Posts by CoopD'Etat

Hmm... perhaps.    I notice that the guinea keets seem to get food stuck on their feet more often than the chicken chicks do. Is this something I should worry about? Overall, I have a clean brooder for them ( as clean as...

I'm afraid it might be the dreaded  COCCIDIOSIS   This is my first go round with it. It's a real bummer! I lost 2 more chicks today, but I've got some Sulmet on the way, so I am hopeful...  

Yes, they are not on shavings, they are on those shelf liners. I always use those.    I have been feeding them eggs ( randomly), but I will get better feed for the keets.   Now I have a lethargic silkie as well....

Hi All,   So, I'm new to guineas, and I have 6 ( well, now 5) keets and some chicks under a lamp. They all seem happy, one died yesterday and another looks questionable today. Here are the details.   The keets and...

16811 + 19 = 16830Silkies, silver spangled hamburgs, farm bred mutts, and a mix of everything else.Yay for chickens!Oops, someone got there first!

Ursula is at least 3 years old ( I got her as a hen) she is a silkie or silkie mix bantam chicken. She has a very enlarged abdomen from her breastbone down. It is even on both sides of the abdomen. It is about the size of a baseball or...

My screen name is the name of my little henhouse ~ Le Coop D' Etat! I love puns, plays on words, etc. I try to come up with fun names for the chickens, too. We've had Hennibal, General Gao Chicken, Chickita, Attila the Hen, Decibelle (...

Eww!I've got a girl who is consistently laying inside out eggs. It's so gross. If she only dies this the one time she is probably fine, just adding a little spice to your life and something to talk about If she does it a lot she may have...

The really really LOUD constant cheeping that almost hurts your ears is meant to get momma over there to warm them up. Maybe they are too cold. I agree with Stella.

You'll need to be very careful about their food intake. Our next door neighbor is 12 and she saved some of the meat birds that her father was raising as pets and she had the exact experience other people are describing in terms of the...