Recent content by 119bowhunter

My wife and I just harvested our first rooster, we plucked him. She wants to save some of the feathers we plucked to use for crafts. Can the plucked feathers just dry on their own, or do we need to do something to them? This is a first for both of us. Thanks in advance for the advice!

Well I've been giving them the corid water since Friday, and everyone seems to be happy and healthy. I'm still not sure if I truly had a problem or not but I felt better going ahead and treating for it rather than risk losing part of my flock like I've heard from other folks. I'll keep you...

Well I ended up getting the corid and giving it to them yesterday, I live way back in the mountains of North Carolina and I'm not even sure if we have a vet around here that would see a chicken. I always had chickens when I was growing up but this is my first time raising birds from chicks...

Yes I have been feeding non-medicated feed and the insulation was mainly to block off cracks between my siding (I have a saw mill and used rough sawn lumber which dried and left cracks and I was worried about wind blowing through in the winter)...but I have now covered the insulation so they...

Perhaps I should also mention these are McMurray hatchery birds that I had vaccinated for coccidiosis and Mareks before they were shipped to me

I have 15 chicks that are about 4.5 weeks old, I moved them into their new coop this week (brand new just finished) and I insulated the coop with blue board type insulation. I quickly noticed that they began eating the insulation so i was forced to sheet the inside of the coop but they did...

Ok thank you, I will continue to monitor the situation...hopefully they'll all be alright when I get back home!

Went outside this morning to check on my chicks (1 month old today) and noticed a spot of blood in the coop, I assume it was pooped out but it didn't appear to have any stool in it. My chicks were moved from their brooder into the coop on Saturday and a couple of them began eating some of the...

I have a chick that will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and I believe it has a slipped tendon, about 5 or 6 days ago it started limping and I thought maybe one of the other chicks had jumped on it but it never seemed to get any better, I got on here tonight and after doing some research I'm afraid it...

Any advice?

I have a partridge Cochin chick that was 2 weeks old on Monday that started limping yesterday, it is in the brooder with my 14 other chicks (barred and buff rocks) and this one has seemed to have grown slightly slower and had less energy than the rest since day one. I tried to inspect its legs...