Recent content by cosmoguidry

This is a great idea. The problem is they like to scratch at everything I plant back there, so I end up having to protect the plants from the chickens. :)

It didn't carry the bantam too far. The Cooper was about the same size from other videos I have, so he didn't have the lift needed for that much weight. I think the white birds are easier to see from whatever height he surveys from.

Last week my little white bantam named Salt was dispatched by a Cooper's Hawk. I have more than one video of the attack, but I am only posting this one which is not THE EVENT but right before it. The reason why I'm sharing this video is to demonstrate how good a hunter the hawk is. At one point...

I have an existing flock of one rooster and 11 hens; mixture of Brahmas, Barred Rock, and Easter Eggers. I went to the store and picked up 6 more chicks to grow the flock and have them in a brooder right next to the existing coop. 4 days later I suspect one of my hens is brooding some eggs...

I have a 14 chicken flock that has been happy until the last week or so. 12 hens (9 EEs, 1 Brahma, and two Barre Rocks), and 2 roosters (1 EE "Rocky", and 1 Brahma "Elton"). Elton is handicapped in that he has a limp from an unknown injury he suffered when he was a chick, but he gets along just...

I think you are absolutely correct here. Yesterday I pulled a pink egg out of the box, and again three browns. I'm getting quite a collection of colors.

I have an interesting mystery. My flock is 14 chickens; 2 roosters and 12 girls. Pictured is a good representative photo showing off my Brahma and Egger roosters and my 9 Easter Eggers, two Barred Rocks and one Brahma hen. They just started laying a week-and-a-half ago and it has been...

My 10 week olds are just as spoiled as our two BR that are also 10. I trained them with mealworms or what I call chicken crack. Now when I walk into the run I have 6 chickens run to greet me, 2 Brahmas, 2 BRs and 2 cockerels which are EEs. The other 9 watch the 6 for visual cues and are the...

Hey gang! I used to have chickens and they all eventually moved on (spiritually and actually). I didn't replace them until we moved to an Acre-and-a-half (which is spectacular). I spent weeks building a mac-daddy coup and now we have 15 little babies. Inventory includes 2 Brahmas, 2 Rock Barres...

Got home from work and found Reba the New Hampshire Red with this shiner. Is this an injury from a fight or is this some kind of disease? Cosmo

Three days ago I woke up to let my chickens out and found one had developed a cough or a sneeze. It continued for a couple of days until I found a suggestion of putting garlic in their water. I had a clove so I tried it out. The next day... no cough or sneeze. I really didn't expect it to work...

Well the gal from the Ag Center called me back yesterday evening. The prognosis is not good. She pointed to two possibilities; poisoning or disease. If it was a poisoning event, then it is likely all of the chickens would have died about the same time considering they would have likely consumed...

I have tried and tried to get some help from the Ag Center in Louisiana. Apparently there is only one person who knows anything about chickens and she is not available. I have sent an e-mail and left a voice mail, but no response. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can be doing...

OMG! Today I got home and Mom was dead! I'm very upset. She was the captain of the heard. I'm going to contact the LSU Ag center tomorrow to find out if they can find a cause of death. She was fine this morning when I went off to work. She has no signs of attack or disease. I'm worried for the...

I'm not sure I have the stomach for an autopsy. Maybe tomorrow. I'm really worried about Mom. I tried to cheer her up with mealworms and she ignored me. Thanks for the suggestion.