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Hi all! I have a small flock of chickens (6) that I started raising this summer. They have pretty much been sick since I've had them. I have a Houdan that I babied more than the others because she was the sickest. I got her at about 3-4 wks old. She would come and sit in my lap and fall...

My chickens weren't sick until a week after I bought them. I figured that I was sold sick chickens and the stress caused them to start having symptoms. I have heard chickens clucking around in my next door neighbor's yard though. So I am wondering could my neighbor's chickens possibly have...

Okay, so I live in Arkansas and it hasn't exactly been wet around here. We are having a drought. I don't have standing water around. I change chickens' water daily. I am being eat up by mosquitos whenever I go out to coop! I forgot to put mosquito repellent spray on today and I came back in with...

My local Tractor Supply seems to always be out of chicken supplies and medicines everytime I go. Does anyone buy medicine or supplies online? If so, where is best?

Hello all, I have posted here a couple of times because my first flock of chickens (two polish, two bantom silkies, a houdan, and a cochin) had mites and became sick right after I got them. I guess I was sold an infected flock. I treated one of them with Tylan 50 inj for three days because...

Can food grade DE cause respiratory problems in chickens?

So I am new to chicken raising and very confused about how to go about treating my chickens. There is a lot of information on here that I have been reading, but I am not sure which course is right for my chicks. Apparently I have bought some infected chickens. Big Sigh. I have been having...

Hi all! I just thought I would introduce myself as I am new to raising chickens and also to this forum. I have been learning a lot from here already!

Hello, if someone could give me advice I could really use it! I got my first chickens two Saturdays ago. It turned out that they had mites so I dusted them with Sevin dust and completely cleaned out the coop. I put a little Sevin Dust at the bottom of the coop and covered with Pine Shavings...

Hi! I have 6 four to six week old chickens. During the night I lock them up in the coop and I let them out into the run during the day. I just got them and am new to raising chickens. The weather has pretty much stayed in the 80's during the day so I figured that it was warm enough for them...

Hello all! I am new to this forum. I just got my first chickens last weekend. They are about 4 to 6 weeks old. I have two bantam silkies, two polish, one cochin, and one houdan. I got the chickens last Saturday. I noticed on Sunday that three of them had mites so I treated them all with Sevin...