Recent content by Vampire Gardener

Thanks! I'll try massaging her this evening. Should I give something other than VetRx? Or just wait and see if the crackling gets better? I read that article last night and then again just now. I appreciate it, it definitely helps. I think we are talking about the same noise. I tried to...

I gave her some coconut oil to help with a potential slow crop. I intended to massage her but she wouldn't let me get close enough. She did take maybe 3/4-1 tsp of unrefined coconut oil. She did eat a bunch more of crumbles that I added water to make mushy. All my girls love that but I don't...

It is morning and I only slept 4 hours trying to research what is wrong with Beatrice. I let them out of their coop this morning and into their run and Beatrice had a firm but smaller crop. It definitely went down in size from golf ball size at bed time to me thinking it was flat when I looked...

Update for anyone with similar issue. Rory was attacked and stopped laying while she was healing. The soft membrane egg thing I pulled out was her first attempt at laying after her body healed. I couldn't get her to take tums so I planned to go to tractor supply the next morning but she...

I just caught her on Chicken Cam eating layer pellets. She seems to have a good appetite. So, I went outside to the coop to observe closer. I haven't noticed any eye involvement and she doesn't appear to be sneezing or coughing either. Her rose comb and waddles are nice and red in color and...

I have 9 chickens that are 11 months old. One girl is acting a bit odd. Her name is Beatrice and she's a Wyandotte. On 3/13/2024, I moved their coop to a new location in my yard. I had never done this before. I put all of them in their playpen (a mobile area of about 100 sq feet). I put...

I have this too with at least one bird. Been going on for a while (month maybe) and I haven't changed anything. I have a lot of clay soil and my girls do like to peck at the dirt a lot. They have plenty of free choice food and they get to forage but I think one might love the taste of clay...

I got it out and attached a picture. The Pine Bedding is from the coop not her insides. Is there a chance there is more? Nothing is sticking out. I have tums but they are flavored, is that a problem? THANKS! I'm planning to return to the flock as soon as I give her a tums, any reason I...

I have a Rhode Island Blue / Production Blue (this is a combination of a Blue Astralorp and a RI Red) that is 9 months old - RORY is her name. She has what looks like an egg membrane hanging out of her vent. She was acting completely normal while foraging with the rest of the flock then she...

With the base station you say you need the app, but do you also need a subscription service too?

How are you liking the new camera? Any issues? I'm thinking of buying some and stuck on which brand. Arlo looks good but reviews out there are either love or hate.

On this past Wednesday, November 22nd, a hawk attacked one of my chickens and messed her up pretty bad. Her back was a bloody mess and I took her to my vet who gave her a couple stitches, gave me antibiotics to give her, and charged me 360 bucks. Oh my goodness. My hurt girl is in my bathroom...

Wow! Just wow, I'm totally impressed. What are your tall posts in the middle? They look super tall, are they 4x4s? I'm thinking of putting this over my garden, coop and run. Did you buy one super large net or tie them together?

Three of my nine birds have started laying eggs. My first girl is a good 2 weeks in and laying 6 eggs a week. However she started laying in the middle of the night and not going to her nesting box. The first egg I got was undamaged, but the second was cracked. I haven't been using lighting...

I don't like hurting creatures in general. Are the rat snakes able to kill my birds if cornered in the coop? A couple of my girls were curious when the snake left the coop and some got in the snakes way. I think I am more scared of the battle they will have then either of the animals are.