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Can you run the Ceramic heat emitters in the same fixture as your regular heat lamp bulbs or do you have to buy a different fixture also?

I should have made it more clear, the birds were vaccinated for Marek's disease. They are on mediated feed and now on Corid. I am hoping they improve by tomorrow.

I went to town to get the medications to treat them for coccidiosis. I hope that works. I called the local veterinarian and they told me the dosing to give. I have never had it in any of the chickens that I have raised in the last 5 years either. this would be my first experience with this...

I have 2 and 4 week old baby chicks that have been vaccinated, are on medicated feed and are having blood in the stool and dying. They are active one minute and dead the next. They are kept in a clean, dry, warm environment. what do I do? Is it still coccidiosis?

Yes, the chick's made it and she has had another batch since. She currently has 10 more baby chick's. ..

I have one rooster and one hen in my coop. The hen just hatched 9 baby chicks. The weather is going to take a turn and suddenly get considerably colder. Should I add a heat lamp to the coupe to aid the new chicks? The coop is about 10x10 and it has one large screened window for ventilation...

That is a really good question. I was wondering that myself because I was thinking of getting some guineas to go with my chickens.

I put DE in the sand as well. I also sprinkled some under the straw in their boxes but not much. Outside we have a lot of silt soil and they love to dust themselves and roll in that too. My neighbor has some chickens that loose feathers on the their bottoms. I asked him about them and he...

We are using an old shed that we converted. It has a concrete floor and two regular screened windows. Just put a new shingled roof on it and a run that comes off the one end of it with a door that I can lock at night. also has a regular storm/screen door on the other side with a window that...

Oh, My! I am new to this. This is my first season with new chicks. I have been cleaning their house, sand box and beds every other day. Will it hurt them to do that. I am a bit OCD about cleaning and don't think I could possibly let it go more than a week. I have 6 Bantams, 1 Wyandotte...