Recent content by ChickenTownie

The real trick is getting my wife out there to help. I have found that if I work quickly I can get each one off the roost and spray down her legs then grab the next one and get through the whole line before they really wake up. Hopefully, I can manage the leg painting using the same method

Since my original post, I completely cleaned out the coop and scrubbed all the roosts and surfaces with hot water and puppy flea/tick shampoo. Then I dusted the coop, the roosts, and the run with Poultry Flea/Mite dust. I got the hen and soaked her legs in hot water with the flea/tick shampoo...

Could someone tell me if this foot looks like its healing? I see a lot of pink skin but I am not sure if that is good or bad. Her legs are dark from some blu kote and shiny because I just dripped them in vegetable oil. Thanks

Should I be applying Vaseline to all the hens or just the one with scaly leg?

Hey all, I just got a couple new hens and I stupidly thought it would be fine to just put them in with my other chickens since I got them all from the same farm. Well, that was a mess for a variety of reasons... the quick introductions did not make for happy chickens. Thankfully, the pecking...

Ya, I gave her the shells too, but I crunched them up into pieces first so she wouldn't recognize it. I have heard that sometimes it can cause them to eat their own eggs if they recognize them

Thanks for the help and information! It was my first illness since I got hens so I was pretty worried.

I wanted to wait and give an update once things had changed. She is all better, no breathing issues any more. I gave her duramycin for a week and when she started laying again I would scramble the eggs with garlic and cayenne then feed them too her. She loved the eggs, but it still felt a little...

I gave her some antibiotics along with the garlic and cayenne. She appears to be on the mend, even if she is a little grumpy with me keeping her separated most of the time so I can give her the meds without dosing the whole folk.

Thanks for the information.

I have a Rhode Island Red hen that is about 2 years old. I have had her for about 9 months along with 3 other hens. She is super friendly and will follow me around almost like a dog when I am in the yard. A few days ago, I noticed that she is breathing heavily, and almost sounds congested. She...

Sorry, I said grit but I meant scratch... dumb mistake. They do have oyster shells available and their run is fill with coarse sand so I think they can get the grit from there. Am I mistaken? I already give them meal worms. I throw a few handfuls to them in the evenings. Is there a cheaper...

Thanks everyone for all the responses! I got some blue kote on order so I will apply that. What is the best way to up their protein intake? Grit? Corn?

I am new to the chicken game and today I noticed several little feathers around that matched one of my hens. I picked her up and looked her over... Near her butt there are missing feathers and red irritated skin. I already ordered some DE power to set up a dust bathing area for my girls, but its...

It sounds like I might just tarp off the bottom 4ft of my run so they will have protection to go outside but still plenty of air flow. Maybe a little higher on the exposed sides to block snow. I might add a little vent near the top of the coops that will be out of the way of my girl's roosts...