Posts by joannarashid

Quote: Originally Posted by cafarmgirl  Generally the medicated chick starter commonly available at feed stores simply has Amprolium, a coccidiostat added, not antibiotics.  Large scale meat bird...

I have been battling sour crop for 2 weeks with my 6 month old brahma hen.  I did and progression of water with ACV to Yogurt to feed mashed with yogurt.  It keeps coming back.  I treated with monistat as described in...

Also, I should mention, she is eating pretty well and behaving normally, she also laid an egg today.

I am feeding her only water with apple cider vinegar, layer feed mixed with warm water, yogurt and apple cider vinegar. Can this get her to clear infection and crop on her own or should Try to tip her upside down and get her to clear...

Feeding medicated feed to vaccinated chicks will not "nullify" their vaccines.  They will simply have been exposed to a lot of antibiotics.  Perhaps, it is simply a philosophical choice.  I choose to avoid unnecessary...

Quote: Originally Posted by SouthernAlberta  Momma is my Buff Orpington, 22 weeks and not laying yet. She practices her egg song every morning at about 5:45. Our noise bylaw quiet hour ends at 7 am....

Quote: Originally Posted by PeepinChicken                My pullets are almost at laying age. I do have one hen that lays everyday around 9 AM and she always has her support...

  This is about how it goes.  35 times per hour between 5:30 am and 5:30 pm.  I can totally deal with this once per day per hen.  Not as often as it is now, most times there is no egg laid from this whole...

So, it is pretty normal that they go into the nesting boxes, with a cacophonous production from the flock, and not lay an egg (over, and over again)?  

I have 10 hens that are all laying or starting to lay (they are all 22-24 weeks old).  When one goes into to lay, my Maran always stands at the door of the coop and clucks extremely loud.  All the others join...