Posts by yo burrill

Pullorum sounds like a likely culprit too... and is typical to that age chick. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044  this page has info on many chicken issues and there is a chart on the bottom tracking likely symptoms of each to...

Coccidiosis doesnt typically affect birds under three weeks of age... If you bought the second birds from the same place as the first do not buy from there again!! I dont think it is cocci.  It takes time for the protozoa to build...

It is most likely just reproductive tissue from the hen. Once in a while they get cysty ovaries like women do if one ruptures the tissue ends up in an egg.  If you find them on a regular basis it may be time to cull the hen or...

Unfortunately chickens and other prey animals dont show they are sick till it is usually too late. I am so sorry for your loss it really stinks loosing a loving bird. I care for calves for a living I have gotten pretty good at picking...

The blood doesnt always stay bright red in stool. Blood gets its red color from the iron in it. Acid in the poop causes the Iron to oxidize turning brown/black in the poop. Coccidosis causes foamy poop so probably not that.  If...

Way to little to late but your hen was egg bound. Warm baths and rub mineral oil on the vent to help the egg pass.

It is a nasty bacteria we have a strain we are trying to get rid of in our dairy herd. Causes joint issues among other things.

Sounds like your humidity was still a little low. I run mine at 45%-50% then 75% at lockdown. I have a thermometer that tracks high and low temp. I thought it was running fine till I could track it then found I was having temp spikes and...

Oh My!!!! I have been reading this thread for two hours!! And am still only on page 52. What an adorable thread!!  

Yes both are a must for cooped birds!!! My birds free range year round, so I dont give either to mine. they eat very little commercial grain in the summer and are on layer in the winter. I have never had a thin shelled egg or impaction...