Recent content by doxielover

Wow, you all have such great ideas about footwear for the coops and runs. I am fairly new to chicken raising, my second year. I started with 6 and as of this Spring, we now have 22 chickens. I went to a really good chicken workshop and the woman that put it on is very knowledgeable. She had a...

I read somewhere that a good way to introduce new birds to another flock was to put them in the coop with the other birds after dark. We tried this when we introcuced our 3 month old Javas with our 8 month old barred rock hen, who had the pen and coop to herself. We had 4 javas to introduce, so...

I am a newbie, but I have roos. Out of the seven birds that I have, I ended up with four roos. I had six but I lost one Sussex and one Java. I have only 3 hens. One of my barred rock roos is just plain nasty to me only. I raised them, and took care of all their needs, and then one day when I was...

Thanks for responding janetk. I went ahead and followed the recommendations of giving the mineral oil, I started that today. I was able to talk to the gentleman who owns the farmers co op, he raises chickens, and he advised me to give him the mineral oil in the morning and evening and massage...

Hello everyone, I,m a new egg and I have a question. I know you are all so great with information for us newbies. I have an 8 month old barred rock rooster, that I think may have been battling Marek's since about 6 weeks old. This was not diagnosed by a vet, but by talking to a local breeder. I...

I have 2 barred rock roosters (one now), that I was told had Marek's, one since 8 weeks. The other that just died developed it at 6 months. Both immediately quarantined inside. Both were doing really well, on homeopathic, colostrum, and vitamins. Eating well, perky, etc. except for the...

By the way Mahroni, kudos to Arizona. We will be having candlelight vigils in support of them, here in Mass.

Thank you Mahroni, It does help, a lot. As a matter of fact, the breeder is stopping by on Saturday to check out the javas for me, so I will ask him then. Two of the three roos are engaging in "mock" fighting the past 2 days since I have been putting them out in a tractor for the day so they...

Hi everyone, I am fairly new to raising chickens. Fortunately my neighbor is a breeder. He breeds to the breed standard, shows his birds, and also raises more rare breeds. Currently I have 5 barred rocks, 4 of which are roosters, this group is 7 months old. Roos are all kept separate. I also...

I was reading in one of my new books, Raising Chickens for Dummies, that you need to be careful when handling chicks or adult birds. If they are held too tight, it compresses their ribs and they may have breathing problems. It seemed while I was watching the video that the chick was silent each...

One of my roosters (the sussex) who just came down with the Mareks was holding his own with the use of the hpercium remedy and the colostrum, but this morning when I checked on him, he is having trouble breathing, like he is gasping for breath(beak open). I can only guess that it may be a tumor...

rouguechick, I had to respond to you on this issue. I just started raising chickens 6 months ago ( 5 barred rocks) and 5 four week old Java's. I got them from my neighbor 3 doors down who is a registered breeder and very involved with showing some of them with 4H. I have lived here for 32...

Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your beloved hen.

Just thought I would let everyone know that I finally found something that my sussex roo would eat. I tried cottage cheese and yogurt last night but he just has not been interested in eating since he came down with the Marek's. Last night out of desperation, I put some plain cheerios in his...

MoodyChicken, I recently started treating my two roosters with the hypercium as per the method posted. I do have a question though. When I was treating my two dogs with homeopathics, one for paralysis and one with a cancerous tumor, my homeopathic vet instructed us to give the remedies on an...