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do most of you keep your peeps on medicated chick starter?

2 died, one alive 2 pipping and peeping and 8 more to go one the light bulb decideds to burn out!! Yeah starting freaking out, had to call DH and he was like take the light bulb out and put in a new. DUH!!! Patience is killing me, I have a mixed assortmet and am soo curiious as to way they...

My peeps have them and I need to know if my kids can get them because they have handled them the last couple of days(before I knew this of course)? They wash their hands afterwards! Also pinworms are the long skinny light tan ones right?

I just feed my older flock our pumpkins from Halloween last week how long will that last? Because my flock indoors has worms and one died this morning, she was recovering from a racoon rampage at my house a couple of weeks ago, I don't have any more pumpkin seeds to give to the peeps what...

Can you have an all white brahma banty? I think I have one but I am not sure and I can't find my card reader to post a pic. I got her for free at a swap meet she was just running around and a guy said we could have her. She is very pretty but I am so confused as to what she is. I have been...

yesterday after a meeting(I was gone 3 hours) my DH and daughter were home, I came home to find about half my flock dead or dying all around my yard!! It was awful!! Don't think my dogs would let anything in my yard without throwing a fit, so it has to be them unfortunately. The three remaing...

bought me a dozen EE eggs and some are banty's!! I don't have any banty EE's and some mixed breed eggs, but I LOVE my mutts and he has a surprise for me which has to be chicken related so now I'm racking my brain until he gets home as to what kind of chicken he is bringing to me!

on Muscovy ducks.. I have to leave in a couple of hours so any info would be great to tell these kids.

My Miss Muhran has become Mr. Murray! That means I now have 8 Roosters and I don't think I have enough hens to go around because 3 are in puberty and chasing every girl in sight! 19 hens and the others are just pullets so they can't help the boys out. Man now I have to pick whose is going, I...

do you use? We use Mannapro and we still had cocci issues, they should have already been covered because of the medicated starter,right. How many others have had this issue this year?

I am currently warming it up in my cleavage! I had no idea the love you could have for these little ones and of course my older ones. It was awful she looked dead! I scooped her up and ran inside put her up next to our wood stove to get instant heat and now she is in my shirt. She is moving...

with arthritis?

We adopted JB a couple of months ago with some hens that were all in bad shape,the hens recovered nicely and are nice and round and of course beautiful, but he cannot bend one of his legs. I don't know if it is from a previous injury or poor diet or arthritis but I do know that now that it is...

We adopted and ancient EE Roo and it does not bend one of his legs and today we noticed it was swollen a little bit. Is there anything we could do for him?

I had one die yesterday but I think it had other problems it always had pasty butt since the day it was born and nowI have another peep with droopy wings. It is still eating and drinking but I haven't seen it preen but it doesn't look dirty. So does anyone have any advice for this poor little one?

I hear peeping but no pipping, I tried an experiment with two eggs and it was a no turn method after the first 5 days, do I need to help the little ones pip or what should I do?

and now nothing. Why no more beautiful eggs? They are 5 of them so I don't know who laid it, she did it while I was gone of course! Some hop the fence now and all of them free range some of the day, do they have a hidey hole I don't know about?

My DH picked up our pet hen Lucky and she farted! It was hilarious the look and his face and mine. Has anyone else heard this before?!

what do I need to get, where and about how much? Can anyone help me please? Haven't lost any yet and need to act fast they are pooping blood.

chickens to have blood in their poop? I went to a swap meet and bought some peeps and laying hens on Saturday. Well needless to say they had blood in their poop but now it is looking more normal, a little carmilezed color with the white. I have them on medicated chick starter and water. They...