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  1. RossAcres

    Stop telling me to kill my birds....

    Good morning everyone. I just wanted to rant a little bit. In the show world, things can get a little harsh/brutal. An example being that my white wyandotte cockerel has a sinus infection. I know it's a sinus infection because his right sinus cavity is swollen and his wattles are swollen...
  2. paradisepentacoop

    First time, am nervous but set. Any advice?

    Hey all, I have two roosters that need to be culled. I have decided that they will have less trauma by having a humane death versus other solutions. However, this is my first time killing intentionally, let alone pets. Below are my questions or uneasy points. Please feel free to answer any or...
  3. myaijones962

    Possible Coryza?

    I have a flock of over 100 birds, a lot of time and money has gone into these birds. We have a few experiencing a swollen eye, only on one side. I treated the entire flock with oxytetracycline (1cc per gallon water) for 5 days, then seperated the ones showing symptoms and I'm continuing...
  4. C

    Fighting flock after rooster culled?

    Need advice. We culled our rooster about 2 weeks ago as half the girls had bare backs and shoulders, he put a gaping wound on the side of one and was starting to attack me. Things were going okay. Now there are a lot of side fights going on in the hen population. I have 16 hens. I know the...
  5. crunchygranola

    Thoughts on this plan?

    Hey, guys. I currently have six chickens, and I was planning to cull five of them. I wanted to keep the one that was most like a pet to me, but add in other chickens for variety. I was thinking about raising baby chickens for six weeks until they’re old enough to go outside, and then cull the...
  6. WARosie

    Cull? Found mass under roost bar this morning

    Warning, gross photo. Background: My big Marans was doing the crop dance back in June, so I treated her for impacted crop. It only went down so far and a mass wouldn’t go away. So then I started thinking maybe she has a tumor. After 2.5 or 3 weeks in a crate I put her back into the chicken...
  7. C

    Euthanasia Fail

    Hello, everyone. I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post this, but I couldn't find a better category. This is graphic, so please, if you are already having a difficult week, don't continue reading. This experience has traumatized me to the point of being able to think of little else for...
  8. monti

    Egg breakers

    Ok I have 2 hens in separate coop. They are my egg breakers! Grr well one of them is. What do you do with your egg breaker? I was thinking about figuring out which one is the egg breaker and cull her. Make some chicken n noodles lol
  9. Jurassic_Bawk

    Lucky my Roo's aim wasn't better!

    Had to cull some extra roosters for the first time. This novice rooster keeper was very lucky the roosters didn't have better aim! Rooster #2 got me when I went to pick up Rooster #1. Definitely helped me feel better about my decision that they had to go! Those spurs are no joke! I wore a...
  10. McCarter Farm

    Help! Cull or assist?

    I walked out to feed and one of my roosters was standing but can’t hold up his neck. He will lift it for a second and it falls back down.
  11. McCarter Farm

    Massive Tumor.. what was it? (Graphic)

    On Sunday I noticed one of my barnyard mix hens feathers were hanging down her leg. She was eating and otherwise seemed fine. I couldn’t catch her and get a better look until yesterday. When I went to check on her I did notice that there was a huge lump/tumor hanging down. (From one side of her...
  12. TheBirdBabe

    What age do you thin out your roosters?

    I have raised 2 "flocks" of chicks, I'm currently on number 3. Each time, I've waited FAR too long to get rid of roosters (in fact, I made a bachelor pad for some I couldn't stand to see go!) I think this go round I have at least 4 out of 10. 😥 What age do you cull your roos? Do you do it as...
  13. Pine Shavings

    Removing birds from flock

    When is the best time to take a bird from a small flock? I mean to cull a bird but still want my flock to trust me. Is it best to take them from the roost at night or when is it best to take a bird from a flock permanently? Also how do you make a bird comfortable before culling to show respect...
  14. S

    First time culling a mean rooster

    We decided we needed to cull some roosters. We have 24 chickens and 7 of them are roosters that have been fighting. We researched and prepared and bought a hugging cone and decided to just take care of one first the meanest one and to process it to eat and then decide what to do with the rest...
  15. OfWolvesAndHen

    Suspected cockerels in hatch

    I'm very sad to make this post, as I've grown incredibly attached to my little ameraucana chicks. However after reading through some threads on this forum, I believe it is necessary. I suspect at least 2 of my 3 chicks are cockerels---this is based on my observations during vent sexing (though...
  16. T

    When is a spent hen?

    When do you consider you hens spent? My initial small flock is about 3 years old that are still laying every other day, do you consider your laying hens spent when they're 100% done laying or just when they're not producing anymore. I still get about 16-24 eggs a week, excluding winter because I...
  17. fivechicks715

    Should I cull my chicken

    She is 2 years old, my favorite girl. Here’s a little backstory: I had 6 chickens, then two months ago one of my silkies wasn’t coming out of the run, but was still walking and eating, then I found her dead one day leaned over as if she died in her sleep. Then a month or so after that my buff...
  18. P

    To cull or not to cull

    Hello , we are first time chicken owners. We are getting ready to process our Rainbow and Australorp roosters this weekend and we have one gimpy Rainbow hen that we were wondering if we should process as well. She has a defect or injury she has been living with where she hobbles around and her...
  19. A

    Blind quail chick not growing

    This is my first time hatching and raising quail. All of my chicks except 1, which was born blind (without eyes). I didn't want to cull it yet since I thought it would maybe be able to see or learn to adapt in the future but so far it's been 1 week in and I still hand feed the chick as it never...
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  20. Drex Chick

    Introduction of new birds with a rooster

    My rooster is not very gentle with his ladies and I plan on culling him after the 10 week newbies are old enough to do them all at once, my question is do I need to worry about him hurting the new girls that are only 10 weeks when I integrate them into my flock? Should I cull him first since...
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