Recent content by Sylvester017

Our alpha hen (a Dominique) must get 1st choice, takes a bite or two, & steps back or walks away for the others to whoosh in. Since she's the biggest, oldest, and assumes alpha we've noticed she avoids chasing the newest littles (Silkies) if we respect her status. If she goes first for food it...

CC your photos are the bomb! Gorgeous!

Thank you for saying what I wanted to. Roos or an alpha hen that has no roo in the flock must get the food and attention first. From the video I saw Pastel seemed a fairly normal roo except that he was not given the feed first. When we feed treats we give alpha first crack at it & when she...

Yep, Doms are usually not shy about anything. The chicks were about 3 or 4 days old when we brought them home and as teenagers were respectful to our 9-yr-old alpha Silkie. We were afraid of putting bigger Doms w/ the old Silkie but they turned out to be her protectors till she passed at 11...

Oh, how we LOVE Crows! They never bother our chickens and the neighborhood murders chase off the Cooper's hawks! YAY!

We've had 4 Doms over the years. Peppy outgoing people-friendly unafraid as chicks where other chick breeds seem scared of humans. Dom chicks were our favorite standard breed chicks & calm as adults and great conversationalists -- whereas Leghorns, Marans, etc are a bit less sociable. We've had...

Is it possible the migrating wild geese/fowl are what's spreading AI thru North America or is it the fault of crowded industrial poultry farms for the spread? It seems backyarders dont get AI & only the commercial poulters do?! Also, I thought horses slept standing & only lay down if ill? I...

Yes -- Sun tea w/black tea always seems to taste better than teapot tea! We like raw unfiltered honey rather than sugar/artificial sweeteners. Yum. For herbal tea I like peppermint. Our 3 littles back on February 2 diving for millet seed

you had a question re help w/ your chickens?

Sorry I missed a month of FBA. After a nasty fall breaking my right humerus arm bone I looked like this on Mothgers Day I'm still today one-finger typing w/ the left hand! Had a great day having visitors. DH takes good care of both me and the 6 girls:

If Pastel is good w/ his ladies & protects them keep him and just wear hi-top galoshes to protect your legs from his spurs. You can always put a childs sock over his head whenever you need to hold him for health checks and wear long arm gloves and long sleeves to protect from scratches. I...

What's funny is our Dom molts enough feathers equal to a pillow!

When we treated our Dominique hen for Bumblefoot (she gets it once a year, why? we don't know) we treat her daily for a couple weeks with 20-30 minute warm Epsom salts foot soaks and then vet-wrap her foot w/ triple antibiotic ointment on a round cotton cosmetic makeup pad over the wound...

YES!

Because govts & courts are man-made & then the interpretations of law and twisting of the execution of the law are done by imperfect self-serving mankind. And are humans in govt or the courts inherently good deep down to do what is right? This is what 1 Corinthians 6:5 says: Is it so, that...