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I have a cat that often gets herself locked in and a golden retriever that is obsessed with going in the chicken house. But they are not even making a dent in the mice. I may have to resort to poison. But the feathers just make me want to cry. He is such a gorgeous bird, or at least he was until...

Trauma in the hen house today. We had my son's show rooster put up by himself to let his tail feathers grow longer(phoenix). Well, last night he roosted early in the big house so we let him sleep in there for the night. When I went out to move him today, something had chewed off all his long...

I am on the lookout for a RIR rooster. He must be a nice guy-no mean ones as he will be around children. I sold 4 of my laying hens to a friend today and he wants a RIR rooster to watch over them. As of today, I have rehomed 9 birds in the last month or so. All birds that we really were not...

homemakerjulie- I went to Jacob's cave in the Spring and it was a severe letdown. We went on Friday and there was a lot of junk and horribly frostbitten birds. We did come home with a few nice birds but overall a big disappointment. pdsavage-I have a love of cute baby animals but must agree...

No roosters needed here. Waded out in the mud to spend some time with the chickens. Let the chickens out in the yard to feast on cycadas. I have been putting straw in the pen to keep them out of the mud but this is getting ridiculous. It is supposed to be hot this weekend so maybe it will dry...

We were on lock down today at my school for more than an hour due to tornado warnings. Usually kids don't take these things seriously but with all the tornadoes around us lately, the kids were perfect. We were all a little on edge. Then we heard about Sedalia. I too am glued to the TV. I was...

Couldn't seem to break myself away from the news today. So incredibly devastating. Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the Joplin area. It makes me tear up to watch the news. Taskforce 1 from Columbia is in Joplin so best of luck to them.

Modern technology is great. Internet has been down for 4 days. Had to get my techie genius son to get us up and going. Turns out we needed a new modem. Maybe it will work consistently now. Teddi- I agree about picking what you like. Although I could never narrow it down to two breeds, I do want...

Teddi- I have a brahma that suffers in the heat. We try and run hose water on her when we can and have even put her in the house if we have periods of heat. Not sure why they have that issue, maybe their size.

Decided at a moment's notice to go to Auxvasse for what I thought was a swap meet. Turned out to be a dud but we did come home with 4 new pullets. By fall they will start laying and I can get rid of some of my older hens. Also, small world, the only person there selling birds was the same one we...

So I have an ad on Craig's list for a single bantam mixed breed hen and get 8 replies. But not one for my phoenix pair. Go figure. What a yucky day. So glad I got my garden in yesterday. Made the BIG mistake of letting all the birds out and my big hens went and dug up all my hills with seeds...

Pen- I use a long handled floor scraper to clean my chicken house. It will scrape off most any dried on poo. I have a big issue with mice living under my chicken house right now. Thanks to the hard winter, I have a lovely batch of them coming up to feed. With all the straw and feed that goes...

Something must be wrong with me. I finally took the time to count how many chickens we have- drum roll please---- 42!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is way too many. Told the boys we are going to have to downsize soon. I can't get rid of the laying hens cause they are the only ones that even remotely pay...

Good news and bad news. Went to the chicken house this morning and there were 3 new bantam feather footed chicks in the cage with my cochin. Bad news- my son went out 10 minutes later and there was only 1 left. My stupid, mean, nasty laying hens pecked into the cage with the babies and pulled...

Just got back from a mini vacation to Omaha. Took my youngest and went with friends to the Omaha zoo. Amazing place. Weather totally sucked though. It was 40 and rained all the way from Columbia to Omaha and the entire day at the zoo. The good news is that there was no one else there so we had...

Well I posted my D'Uccle roosters on the auction site here. I guess we will see. I have had no hits on Craig's list. Ugh! Been putting wd40 on new chicken feet, they are looking better. What a beautiful pair of birds they are. I particularly like the naked neck rooster. He is very laid back...

Teddi- How exactly do you cull birds when you can't get rid of them? Are we talking ringing their necks? I really did not want to give my roos away for free but they need to go. I know I take the risk of someone taking them for the wrong reasons if I offer them for free and they would make good...

They are bantam buff brahmas. Gorgeous duo. I really have no way of knowing if they still have the mites or if this is old. My son still plans to show them, even with the leg issues. He knows they will count off but he really loves them already. But I agree that they will be great producers and...

That sucks. You mean there is no way to make them look better after the mites are gone? My son will not be happy. It was my fault for not looking the birds over better. This was my fear- that someone would sell us something that was "damaged". They are gorgeous birds though. MeFordz-How do the...

So apparently we did not look at the feet of one of our birds before we bought it. I am posting pics below. Is this mites? It's my youngest son's favorite new bird so no regrets, just need to take care of his feet. Any help would be appreciated. Been outside all day with birds. They are...