainable. How about some distraction just at the end of the petting session? As in: give him his favorite treat (nuts???) to nibble on as you (the girls) sneak away? From what I remember positive reinforcement works best.

That is a great idea! My oldest said he does it when she stops petting him and tries to walk away. He is sooo sweet and really likes them, so I want to find a way to keep it a positive experience. He really loves those little yogurt bunny treats. We will try that. I think for our next bunny, we will take nurseshelly's advice and get a girl. We didn't really choose this guy, he just needed a home.

 

[LarryPQ]

Hello from Broody-Land!


Also known as the land of the lost eye-ball.

They are all displeased.

DIS-PLEASED.

 

[turkeybreeder]

when i did my externship at a clinic i saw a disease that is called cat scratch disease
the person got scratched by a cat and they developed the disease it was
scary how the person looked it took them some hours to find what was wrong with
the patient here is an article about catch scratch disease
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/bites/024.html

 

[mclevinson]

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Did one of your chickens get scratched?

 

[ca]

I started loosing eggs last week. I blamed it on pretty much everything I could think of. Water quality/quantity, chickens, critters, food, you name it. Detective work began. Unfortunately I am not home during the day (it always happened during the day) so I had to do some remote thinking.
I have three Anconas that refuse to lay in the nest boxes. They go in the horse feeder. Usually annoying, it came in handy now. You would expect at least 10 eggs/day from 15 chickens that have been laying now for about 6 weeks. I only got 4-5. Three of those every day in the horse feeder

. Well that ruled out water and food because they all consume the same stuff. Must be location related. "Somebody" does not know about the secondary laying facility. Back to the thief theory.
In the evenings I checked beaks for leftovers from the egg feast. Nothing. Occasionally I would find broken shells in the nest boxes or on the floor. But never enough to account for the losses.

I finally had it and installed a camera that took a picture every 36 seconds. From all the hustle and bustle in the coop you would assume I have 100 chickens. They come and sit and go and come again and sit and then change the nest box... Occasionally my rooster would show up and sit and look. Wow! It must be him! But then a chicken shows up and starts rolling eggs around. Guess it must be her! So I kept looking at the pictures and finally, Yay! I got the culprit!

I'll post a pic shortly (added suspense)

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[ca]

No, not him

 

[ca]

No, not this one either

 

[ca]

Voila!

Now off to thinking how to keep him out of my coop! Just wait until my Cubalayas are all grown up. Or if he continues to eat my eggs he will be to big to get out of the coop eventually

 

[turkeybreeder]

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Did one of your chickens get scratched?

only humans can get cat scratch disease and they get it by a bite or a scratch from the cats its said in the article
my gradma use to have cats but we never had cats we have raise birds, dogs, rabbits,goats,fishes
i have seen cats in the neighborhood a neighbor has cat food in front of her house for all the wild
cats in the neighborhood here is the link http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/bites/024.html