Posts by Southern Gardener

Excellent.  Thank you!

I ordered eggs on the internet and they were shipped on the 13th and I received them today.  Do you think they are still good to put into the incubator or has too much time passed?

Quote:Originally Posted by MotherJean How old are your birds? Please describe the color and consistency of the diarrhea.2 and 3 years old.  Brown and runny.  I called another vet today and he told me to worm them and treat...

No, it's diarrhea.  I called my vet last week and they know nothing about chickens.

I have 15 hens, my oldest hen stared out with diarrhea and three more have it now.  They are loosing feathers on their bums, although my oldest one seems to be over it and her feathers are starting to grow back now.There are NO...

I have owned hens for almost three years now (they don't free range) and have never wormed them.  I've never seen - nor have I looked for - worms in the poop.  I have DE in the coop shavings and give them ACV every now and...

Thanks for the suggestions!  Looks like I'll be buying landscape timbers! 

Colorado, yes I've had to shovel more dirt also, but it takes a LOT of dirt to back-fill the entire run.Frog, concrete might just work for me.

I'm having a problem with my run washing and my chickens digging out.  Any advice on how I can prevent this would be appreciated.Joan

We've had so much rain here!  OMG what a mess!  Just about all of my girls have the pox.  So there is nothing I can do about it?  The mosquitoes were absolutely HORRIBLE this summer.  Is this harmful to humans?