Posts by mama dixie

thank you so much for replying I so appreciate it.  I wish I could take a sample to the vet we are having trouble just keeping gas in the car for my hubby to get to and from work and get our son to school.  I will do another...

I am so so confused here, I thought tylan was mostly a antibiotic for respatory stuff, if it is a gut or intestine thing will tylan help?  

I have a barred rock hen that we got on the 25 of march.  she is acting sick and I don't know what is wrong.  she is panting, her belly feels swollen and warm and she had a bunch of poo stuck to her bottom, I cleaned her up...

I hope this is the right place to post this,    I want to worm my flock with ivermectin and I only have the paste, does anyone know how much I should put in a gallon or two of water so I can just do it that way instead of...

egg yokes ruptured when I open eggs,    what causes this?      seems when I crack some of my eggs the egg yoke is ruptured or breaks and I dont know why?  

my hens pull out fethers when they want to go broody, and even if they dont have eggs they can just set on the empty nest for a long time... are they eating and drinking or do they just set on the nest get up and grab a drink and go...

I have an Americana chicken that is staggering she had a drooping wing and I thought it was just do to the heat but it is cooler today and she is still kinda staggering not as bad as she was but still a bit.  she is thin and did...

I took some hort classes and two teachers had so many different feelings on manure of any kind one said he would never use it on veggies or even flowers unless it had aged for at least 6 months due to diase and contamination of food....

we are getting some hot weather and we usaly do not get hot weather like this or at least not for a long time.  my birds seem very stressed.  I am keeping water full and wondering is there anything elese I can do to help them...

thank you for that comment, I am so worried abot mine getting sick that I try to limit where I get my birds.  I got one from a friend one time and then had some get sick.  we got lucky and when I had a couple of others...