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Hi. I'm baaaacccckkk. Sorry it has been so long. I have a question for all you Breda people. Last spring my perennial broody hatched 2 chicks from "unfertilized" (I thought) eggs that I had given her to give her something to do. One egg was dark brown (Welsumer) and the other was white...

I'm so DONE with cold. We had Christmas. We had a hard freeze, now let's get on with spring. Oh, I forgot. This is Kansas in February. Sigh. The older I get, the less tolerant I am of extremes.

Hey, I'm back. Of course I am. I have a problem. I have a gorgeous Jubilee Orpington rooster who has a series of problems. First he developed an eye infection. I treated it with eye ointment, and it healed fine, but then the use of the antibiotic caused him to develop a yeast infection on...

That's a good word for it. My Araucanas lay lots of eggs when they lay, but are broody a fair amount of the time during warmer weather. It is worth it for the beautiful blue eggs, though.

Danz, you are absolutely the chicken whisperer. (imagine bowing from the waist -- I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy). LOL

I hear you on the possums. I had mixed feelings on the subject, but my DH was adamant that we relocate her (to an approved location with permission about 9miles away.) Thanks for the info on the Safeguard. I found such mixed info on it that I didn't know what to believe. YOU I believe. Glad...

Thanks. I have safeguard, but I couldn't find any instructions on it. It sounds like the right way to go. Do you have any idea of the withdrawl period for eggs?

We rehomed one this morning, too. A young female we think. Took her to an area that is more friendly to 'possums. They do, after all, eat ticks.

Have to worm the chickens. If I use Safeguard, what is the process? I have done this before but it was two years ago. I also have Wazine and Ivermectin? I want a fairly all purpose. One of my cats horked up a roundworm, so it is time to worm the zoo.

Hi, guys, I haven't been around for a while, but I'm still doing the birds. Last spring when my broody's chicks didn't hatch, I got some hatchery chicks from Bluestem. Two of them were silver laced wyandottes. They are now almost 15 weeks old. I think they are pullets, but I haven't had...

Don't misunderstand. She only lays for about 3 weeks or a month before taking another 6 month vacation. When she lays, she lays, but when she doesn't, well she doesn't.

MY oldest hen is a Welsumer, and she is still laying intermittently. I've gotten 12 huge dark brown eggs from her in the last month. She is 7 and still pretty spry. She is my lap hen.

You are from the Winfield area, right? Do you ever get to Wichita? I might be able to coordinate a trip to Wichita to visit a friend at some point. There isn't any hurry on the Welsumers. Their mom babies her chicks for months. I just hate to butcher them. I loathe butchering, but that is...

My broodies are happily raising chicks. There are 9 that are about 4 weeks old that I got for the hens when their own eggs weren't fertile. 4 of them are Welsumers and 3 of the 4 are male, so if anyone needs a "Kellogs Corn Flakes" rooster, I'd be glad to share one of them (or more). The...

Quote: I think you read minds in your spare time. I was just thinking about checking for an in between size on the 2-3's. It doesn't need to be much bigger, just a tiny bit. I wonder if we have a drill bit that would work. Hmmm. My DH is great at figuring out that sort of thing. Back to...

Quote: Perhaps I should have said "copious free time?" No? Not that either. I know what you mean about losing track of where you are and what you are doing. I got halfway to the laundry room this morning without the sheets I was going to wash.

Quote: I think you read minds in your spare time. I was just thinking about checking for an in between size on the 2-3's. It doesn't need to be much bigger, just a tiny bit. I wonder if we have a drill bit that would work. Hmmm. My DH is great at figuring out that sort of thing.

Quote: I am using these in one of my runs. They are Orpingtons and Campines and REALLY messy. The size 3 washer is a little too big, so I'm trying to see if the #2 will be better. It seems a little small. I use Eggmaker in that run, and the crumbles vary in size. The larger ones are coming...

I have several in varying sizes from HenSaver. They are wonderful. They are sturdy material that will lift up off of the hen's back to let her dust bathe. I had two Breda hens that were seriously defeathered by the rooster. I put the saddles on them (the kind with the wing protection worked...

Thank goodness you got her back. Sounds like a bit of an ordeal. Don't dismiss those hedge thorns lightly -- they can really cause infections. Quote: