Recent content by SamCO

My dogs are all trained on a shock collar in combination with positive reinforcement . Some might not agree with this method but it has worked well for us. The important thing is to teach the command “leave it”first. You can look up videos as to how to do this with treats. Make sure your dog...

She’s a pretty hen now.

Im going with pullet. No pointy saddle feathers that I can see. I feel like at that age, they would surely be there.

I just wrapped our run with clear thread reinforced tarps on the north and west sides. There is an auto door on the north side for the birds to go from the covered run into the fenced, open top chicken yard so I wanted something that would protect the auto door. I attached old kennel panels at...

just wanted to update- We ended up culling the mottled Java cockerel. Was really hard on me, but it was the right choice. So far the other guy is showing all the signs of being a good rooster. He calls the girls, lets them eat treats, dances and seems to watch for predators. He still runs...

We just ate our first cockerel that we butchered due to being aggressive with our children (we’ve now killed two.) he was about 8 months old. What shocked me was the color of the meat when I went to cook him. So dark. I cooked him in the crock pot all day, with onions and herbs, then pulled...

This is really interesting about not letting the rooster mount hens in front of you. Makes perfect sense and I will start that immediately. It does seem like they try to do it more when people are around. Maybe it is their way of showing they’re on top of the pecking order. I’ll be sure to have...

Thank you all! Sounds like everyone has a little different experience. My Java bit me today when I was sitting down visiting with the flock, and he circled back around behind me. I put my hand out to block him from getting behind me and he bit my hand. Don’t have to time to get him processed...

This past spring, we had to call our young rooster, because he started being aggressive with humans. We got some more spring chicks and two ended up being cockerels. one of the Cockerels we didn’t handle at all because I suspected he was a he from very early (he was our single broody hatched...

She kicked her babies to the curb at three weeks. So I added her three to the other chicks who were a month older than them. What a lot of chicken drama!

No bugs that I can find. It’s white and gooey right around her vent and in the feathers underneath. Definitely doesn’t look like stool. I can’t tell if there’s an odor, but I’m sick and VERY congested 😬. I’ll try to get a photo tomorrow. Her stools seem normal. Thanks for replying.

How did your reintroduction end up? I finally locked up four birds in a seperate mean girls club ( 😂) for 3 days and let my girl and all the chicks mingle with the rest of the flock. Those four seemed to be the bullies who were initiating the attacks (they were the next youngest group, so...

Thank you! I’ve tried a few “head pecks” and ended up locking her and three other birds in jail (we called it mean girls club 😂) for three days due to them bullying another bird, and she’s much better now!

I have sweet one-year-old salmon faverolles. She was broody and raised three chicks for a few weeks. Then the rest of the flock rejected her and we’ve been gradually trying to get her re-introduced. It appears now that she has a vent gleet. I’m guessing due to the stress of being bullied. we...

All right experts- I have a light Brahma hen (pullet actually- 10 months) that is coming after me and my kids when we come into the run. She goes after feet and pecks hard. And she’ll chase you when you turn your back (like our cockerel did before he went to freezer camp) She was broody a few...