Recent content by Chickie77

My current coop needs replacing. Rats have tunneled all over underneath the run, so I'm wanting a cement foundation, and the coop itself is not well designed - small doors, no storage, and not enough ventilation. If you are a custom coop builder or could help with slab foundation and assembly of...

Yeah, I was reading through a thread the site suggested to me and it sounds like as long as the blue comes and goes and doesn't cover the whole comb, it's not really an indication of any trouble. Relieved! I love this little chicken so much.

She does have a huge comb! Comforting to know it's probably nothing I need to worry about. Thank you :-)

This little lady has started to show some blue/grey on the end of her comb, mostly in the morning but sometimes all day…maybe heat related, but not really sure. Any ideas what might be going on?

I called my vet and she told me to mix 1.25 ml with 1 liter of water, new batch each day for 5 days, and toss the eggs for 2 weeks.

Hello all! I am trying to deworm my small flock for the first time, and have gotten myself a bit confused. I have a container of SafeGuard AquaSol. The instructions say dose, 1 mg/kg. Total estimated body weight [kg] of the chickens to be treated x 0.005 mL = mL Safe-Guard® AquaSol/day My...

Thank you!!! Also, I've never even heard of a pouty swap. They don't just end up becoming bullies in the next flock too? Fascinating! I may have to see if we have one around here.

Well, that definitely doesn't sound the preferred outcome, but I appreciate the update and details about how it went non-the-less. Thank you.

I'm thinking of trying these too. I have 3 chickens getting pecked. No one is bloody, but one is rapidly going bald on her neck, and I worry the other two who's backs are getting pecked may get worse. They have tons of room, no rooster, lots of stuff in their run to interact with, and the other...

No, only hens. I have a flock of 8.

Okay! Well then, do I just buy her a little apron to protect her?

This is an option I hadn't considered, but several things jump out at me that make me skeptical. First, I've never actually seen her being pecked and she's fairly high in the pecking order. Also, when I looked up pictures of hens getting pecked, she's never had the bare looking back with fresh...

My chicken has had this patch of missing feathers in front of her tail for the past 6-8 weeks. When I dig through her feathers, I find dirt from her dust baths but that's about it so I don't think it's lice or mites. It's clearly not molting as she's had no other feather loss in that time. I...