Hi all! New to this thread but I recentpy found an ad regarding a trio of yokohamas, would it be worth buying? Is there a big market for them and is anyone on here interested in buying that breed?
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Hi I'm using medicated chick feed as it helps with coccidiosis, they're just turning 8 weeks and I'm going to switch to pullet grower. And I need to know if it would be bad if my laying hens consumed that.
What I'm worried about is if the breeding chickens eat that and then they lay fertile...
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I currently have a breeding trio of Dorkings separated from the flock to, well, you know...... breed. Anyway I have 3 6 week old red phoenix that need to move from the brooder. They've been raised on medicated chick feed and I need to put them into a cage where they can consume pullet...
Hi I have a chick with splayed legs and I don't know how to fix them, I've tried a bit of string but she keeps kicking them off, her legs don't seem too bad but they're definitely off somehow.
Please help as I don't know what to do.
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My Cream legbar keeps having her eye closed, it's been like this for 24 hours and I don't know what to do, do I take her to the vet? Keep her in solitary? Eye drops? How on earth did she get this?
I'm really worried as I need to breed with her!
Please help ASAP!
The chickens that are sick are looking quite lethargic and puffed up but one is like sort of croaking? I don't know if that's the same disease or different one.
Thanks for replying
A few of my chickens have fallen ill with a mystery illness that I could hope you all could help me solve it.
Diagnosis:
I diagnosed these chickens 2 days ago and have been using a sort of medication to help them, I don't know the name as I was recommended the medicine.
Action:
The...
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My chickens are:
3x Phoenix
1x Silver Campine
3x Plymouth Rock
2x Speckled Sussex
2x Cochin
2x Blue Laced Barnevelder
2x Blue Laced Splash Wyandottes
2x Silver Dorkings
1x SLW
1x GLW
I have only brown eggs at the moment from the Barnevelders only, all the rest are creamy white. I'm...
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Sorry to hear about your hen, here's some information I found about Egg bound hens, hope this helps!:
Diagnosis: The hen stands like a penguin, straining to lay but without success.
Prevention: Causes are unclear, but older hens laying large eggs are frequent victims.
Treatment...
Hi, sorry to hear about your Rooster, what you can do is:
Consider a fracture definitely, isolate him him in a separate cage/box and feed him away from the flock. Splint a broken leg using a short length of 2cm wide garden hose, cut longitudinally. Shape end to sit above rear toe. Treat any...