Posts by rays123

Quote:Originally Posted by speckledhen Painting the wood does make cleaning much easier, to be sure.Yup, Ray, I grew up in Decatur, GA, then after coming back from military assignments with my DH, moved to Lilburn, then Dacula and...

Quote:Originally Posted by speckledhen Bleach kills most everything. Oxine is even better, but more expensive by a long shot. The reason your birds kept having relapses is because they were carriers of the disease they contracted,...

We have to coops that are 8'x8'. Each coop has 4 nests with plenty of roosting areas built in. Currently we have RIR's in one coop and Black Australorps in the other. Somehow several of my chickens ended up sick and we gave them...

thanks for the help, my little chick er dee is now egg free

one of the last few chicks that hatched has a large piece of the shell stuck on its back, its across its back holding on the each wing. My humidity is at 67% and all the other chicks hatched fine. Should I do anything for the chick or...

positive its a chicken, the only thing i can figure is that some how i missed it in the coop and a hen sat on it for a couple days before i found it and put it in the bator

I dont think its the thermometer bc I have two on it and there both the same temps within .2 of a degree. The only thing I can figure is maybe I missed the egg in the coop for a couple days  and thats the reason, but i candled them...

Yesterday would have been day 16, I came home and one of my australorp eggs had hatched, I quickly took out the turner and went into lockdown. This morning which is day 17 i checked on the chick which I left in the bator and it seems to...

i keep my coops pretty clean. i keep all the poop out i can and try to clean it out everyday what are some thing i can do to the inside of my coop and the run also to stop/cut down on the flys and skeeters???

Quote:Originally Posted by mrszlopez ill apoligize for being one of the people involved on another thread. i just gave you my advice (what to do with a mean roo) & it kinda took off from there. I did my best not to keep it...