In NY, we can get it done free during county fair time. They have clinics in each county during the summer, usually at the fairgrounds. If you call your local extension office, they could tell you.
Anybody out there with a closed flock? I "rescued" a lovely white bantam cochin for a deceased neighbors estate. Good thing I quarantined - she's mycoplasma positive. Anyway, my flock is clean so I'd like to find her a nice home where she can live as a pet. Willing to drive some. I'm in upstate NY.
I had a scalped chicken recently. I did sew the hanging flap back on as a biological bandage. Some has fallen off and there's a funny little tag of skin. Never missed a day laying an egg so she wasn't suffering too much. She's fine now. We call her Sinead.
There's some beak issue with this little guy. I inherited some poultry and I have them in isolation while I treat some issues of neglect. Their owner died and their caretaker didn't know any better. A few have nose canker. A few have mites. All have overgrown beak and toenails from living in...
Yeah? No kidding? Maybe that's why I said Araucana MIX in the first place. I already have these birds. I know what the are and aren't. I just wanted to know what color the white one would be when it was grown. Sheesh...
Barred rock. Mine is very tame. I gave some chicks that I knew were males to a friend and she wouldn't believe they were male because they were so mellow.
Roosters: Chamberlain, Ginger, Speckles, Bandit, Shadow
Hens: Barbie, Cocoa, Mrs. T, Beyonce, Sinead O'Connor (she was scapled by a predator), Dirty Chicken (we have five of these), Sweetie Pie, Mufflepuffs, Onyx, Honey, Goldilocks, Others haven't been namred yet. We wait for their names to be...
I received 10 Araucana chicks from the hatchery today. My experience is that the females have chipmunk stripes and the males are two toned. I wasn't sure about this "white" one. Upon closer inspection, I see it does have chipmunk stripes. They're just very pale. Anybody else see this before...
When searching for dark egg layers, I've heard many people are disappointed with hatchery chicks. I have to admit tgat I was concerned waiting for my first Welsummer egg. These eggs are certainly not chocolate or particularly dark, but they are darker than my other brown egg layers with tiny...
I've had several of these chickens. The free rooster I got from the hatchery looks like the one in the main photo. I also have a red one. The hens are all unique. They have the same basic characteristics, but the details are different so you can tell them apart easily. I get blue, mint green and...
We have two pair of these - black and blue. The females are sweet and make good show birds for small children. The lay enormous eggs considering their body size. The males are very agressive as is to be expected, but can be handled because of their small size. Just make sure you wear sleeves...