Posts by chickmama1662

Hi, I have a young chick with similar problems.  He sits around with his eye shut most of the time.  Today it was swollen and looked like it was bulging.  I had some teremycin eye ointment that I had been...

Ivywoods, thanks for letting us know about Verna's mom.  Such a sad time for all of them. 

Danz, so sorry to hear your mom is not doing well today.  I'll be thinking about you.  Chicks are too cute, how many are in that basket?

daveloveslori, is there anyway you can partition off part of the pen close to their coop.  Since they were used to a really small cage before, maybe they are overwhelmed with all the extra space.  A smaller area might help...

Welcome!  What part of MO are you in? 

cecosugi, loprellaerin & zzgypsy, THANK YOU all for the information on guineas and ducks.  Sounds like they both have pros and cons.  I'll let my DH decide!  Enjoy this beautiful weather.

Thanks, my DH has an assignment this morning.  Hopefully our TSC has terramycin in stock. 

I have a 2 week old chick whose eye appears to be mattered shut.  If I rinse it off, she can open her eye.  Before long she is keeping it closed again.  Does anyone have any idea on the cause or cure for this? ...

Does anyone know who has some guinea keets (is that the right term for babies).  My husband wants either guineas or ducks, from what I have read, guineas might be less messier, although louder.  Of the two, anyone have...

Congrats on your fertile egg(s)!  That is awesome.