The feed store had a batch of chicks in. "Hatchery Choice." They are supposed to be pullets, all standard size egg layers. I got six assorted. I picked this...
Hens like to kick bedding, especially hay, out of the nest boxes. They don't have to be broody to do it. I quit using hay years ago because I couldn't keep...
we us shredded paper with no problems! Thanks to junk mail we have loads! ... From: Elizabeth Hoxie To: dom_bird@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 21,...
I don't know what it is, but it's cute, looks like a little bald eagle. Jeanie--living the dream in PA "If you can draw an egg, you can draw anything". N.C....
I agree with Barbara.....red would just encourage the other chickens to peck the injured bird. Blue or purple is the color of the spray you use to deter the...
Hi Folks Can someone please inform me how many times per year a goose becomes broody and lay eggs? I am new to this and living in South Africa there is very...
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My husband thinks it looks like a buzzard. It's cute,though. Elizabeth/WA...
That would seem odd Pat, as birds have a very well developed since of sight/colors and a very poor sense of smell. Hickman's Huhnerhof Helena, Montana ... ...
I have about a two year old Brown Leghorn hen that is in bad shape. She is very lethargic and squatting down, but can get around if she really wants to. The...
I lost a hen exactly like this. It's probably one of two things: a liver problem or egg yolk peritonitis. If it's her liver, antibiotics might make her...
My two year old New Hampshire Reds had swollen tummies as well. It almost looked like they had swallowed basketballs. They would get around, and still looked...
I had a hen that was like this once..I had been watching as she continued to get bigger and bigger. Finally I put her down to see what the issue was(in the...
I have added some pictures to The Todds photos. There is a roster that I would like to know if any one can identify. All so the wight silky hen he has breed...
I missed it. They usually repeat them after a while. They had another one where he worked as a chick sexer at Murray McMurray. Dennis. ... Discovery...
Sometimes it feels like I'm out of the fry pan and right into the fire with these birds I own. My RIR Roo and some of the girls have black scabby things on...
... You can purchase Electrolytes, from any Online Hatchery like Mcmurray Hatchery or any rural feed store. Electrolytes are given to your hens to help with...
should hold at least two dozen small bantam eggs. I don't need a turner, as this incubator would only be used for the last 3 days of incubation as a hatcher....
- It might be a necked neck. I have one that is similar to it. If it's neck was stretched out, I could tell. -- In dom_bird@yahoogroups.com, "Katy K....
Poem for people who love their chickens ! Jay in Stuart, VA 24171. www.gregorypoultry. <http://www.gregorypoultry.com/> com The Warmth Of Chickens...... When...
From my spring chick orders, I got 3 Delaware hens, 4 Ameraucana hens, 8 Mille fleur d'Uccle banties hens, one rosecomb banty hen, and one OEG banty hen. As...
My spring Auracaunas have not started laying at all yet. I have been giving them the evil eye. My RIRs and Buff Orpingtons are laying, and I get a few Bantie...
