Feb 21encapsulating pillsChickens don't really like to be pilled, but they dislike it even more when the pill leaves a bad taste. Unfortunately many medicines...
Jan 3Sweetie and frostbiteChickens Just Want to Be Warm By Melanie Moonstone. Melanie is the founder of Rooster Redemption, a non-profit 501(c)(3) animal sanctuary...
Jan 3Avian InfluenzaUpdated on January 2, 2024. Since the end of October, HPAI is back in northern California with cases in Merced, Fresno, Sonoma, San...
Nov 6, 2023parthenogenesisParthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction where an egg develops into an individual without being fertilized by a sperm. This...
Nov 6, 2023The birds and the beesLet’s talk about how baby chicks are made. Chickens reproduce sexually, meaning that they need a male and a female who combine their...
Sep 14, 2023both asleep and awakeChickens possess an intriguing ability that we humans don’t (one more!). They have a sleep phase called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep,...
Sep 14, 2023The fabulous vision of chickensWe’ve recently welcomed 3 hens who each have an eye injury. Athos’ right eye was cloudy, Porthos’ left cornea and eyelid were damaged,...
Jul 16, 2023ProlapseEarlier this month, I happened to be at Rancho Compasión & Blackberry Creek sanctuary when Opal had great difficulty laying an egg. Her...
Jul 16, 2023hormone implantThere exist hormone implants that pause the egg laying in birds. The drug is called Deslorelin (brand name Suprelorin) and is implanted...
Jul 18, 2022Summer and scaly leg mitesSummer is our newest resident. She is a red hen who was found as a stray. She was in rough shape: missing lots of feathers, bright red...