Recent content by Sorin

Thanks for the reply :) I'm glad to hear someone else has experienced this, I wonder what it is though? Well, that's good news your hens started laying again, at least I can give my friend some good news!

I think you have done the best you can, the only other thing I would suggest is to make sure she is warm tonight, I'm not sure what the weather is like where you are but if is going to be much below 70 tonight I would bring her inside if you can and see how she is isnthe morning.

If she is still eating and drinking and moving around I wouldn't worry too much :) Stress can make a chicken stop laying for a short time and it sounds like she went through an ordeal! I don't know about the feathers though, I wouldn't think they would be related. If you can, pick her up and...

That may cause the feather loss, but I'm not sure. It could be a molt, they can go through it anytime between 12-18 months old and sometimes once a year after that. Good job with the DE :) I would also do a thorough coop cleaning and mix some of the DE in with the shavings as well as dust the...

Ok, so I am actually posting this for a friend that does not have Internet. She has a flock of 37 hens, all Astraulorps and Red sex links. They are all under a year old, she has been getting 17-19 eggs a day from them until recently. A couple of weeks ago she bought a silkie hen and...

:) I'm with you! I like having all sorts of colors and varieties of chickens roaming the yard! The last time I let a broody hen hatch out her eggs I had 2 roosters and 8 different breeds of hens so when they hatched you never know what your gonna get. The next 3 weeks were like watching an...

Hello! :D I can't say for sure if your Lizard heater will work or not, but I would not try it. Maybe someone has used this before and hey will ppe in, but I believe they will do better with a radiant heat. If you don't want to use a lamp you could try a ceramic heat emitter that hangs, I...

Everyone will have a different answer to this :D but Silkies are sometimes called the "lapdog" of chickens, I have had a couple and they were very friendly! Right now I have a couple of Buff Orpingtons that are very sweet, they don't necessarily seek out attention but they don't freak out when I...

I would assume diet will affect their poop, but they can eat the exact same thing every day and have different varieties. There was a thread on here a while ago that showed all the "normal" kinds, I can't find it but this should help, http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0 it has...

Sounds good! If your willing to sell Bruce come January, I will gladly wait for him :D I just love his coloring! I will keep in touch :)

Wow! What gorgeous birds! Absolutely stunning! I'm not too particular on color, although I really like the color of Bruce :D I just wanted a Standard Cochin Roo :) they are so beautifu. My favorite rooster Harry died this spring and he was a Cochin/polish mix and he was just the nicest rooster...

Thanks! :D They are beautiful birds! Too bad they are bantam :( I really need a standard. I guess I'll have to start a Cochin breeding program up here in Northern NY! I think I'll have to have to find some fertile eggs from someone and start hatching in the spring :)

If you don't mind me asking :) where did you see Cochins for sale in Tully? Is there an ad? I have been searching for a Cohin Roo for months!

I hope this doesn't sound mean :/ but how about just clipping his flight feathers so he can't get over the fence? Unless y ou want him to be able to get away from the other Roo. In that case I would try physically moving him for the AC to a more appropriate place to roost, after a week or two he...

Thanks for the offer! However, I think he would get beat up by some of my hens. I have a black Orpington that is a bully when it comes new chickens, that's why I need an adult Roo that can "take charge" so to speak :)