Posts by SunnyDayz

Any ideas? Could it be possible that she was eggbound with a soft egg that passed without me knowing? Can adding light (I had it set to add 2 extra hours of light per day) cause a hen to become egg bound?

I should add that no egg has come out of her yet...

Sorry for all of my typos... Getting used to typing on my phone

Last month I decided to add some light to the coop to increase egg production. We were getting 2-3 eggs from over a dozen layers... In a few weeks it increased to 8-9 a day. Good deal right?! Well then I had two hens go broody and...

We live with woods on all sides of us... I remove all standing water I can, but the leaves on the trees fill with water, they breed on the moist wood, there are puddles on the ground all over. I am powerless :( It rains everyday...

Quote: Originally Posted by sourland  In addition to missing sleep, they may be anemic because the mosquitoes are taking so much blood. Ah yes, agreed. How do I counter anemia in the chickens? I know what to do...

I have 7 hens (a mishmosh of silkie/mixes and golden comets) of varying ages (5 months up to 2.5). We get 1 or 2 eggs a week :( I have tried everything mentioned here (I did spend quite a bit of time reading here), but I just cannot...

Just wanted to update, our chick died last night. I still have no clue what happened... the other chick with one closed eye is doing fine, eating & drinking normally.

I'm going to bump this up to see if anyone can offer advice. Chick is still sick, I'd say about the same. She eats (scrambled egg watered down with electrolytes and garlic) and drinks through the dropper but makes no attempts at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Suzie  You maybe should speak to Dawg - he is an expert... I do so hope that this is not Coryza!   Best of luck.. see if Dawg is online...