San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[perchie.girl]

I have four Wellsummer roos together no probs. but when I tried to let the two flocks co-mingle the Arucana roo Hotstuff started flogging the Alpha Wellie Roo. He is older and has bigger spurs and even though Hotstuff is two thirds the size of the Wellie he beat the crap out of him before I could get them separated. Just a little blood but enough to make me decide to keep the two flocks separate forever.

I would suspect they have the luck of the draw with regard to the game gene. and unless you have a couple of acres even just out free ranging isn't enough space for them. Though they may get along better if there are no hens around. That means a bachelor pen without line of sight to hens.

just my thoughts.

deb

 

[Aumlet]

Thanks guys. I have a feeling both of you are right (Knock Kneed Hen responded in that thread).

I've never seen THIS kind of fighting among my birds, except when my roo got spooked when one of hens got stuck in a net and attacked her - she was having none of it and both of them locked in and seemed to forget they knew each other. Once I separated them they calmed down and were fine. That wasn't social dominance though. She was flopping around under the net and freaking out and he ran over to peck her; as soon as I got it off her she went over to give him a piece of her mind and it escalated from there.

 

[dfdesigns]

Does anyone have an extra cage similar to this one that you'd sell? (Or even let me borrow for a week or so?)

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Does anyone have an extra cage similar to this one that you'd sell? (Or even let me borrow for a week or so?)

No, but I have cat carriers and a Brinsea eco brooder. Would that work?

 

[MissusC]

Does anyone have an extra cage similar to this one that you'd sell? (Or even let me borrow for a week or so?)

Smallest I have is a Great Dane sized crate.

I do have the wood brooder box that we got from someone on the California Poultry People list. It's big and made for outside though. I think it's 4' x 3' x 3' with a hinged lid. You can have it if you want it, I can even deliver if you want.

 

[dfdesigns]

Renee has graciously lent me a guinea pig cage, which should work really well for the time being. Thanks to all of you who offered up chick real estate options!

 

[Aumlet]

My little roos seem to have chilled out. There hasn't been a day like the one I posted about. Phew! I'm planning on rehoming them, but I didn't want to send out aggressive birds. I guess they just needed to get it out of their systems.

 

[DonaldFan]

Need advice please. Brought home a couple of hens that we had given to my brother. His family had to unexpectedly move and couldn't take them. It has been a couple of months and I had thought they were doing okay. They are too skinny so we pulled them and are keeping them seperate. They were always the most docile so think they were too timid to get in there with the others at feeding time. Any suggestions what to feed to get them back to health? I thknk the cold weather has ben too hard on everyone lately.

 

[LavendarFeather]

Smallest I have is a Great Dane sized crate.

I do have the wood brooder box that we got from someone on the California Poultry People list. It's big and made for outside though. I think it's 4' x 3' x 3' with a hinged lid. You can have it if you want it, I can even deliver if you want.

Oh oh oh, if Dana doesn't need that and you still want to rehome it, please let me know! I'd be very interested...thanks!

Betsy

 

[aaajjss1]

skinny chickens i would give then some yogurt and boiled eggs along with their feed and some fruits and veggies