One of my hens has not grown her feathers back on her breast after she went through the molt. She has a bare breast spot about 2”x3”. Any suggestions on treatments. Thanks for your help.
I have a pullet that has been limping on her right leg for a month. I cannot see or feel anything wrong with her, but she tries not to put any weight on it. She is eating, drinking and laying. She sleeps on the floor because she cannot get up on the roost. I would like advise on what to look...
Lost one of my chickens the other day. She had gotten to where she stayed away from the others. She was six months old and laying. Laying around a lot under the porch for two days. Would not stay on the roost at night. She had a yellow, runny stool. Anyone got any ideas as to what she might...
I use it in my water. One tablespoon per gallon of water. The only reason I do is that it helps keep down algae and mold. (I think). I do clean and change my water every other day, but it helps keep it clean. Not sure about all the other reasons people use it.
I have ten chickens that I have raised from chicks. They are all 24 weeks old and only five are laying. I have two Black Australorps, one Rhode Island Red,
three Golden Lace Wyandottes and three Barred Rocks. I thought that by now they would all be laying. I have two GLW, two BR and one RIR that...
The problem with potting soil is they make it from all kind of material and there are no restrictions on what they can use. Trees, branches, grass, pine needles. etc. You will not know what the contents are. I use sand and DE, with a little wood ashes that I sift thru screen wire. You can buy...
I have one two year old hen that has a repository problem. Sneezing and water in the eyes. She has a gurgle when she breaths. Not eating or drinking very much. She is in a coop with two other hens and I was going to treat them all. I have ten twenty week old pullets and do not want to mix them...