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Our flock has what our vet says seems like mycoplasma but it hasn’t been confirmed by testing post mortem. He gave us Tylan and we put whole flock on it for 6 days, but moving forward we don’t want to continue giving antibiotics to our flock now that we understand it can lead to spiraling flock...

Older hens are golden sex links, wyandottes, americauna, olive eggers (not sure on breed). So maybe that’s why? They’re just about to be 2.5 yrs old. Is there a way to find out what chickens are laying still other than literally watching them lay an egg? The pigs can’t come to the coop because...

We are getting 14 hrs of daylight right now, last few years we were getting eggs all the way to through winter without artificial light so I don’t think this would explain the dramatic decrease. Any other ideas? Thanks for reply

We are trying to figure out why our egg production has gone down so dramatically these last couple months, could it be that we added a rooster or pigs? Here’s lots of details - 15 hens, 1-7 eggs a day usually less than 5 Age: 10 of them are 2.5yrs old, 5 of them are 6 mo old Location: Pacific...

Hi all, we have a flock of 15 hens plus a rooster that have about a 1/4 acre run. We are getting two Guinea hogs (not Guinea pigs) and am wondering if anyone has this breed coexisting in same area as their chickens and how it’s going. I know some pigs will eat a live chicken and I want to avoid...

I’ll look it up right now thank you!

Thank you! This looks great!

We want to get an automatic door for our coop so that our girls are safe and tucked away when the sun goes down, we get home from work after dark and want them to be safe from the coyotes. Ideally we have one that runs on a timer we could set for 7am and 5:30pm, and then as the seasons change...

since tomorrow is Saturday and we don’t have a fridge other than the one we keep food in, we decided not to keep her remains here... All of our other chickens are healthy and Peggy had been sick for about a week so I think/hope whatever she had was not contagious. I cleaned out the chicken coop...

Hi again, just wanted to post and say Peggy died today. I posted another thread asking for advice on how to figure out what made her so sick, but wanted to update on here too. I’m so sad, I feel so sorry for her and upset that she suffered. I guess that’s part of owning animals, but it’s still...

We had to put our sweetest hen, Peggy, out of her misery tonight because she was suffering and would have died soon. How can we find out what made her get sick? We live outside of portland and are unable to take her to an expensive vet, is there another way you guys know of that could examine...

Thanks for posting the outcome, I will take your advice because your girl did sound like mine in the beginning! I hope our experiences can help others, because it is just so heartbreaking to watch them suffer :(

oh wow.. thanks for sending video. Peggy’s wheezing is much quieter than that. Can eating something moldy cause wheezing etc? I’ll look into vet rx and nutridrench thank you so much. No eye or nose discharge.

thanks for your response, any help is appreciated! She was sneezing and coughing first, now wheezing with every breath. More pronounced when moving I think but pretty constant. I can’t tell where exactly the sound is coming from. It’s more wet here lately, raining almost daily on and off. The...

We are new to raising chickens and live outside of portland Oregon. My hen Peggy is 8 months old and a couple days ago I noticed her sneezing, coughing, wheezing and shaking. I added garlic and acv to the water and up until today was letting her stay outside with the other hens because she has...