Recent content by Sharon Bee

Well she is still sitting in her box. Drinking a little but not moving. I just wish there was something I could do for her. I wish a vet could look at her but my vet doesn't look at farm animals. It just seems like that swollen thing should be taken out. Maybe an infected egg is caught inside.

She is just sitting. The abdomen is hanging and I lifted it and it's heavy. It seems like a hernia. Poor thing. I went into the carriage house/coop and there was a pile of white feathers! The others must have attacked her. She was hiding under the stairs to the loft. She is now in a...

I haven't posted here for awhile because all was going well with my 9 chickens. But one white has had a droopy rearend for a few months now. She was acting ok though and eating well. But last two days she is sitting down a lot. Her poor rearend is drooping like a bag beneath the vent...

Which country might that be?

It is supposed to be ok if they eat it. I use a kitty litter scoop and pick up the poo from the Dry Stall this way. It works great. Keeps smells down as well. Just make sure it is the harmless kind if eaten.

It's just I wouldn't want water running into where you have the electrical.

I had a few pasty butt issues too and just wetted their bottom with a wet paper towel with lukewarm water with tap water running in bathroom sink.Just takes a few minutes and poo softens and comes off. They don't mind if you are gentle. I wouldn't pull it off.

What happens when it rains? Looks like this is outside. Maybe under a roof?

I'm glad I don't have a roo...;)

I was wondering why I am only getting a couple of eggs a day now that they are cooped up and weather is colder. Is that normal?

My chickens are now inside in their coop which is inside a part of a carriage house. I put down thick straw on the floor. I put the cookie tin warmer on underneath the hanging waterer. That's about all that we do. We are in Southern Ontario where it can get pretty cold. Last winter they...

I have the cookie tin heater as well and I just plugged it in this past week as we are into frigid temps already. I have a 25W bulb in the tin and have it sitting on ceramic tiles on the floor just under the hanging plastic waterer. The tin and waterer just barely touch but there is enough...

I am so sorry to hear about your poor chicken. I don't know how I would get rid of mine if and when the time comes. I know I couldn't do them in myself at all. I think I would call a farmer to have him take the chicken or chickens.

Never heard about this.

The cookie tin is a Christmas cookie tin. You can find them everywhere nearer to Christmas. The waterer does touch the tin. Just lightly.