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Looking for other backyard chickens in the San Jose, CA area that bought feed from Sam's Downtown Feed on San Carlos Ave. They sold a game bird mix (VitaMix) in a white nylon 75# bag. Now that Sam's is closed, I can't find that feed and I don't recall the manufacturer. Any chance there's another...

Update from the Barrett Farm... I haven't said anything about their condition out of fear of jinxing their condition. After learning that the Elecampane would not be effective for the laryngotracheitis, I took a gamble with all or nothing as my motto. The birds sounded so bad, I was prepared...

With two days of Elecampane, I have some good news and bad news. The bad news first. With 15 birds exhibiting symptoms, it is really easy to diagnose the illness. It appears they have Infectious Laryngotracheitis. There is no change, it is hard to see any improvement. The good news...no more...

The infection hit our farm. I have no idea where it came from. Last week one bird was found dead behind the feed shed with no signs of a struggle. Three or four days later another bird started symptoms of heavy breathing, and a rattle. Sounds like mucus in her lungs. She started to regurgitate...

I also just got this notice from CAHFS. We need to remember to be diligent in cleaning our water dishes and to be on the lookout for sick wild birds. Last year, cankor wiped out my wild doves and also 6 of my laying hens because my hens used a water source that was used by the sick doves...

The bright color you see is probably the reaction chickens experience when their skin is exposed to sunlight. The fungus can be treated many ways. The easiest would be to spray Blu-Kote on her exposed area if the fungus is isolated. I looked up the ingredients for this product. The ingredient...

I lost 5 or 6 hens to this sickness just this last summer. Then I culled 5 more because I thought they were carriers. Do your birds have access to water dishes or bird baths used by wild birds? That is how the illness was introduced to my flock. All the doves that were using my yard to drink...

My brother-in-law is in Alaska. This time of year there is very little light. The temperature has been 0 (zero) during the days. He only has a heater to keep the water from freezing. He just added a light so he could extend the hours in the day to trick the birds into laying again.

I can relate to the feeling of seeing something so small making so much damage in your yard. I remember the shasta daisies without any petals. All stems, leaves and little black nubs. Or the scratched and ripped impatiens that are barely found after the crowd stomps through the yard. I had four...

Stay clear of CraigsList. Alamo Hay & Grain have chicks all year round. It sounds like you want older birds to get back into production, but you will be safer to go back and start from scratch. The chicks come from Best in Fresno and they are vaccinated. I have six of their chicks out in the...

The photo looks like new feathers are growing in. Perhaps your birds are "blowing their coats". If your pen is too small, chickens will peck, break, tear and pull feathers. That gets ugly and it adds more stress to the small quarters. The chicken will be bald and you won't see the...

I have six young chicks that are only 5 weeks old. One or more of them is making noise that sounds like a roo only between 6 and 6:30am. When I went out to see who is making all the ruckus so early in the morning, they all hung out at the feeder, cheeping and eating. Could my neighbor be...

I have had chicks rip open their scalps on poultry wire and I have had a neighbor's dog break through a fence and maul a chicken. I would flush the wound with Betadine. I would pat dry with clean sterile gauze. I would try to see if the edges of the wound will match together. Determine if there...

Your hen looks like she has new feathers growing in. You can't see this happening on other areas of the bird because the bird preens her feathers by breaking off the casing in her mouth, she removes the covering around the new feather and shakes off the broken casing. If you press and roll the...

I've had a light in my chicken coop for 20 years. I understood years ago that it needed to be a "grow light". I have always used a grow light in a flouresent bulb form. My light comes on at dusk, (I adjust regularly through the seasons) and I always program the timer to turn off between 10:15 or...

I have good news and bad news. First the good news. It is really good news. The Blue cochin I culled and sent in for a necropsy was found to have a clear bill of health. The only signs of sickness were from the culling. There was no sign of infectious illnesses. The vet thinks it could have...

Storage is an issue for me. I try to limit what I keep on hand because I can't store it all. Plus I have found when I buy something special for an animal it usually is used once, for that emergency, and it sits, and gets old then I have to discard it. I have some electrolyte formula that is so...

Yes your spelling is correct. In my experience, I have some situations need different methods to clean. When I was young peroxide was tolerable but as my skin has aged, I can see the damage it causes. When I have to treat an injury, I try to be a helpful to the situation as possible and cause...

I don't use hydrogen peroxide to treat any of my family members or animals' wounds or injuries. Instead I wash and flush the sight with Benadine, an iodine solution, used in hospitals as a prep before surgery or before a dressing is applied to a wound. You can get this at a drug store like...

Remember with the Ivermectin 1.87% paste for horses given orally, means eggs are withheld for 10-14 days. Be safe not sorry. This paste can be used in dogs for an economical alternative for Heartworm prevention in dogs. The paste now comes in Green Apple flavor. Do the math to convert the...