Posts by Mulemom

It's been over 100 degrees for at least 10 days in a row. What about the rest of my flock? should I treat everyone? Will a regular feed store have what I need? Thank you Leadwolf1 & neOnchicken. I appreciate your help!

She's eating just fine. She ate everything I gave her at first. I put some more broccoli in there that she hasen't eaten, but she had already settled in for the night. I'll check in here in the morning and see if anyone else has...

Hi, I have a hen that is very sick. She is weak, has diarria and her comb is purple instead of red. She has dropped a ton of weight (couldn't tell thru all the fluffy feathers, but there's nothing left of her under that). I just...

Thanks. I guess I could give it another, closely watched, try. They are afraid of her at this point, but they cry when I take her out. To make it worse. She has been gone from the flock so long that the other hens are attacking...

I have a broody girl that has been sittin on eggs for at least 25 days. I got six chicks at the feed store and replaced the eggs with chicks last night about 10. Seemed like everything was going to be fine, but this morning she...

I have 2 sitting hens. I had three but one abandoned last night. My fault, I moved her and her three eggs off the floor and into a nest. It seemed all was fine when she climbed back on them after eatting and drinking, but this morning...

Thanks everyone. I think it must be the heat. I mixed some oyster shell in with their food to make sure everyone is getting some. I have it in a seperate feeder in the coop, but it never seems to dissappear. They have a really large run...

Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong with my hens? I have 21 hens (and one roo) about two years old. They have slowed to about 6 to 7 eggs a day. They used to be big eggs and now they are small, and the shells are thin. The girls...

azelgin, Nice looking mules!I have three also!It's not the roo, because he is the latest to be aquired (rescued from the SPCA actually). I've seen the hens picking on her.

I'm in Oregon House. I know, no one has ever heard of Oregon House. I'm between Grass Valley and Marysville, but I also go to Sacramento a lot.