Recent content by The Phoenix

Oh dear! One of my hens developed this while I was away and the person caring for the flock did not notice the huge breast and feathers being lost from dragging on the ground. I simply turned her upside down and massaged her throat until she regurgitated. Did that 3 times a day and each time...

Well DONE!!

Thank you for posting this, I was about to order some 28 dollar straight run chicks because of the hype about this breed. But just as I would not subject my birds to confined battery type housing, neither would I be interested in confining them in boxes for a month before they were butchered. so...

Some birds are agressive, saves weaker ones from getting pecked bloody. The beaks are like fingernails, there are no nerves at the ends and are pretty soft when they do the clipping, I don't believe it actually hurts.