Recent content by rlw525

Hi Alli, I have two hens if you are interested. I'm not sure what breed they are (Australorp or Orpington?) but they are both healthy, quiet, and good layers. They are just too big for my small coop. Feel free to call or text. 216-310-3237. Thanks, Randy W.

Thank you!

Thank you for the info.

I recently lost a Gold Sebright bantam that I had purchased at an auction about 3 weeks earlier. She started sneezing, had watery eyes, and foamy saliva around her beak. I tried everything that the chicken forums and videos suggested aside from taking her to the vet. (Unfortunately, I can't...

OK. I see it now. Sebrights always have the black edges on their feathers, correct?

I think these chooks are sebrights. Hen lays white eggs, Any help?

Thanks for the input, Howard. There is most definitely no infestation of rodents here. We have 6 farm cats that do an outstanding job of keeping the rodent population very much under control. What we do have that could very possibly attract weasels is a large pond full of frogs, which I...

Thanks Mary. I've actually had very little problem catching rats but the freakin' weasels are a different story!

I was mistaken about the traps being unbaited. Apparently the trapper uses fish oil.

I was actually considering putting out "rat traps". Do they have to be enclosed?

Thanks, OHLD. What of the threat to have the other trapper's license revoked? He has a permit to trap.

Hi. Last year a weasel killed about 20 young turkeys, a full grown adult turkey, and some ducks on our farm. We hired a professional trapper (We'll call him Dick) to try to catch the weasel. Dick used leg-hold traps. A relative (John) – who has a trapping permit – also set a couple of traps...

Mine is doing the same thing. It stays at 124°F. I lost 12 snowflake quail eggs and 9 button quail eggs. Has anyone found a replacement heater/thermostat that works?