The big bobcat story ( no pictures it happened too fast)
I was letting my banties freeranging in the yard for a couple of hours like I normally do daily. I was washing the drinking fountain with the high pressure nozzle and the flock was scattered around the backyard. about 15 feet away from me...
I might be able to get a pic in the morning. His comb has about 3/8 of an inch ridge running the full length of his head of healthy looking comb, the top of what is left looks light pink.
My OEGB rooster pulled an escape during a snowy cold spell and got frostbite ( he spent 2 days & nights up a tree). His comb turned black except for 3/8 of an inch of it and the damaged part has fallen off.
Will this grow back?
How long will it take to grow back?
Will this affect how he deals...
I needed to keep my flock small so bantams were a logical choice. On my birthday last year (October)I read an advertisement on craigs list and made arrangement to buy a trio of Red Pyle O.E.G.B.(8 week old) from a local farm. On the way home the 2 pullets were quiet in the cardboard box but the...
When my two hens are not broody they will produce about 6 eggs in a week each, as for fighting I don't know I only have the one rooster till the cockerel gets older now for broody both hens went broody at the same time this spring and one just hatched out 7/7 3 days ago and they both are good...
Not always, sometimes they will stalk to see if humans are near and try to come back when they think it's safer. I only let mine out in the evening for a couple of hours before sunset when I can sit and watch. I have scared off dogs, feral cats and shot a raccoon and 3 skunks trying to get a...
I had a problem my 2 OEGBs one of them would lay anywhere in the coop and run, so I bought white golf balls and put 2 in each nest. It worked like a charm the one hen lays in her favorite nest box the other went broody and now trying to hatch out 5 fertile eggs and two golf balls. I hope they...