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Thanks again for the responses. I'm thinking it is a respiratory problem, still making some funny noises and looks to have a runny nose. I have isolated him and started him on antibiotics, duramycin 10, today, we'll see if this helps him.. I'm hoping that he's not passed anything along to the...

There is no odor. I just spoke with person I purchased rooster from. Said there was no other birds in the flock showing symptoms of being sick. Said this rooster had just been in a fight with other roosters and that could have hurt his eye. Could damage to an eye in fight set up an infection...

Thanks for the responses. Should I do any preventative treatment to the others or just wait to see if any symptoms show?

I just bought a barred rock rooster Friday evening, he is supposed to be around ten months old. Didn't notice anything Friday evening but I noticed one of its eyes was closed the next morning and now it is covered whitish / yellow, he stands around a lot of the time fluffed up and makes some...

I'm interested in a mechanical chicken plucker. I've done some research on the internet looking at making the whizbank or purchasing the featherman pro. I would like some input from people who are using pluckers. What is the best type, brand, size, etc. What price range should I expect to pay...

If I found some fertile eggs could I put them under her? Would she hatch them and take care of them? If I did this would I want to seperate her from the others?

I have a question about one of my hens. She is a Buff Orpington. She's around 7-8 months old. For the past several days she has been staying in the next box day and night. I do not have a rooster so the eggs are not fertile. The first day I got an egg from under her, the second day she was still...

I'm interested in starting to raise rabbits. I'm leaning toward the New Zelands whites. I want to raise them for meat, is the New Zelands the best choice for meat? I think I would like to start with 1 buck and 2 does. Where can I purchase them at? Do I need to get my buck from a different...

I have been getting eggs for the past 6 to 8 weeks. I have 16 chickens 4 of which are still a few weeks from laying. I'm getting up to 11 eggs on some days. I have a few questions about the appearance of some of the eggs. There is usually one egg a day that has brown looking specs on it. They...

I just ordered 12 cornish cross from Ideal poultry. They are scheduled to ship on 10/31/07. Once they are big enough to take from the brooder how much space do they require per bird? I was planning on building a cage (I'm thinking approx. 3' wide by 8' or 10' long, 2' tall) in my current run...

I purchased what was supposed to be cornish cross chicks about two months ago. Below is what they look like now. I'm new to chickens but I'm pretty sure these are not cornish cross. They were yellow with a little white on them when I bought them at about 1 week old. I asked the farm supply where...

Quote: Robin416, the birds all came from farm supplies. They were between day old to a couple of weeks old when I got them. This is the first time that we have had chickens. The hen house is new as well as the run. The only thing that I can think of is the feed. I started my first birds out on...

I think that I may have some birds with coccidiosis. I have 8 hens around 18 weeks old, 4 hens around 14 weeks old and 4 hens (had 6, chicken hawk got 1 and found 1 dead) around 8 weeks old. I found one of the young hens (8 week old) dead Sunday evening, nothing looked wrong with the exterior of...

My roost is approximately 4' x 5' as well. I had some fill sand left over from some construcion projects around the house. It probablly cost $10.00 or less per ton. If I had to buy the sand by the bag I would probably choose another option as well. I have not found it yet but I have been told...

I just completed my coop and boxed an area beneath the roost as well. I have put sand in mine, they have only been in the coop for a few days but so far the sand seems to do ok. I'm a newbie so I'm not sure if this is the best method but I'm giving it a try. I'm going to try to use a long...