Recent content by callie7

I have an EE just like her! She’s my absolute favorite and lays the most beautiful bright blue eggs :)

Hi everyone! We have some broody hens (they’re Cochins) that we’ve put to good use with our neighbor’s duck eggs. We’ve snuck some in their nests for them to lay on and when we candled them we realized they’re fertilized! We’re excited to have little ducks soon (in about 3 weeks). My question...

We did a pretty thorough sweep of the farm and found an older moldy bag of deer corn. We disposed of it but I’m thinking our hen may have gotten into it :( that’s the only explanation I can think of. Thank you all for your help. Lesson learned for us and keeping a closer eye on places my girls...

I have been told when switching feeds to gradually incorporate the new feed into existing feed. Is that not correct?

Good afternoon everyone, I had a chicken die today. A few things I noticed about her beforehand: lethargic (she let me pick her up, which is very abnormal), running into things almost as if she was blind. She was eating and drinking though and her crop did not feel distended. It was morning and...

Update: Arlene is still doing well. I think we are past the worst part. I ordered a chicken saddle/apron and it covers the wound area perfectly. I released her back with her flock and the apron prevents pecking. She’s still not 100%, but I believe she’s going to be alright. Her feathers are...

Update: my injured hen (Arlene) is still with us. She is eating and drinking well and is still a little in shock, but it still laying (which I guess is a good sign!) Thanks to all of you wonderful people, she’s being treated with chlorhexidene spray and Neosporin twice a day. She’s eating...

Wow. I was totally unaware of that. I need to be reading up on Georgia’s statutes! Thanks so much for the help!

Unfortunately we don’t. We know they wear collars from talking to others on our road that have had livestock killed. Nobody seems to be able to get ahold of them though.

We’re in Georgia. We have not been able to catch the dogs, but my husband filed a police report and is currently sitting on top of our barn with his gun waiting on them to come back. I hate to hurt any animal, but this is just terrible.

She’s stable. She seems ok, just not eating and drinking much. We have her inside in a dog kennel. The dogs were not stray, just someone’s dogs that doesn’t keep them up. They killed 11 of our sheep as well. For the immediate future we are keeping the remaining hens in the coop and keeping our...

Thank you all so much!!

I lost 5 but have one baby that’s injured. I’ve posted a pic. What can I do to help her? Or do you think she needs to be put down? She has exposed muscle and tissue on her back.

I actually had them wrapped for this picture because she had some leg mites and I thought treating those might help. Thank you for the vitamin suggestion! I will get an updated pic of her and add to her feed.

Her poop is normal, she’s eating layer feed with the others. Her crop feels good and empties every day. She is pretty skinny though but she’s been like this for months and seems perfectly happy, just different lol