Recent content by kellypepperk

oh no... our chickers LOVE their garlic! We feed them quite a lot with no residual garlic taste in the eggs.

how about letting my dog share her huge bottle of Brewer's Yeast with Garlic tablets... I'm thinking, crushing a few tablets in a gallon of water?

I started a thread this morning - very similar symptoms... poor girls.

I gave her some more yogurt and Pedialyte this morning. The crop is softer and maybe a little less grainy - and, she poo'd a brown not-quite-formed poo! She's still not eating or drinking on her own, but does seem a little spunkier!

Our 10 month old Rose Comb Brown Leghorn was in a nesting box Friday night as we were tucking the rest of them in for the night. She just wasn't herself, she was quite wobbly. She sits somewhat fluffed up and hunched with her tail feathers splayed out. She felt lighter than usual, though...

stitching it up isn't usually advised... tdgill did the same thing that we did with several of our girls. Amazing at how quickly they healed!

I'm a newbie, too - but we've already had to deal with several deep gashes that left skin hanging and muscle exposed. I cleaned up the area clipped any feather remains that would get in the way. I rinsed the area with saline and then spritzed with peroxide. My father is a retired nurse and...

yeah, he's not going anywhere... he and my hubby bonded as soon as he came out of the shipping box. He has the orange-ist feet of all our Blue Swedish. This was taken last summer.

I was surprised at how nippy the girls were being too! My poor guy...

I believe they were born on Thursday or Friday morning and they were at our post office first thing Monday morning. Our post master knew to expect a shipment of chicks and ducks. And ours were not the only ones... When we got to the post office we saw 2 huge boxes and two little ones - we...

Hiya. So here's the breakdown - we have 9 ten month old ducks. 6 males / 3 females. That was an unfortunate roll of the dice and a few boys will be "going down the road," but just this morning I noticed one of our males (or so we thought - but his sex feathers are gone now) was away from the...

We're in Central NY and had 45 chickens and 10 ducks sent to us last Spring from Murray McMurray. We are sooo happy with our critters! The customer service at M.McM is wonderful - we're on a first name basis with a few of them! We've just finalized our next order and will be calling it in by...

There are some great ideas on here! It get so cold here that I think the ping pong balls would just freeze and break, but I like the wood in the water... but, this is what frustrates me... when we look for helpful ideas on an forum like this we know our own parameters - such as NO ELECTRICITY...

this is our first soft shell egg from our girls. They've been laying since the end of Sept. This is some sort of goop on the shell - not poop. Perfect on the inside.

did a quick search for tuna for chickens and found this thread... I mixed 2 cans with our dinner leftovers - corn and mashed sweet potatoes. I see what you mean about a full blown chicken riot! WOW! Ok, so that will go on the list of yummy treats!