Recent content by SgtMaj

She is 8 months old and vaccinated for Marek’s. Thanks for the advice of the B-Complex; I will introduce that to the regime. Up to this point she has been a consistent egg-layer and I did check her for a vent egg blockage. Negative result.

1 week ago I noticed one of our lavender orpington hens with one eye closed and was isolating from the flock when at free range. We treated the eye daily with warm compress, saline rinse and Terramycin. The eye healed/opened in about 4 days. However, the hen continued isolation from the...

Sophie

I have four 9 weeks old pullets (2 Australorps & 2 Buff Orpingtons). I recently acquired two 4 week old Lavender Orpingtons. I have the older chicks in the main coop & pen and the younger in an attached pen with their own coop, pen, feed & water. I have opened the barrier between the two...

Thanks Boppo! Never want to rush to failure, especially at the suffering the very chickens we want to take care of. Many Blessings, Thomas

(1) My family and I are in the planning stage for raising chickens. (2) We do not have any at this point. Clearing an area on our land for a coop & pen. We are also studying breeds and how to care for them. (3) We do not have any chickens at this point. We are working on the coop and pin now...