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So, I'm looking for some help. I'm a first time chicken owner and I am so worried something is going to happen to my chickens. I used to volunteer at a bird rehabilitation center and I've had a lot of experience of what can happen to birds. So I'm putting together a medical kit with everything I can think of that I might need in case of an emergency. What kind of things do you keep on hand? Have you ever had a situation where you wished you had something you hadn't thought of before? Any advice is appreciated :)
 
circesfire said:
So, I'm looking for some help. I'm a first time chicken owner and I am so worried something is going to happen to my chickens. I used to volunteer at a bird rehabilitation center and I've had a lot of experience of what can happen to birds. So I'm putting together a medical kit with everything I can think of that I might need in case of an emergency. What kind of things do you keep on hand? Have you ever had a situation where you wished you had something you hadn't thought of before? Any advice is appreciated
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I have VetRx, Tylan 50, duramycin, syringes, child oral syringes, vet wrap, betadine, epson salts, qtips, gauze, scissors, tweezers, nail file, small dog nail clippers, old towel for wrapping, cotton balls, neosporin without the pain, Polyvisol without iron, vaseline.
 
katmotley said:
Hey guys, I haven't been on here in a while. I have three hens laying now and ended up with 4 roosters out of my 12 chickens. We recently traded two in for 4 babies and we lost another hen to the dogs! I have one dog who has to be penned up every day now as he constantly goes after the coops. They are pretty secure now, but he is jumping on the sides trying to get at the chickens. :(

On another note, I got a huge monster egg from my leghorn today. I looked it up and it's a corrugated shell and as you can see the egg is almost double the normal size of her eggs. Very odd looking egg.

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Ouch! That must have hurt!!
 
FeatherPugs said:
I have three - about three feet tall - planted along the one side of my coop. Mostly for shade. Its a bit cooler here than the Phoenix Valley but I have them all mulched up and they are doing okay. I'm excited to see how they do in my area!
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Keep us updated! I know a lot of folks here have attempted to grow them without success. Do your chickens eat the leaves? Do you harvest at all?
 
Mahonri said:
Petra, I live right next to the Preserve now. Very near 32nd Street and Eva/Dunlap. I can walk out my front door and be on a trail in less than a minute. Where do you hike? I take a trail that joins with the Squaw Peak perimeter trail and I really enjoy it.
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We get there by taking Lincoln and park in one of the parking lots there. We don't do the summit trail with the little ones, but truth be told, they'd probably make it, it's DH and I carrying the babies that wouldn't! Here we are, the baby is sound asleep in my backpack. DH gets to carry the heavy 2 year old most of the way.
 

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