Recent content by syds94

I gave her 1 cc poultry cell today via syringe and she was dead a few hours later. Did I give her too much and cause iron toxicity??? I hope it was natural and I didn’t cause it!

I have a chick going through this exact thing!!!! What did you do and how did yours turn out?

I have a 1-2 day old chick with curled toe paralysis I think, but I’m not sure if there’s another problem with her legs. I isolated her and made her little sandals to straighten out her toes, but she still can’t walk by herself. She can’t even really stand up. When she tries to walk her feet...

Here’s another pic of some I found this morning from my rooster.

I didn’t see any bloody poop for the last few days, but then today saw 2 more! I don’t know if it’s blood or what, but it’s red. It’s from my rooster and one of my Leghorns (the one that’s had diarrhea). She did lay an egg last night but right in her poop. The Silkie’s poop looks good. They’re...

I’m feeding starter/grower feed with separate bowls for grit and crushed oyster shell. Here are some pictures of the silkie’s poops, the Leghorn’s looks much better today 🤞🏻

One of my ~2 year old Leghorns has diarrhea and stopped laying about 5 days ago, and she used to lay everyday. I did find a large soft shelled egg in the coop yesterday, though, that I assume is hers. I also noticed my ~4 month old Silkie has what looks to be bloody poop. I found 2 spots...

The door under the pop door is the only way for me to get into my run unfortunately, so I need to keep that space open. My husband built these roosting shelves over the weekend and so far everyone seems to be liking it! I'm not sure of the exact measurements, but I'd guess the coop is about 5'...

The top of the door is higher than the roosts

Right now I have two bars, one 4’ long and one 3’ long. I am going to add more to give everyone some space but I’m still trying to figure out the layout. My 2 leghorns and 2 East eggers insist on roosting on top of the door though.

new chicken owner here……how do you prevent chickens pooping on other chickens who are below them on a staggering roosting bar layout? I feel like the bars would have to be at least 2 feet apart to prevent that from happening, and that would take up so much space. Also, some of my larger hens...