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Did you even read it? 20 mls of apple cider vinegar equals 4 teaspoons. The apple cider vinegar is added for the potassium, to increase fluid intake. Also added is 5 teaspoons if sodium bicarbonate. The immediate first aid treatment is electrolytes and sodium bicarbonate solution with no...

It might be a frazzle or the wing feathers might just have been beaten up by life. A frizzle's feathers don't follow the contour of their body and stick out away from the body so are more likely to suffer from damage than a smooth feathered bird's feathers. The older the feather, the more...

They all look normal except the frizzle. Feathers grow in tracts, with completely bald areas between the tracts of feathers. Pick up a fully feathered bird and separate the feathers and you will see maybe half, a third of the bird has bare skin. That's normal. They also molt and grow the...

A raccoon will pull a fair sized chicken out through one inch wire--piece by piece. I think 1/2 inch is how small you have to go. I have 1/2 inch by 2 or 3 inches on my aviary and I worried a raccoon could stick their hands through even though the San Antonio zoo assured me a raccoon couldn't...

I used a couple of big soup pots, a lot more than a tea pot. I'm a live and let live kind of person and tend to just avoid ant nests, but I think I need to get rid of a few nests around the house.

The nest is usually close to the surface. Also, if they move, you will have killed some and the next nest will be smaller. I'm a bit concerned about pouring a lot of boiling water into the ground and killing the roots of trees, but there is no poison being added to the environment.

I really don't know the answer to your questions. I do know that Red Shouldered hawks tend to be quite protective of their territory, which is one of the reasons I like them so much. They make a lot of noise that is very distinctive when they are bothered by someone in their territory. I...

You can kill the whole nest with boiling water.

I quite like the Polish, I just don't like their top knot and all the problems that go along with that. I think their vision problems make them a bit spooky. If I keep them trimmed or taped up, they are pretty normal and quite sweet natured. I find them very entertaining, comical birds. They...

The really ditzy one is the one in my avatar. If I don't tape her top knot up she is really handicapped--she can't even see to eat. She'll flick her top knot to the side out of her eyes for a quick look. It is really pathetic. Even with her top knot tied up she is really dumb about danger...

My place is covered in trees, too. I think sometimes it is just luck as to what pair of hawks set up housekeeping in your area. Not all know a chicken is prey. Sometimes it is the way you have your yard set up and how much activity is going on in the area. I'm out a lot and have lots of...

Boiling water.

Identifying hawks is REALLY hard. The male and female of the same species are such different sizes (the female is about 50% larger than the male); the plumage differs from juvenile to adult, often from male to female; and worst of all, you generally just get a brown blur out of the corner of...

It's not really that they can't do it it is that they choose not to risk getting in a situation where they can't escape easily or is likely to be unsuccessful. My Scarlet macaw panicked or some real or imagined threat the other day and flew up between two lengths of that plastic deer netting...

Ms Jellybean, since you have no idea when you will be able to get your chicks why are you still contacting breeders and making arrangements to get chicks? You have gone back on your word for so many chick orders I've lost count. Let me see if I have it right: Silkies, Cream Crested Legbars...

Don't worry if their feet appear orange for a few weeks or have white-tipped toes. Another thing not to worry about as babies are white primary feathers. That is really common with the blues and the blacks in this breed. They are supposed to go away at some point. I have yet to grown out any...

When?

Another thing about Polish that your friend should know is that their skull is "vaulted" like skull "A" below. They really do have holes in the top of their skulls, and because of that are a little more delicate and susceptible to injury than normal chickens are. I had no idea that Polish...

As Showbarnmom mentions, frizzle is a type of feather. The genetics of the bird cause the feathers to bend the away from the body. These birds pictured above are frizzled Polish. They will need to have their top knots fastened back so they can see. I cut the topknots of two of my Polish...

Are you keeping them?