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So many controversial topics! lol. No judgement here. I hope what you are giving her does the trick! I'm considering poultry-appropriate doses of chlorine dioxide orally. For our gal who's in bad shape, it could be hourly (up to 8 hours/day) for a few days to a week. The good thing about is...

I'm so happy to hear your girls are healing so well!! Best of luck with the problematic one. Manuka honey is a great idea!! My husband found this morning what we are sure has been the culprit--some sharp metal that they ALL have to walk over to get to a certain area. Not happy about it, but...

I would love to know how the Oxine worked out if you used it! And of course what your course of action was and how everyone is doing :) A week and a half ago I found a fairly severe case of bumblefoot on one of our 11 chooks. We have been treating it with an herbal formula directly on it...

Thank you so much for all these suggestions! I'll have to simmer over all of it and decide what we want to do. Right now other than a few of them seeming a little skinnier, they are all eating great, drinking, and active. I did do a quick search on the Baycox; what do you know about its...

Thanks for the info! I have considered getting some Oxine, as I have heard good things about it. I will do a little research on ammonia! And yes, I meant inside the coop...which yes, is wood. lol. Floor is covered with vinyl. The chicks have been out of the brooder for about 6 weeks now!

Thank you for this! Don't worry, I won't give up...they're my pets, too 💚 I feel like all our chicks are fairly hardy and will pull through (but am also realistic!); my worry is the long-term damage it may be doing since we're still seeing blood. I have noticed a few of them feel skinnier, so...

I am so very sorry for the chickens you lost! I found this thread because we are currently treating our 10 week old flock of 11 chicks with Corid for coccidiosis. We have been going through a very hot and humid time here in NE Indiana for over 2 weeks now. I feel like it's been very hard on...

Great to know!! Thanks for the reply 😁 I think we are going to do 20". We have all the wood we need to get started and scored some free vinyl flooring (to line the boards) from our local flooring place today! 🥳 If all goes well we will be moving our chicks in this weekend. They are 5 weeks old...

Hi there! 👋 Not sure if you are still looking for suggestions but I'll respond anyway! lol! We are using Mile Four feed. It's a small company in Minnesota that offers organic feed that is corn/soy free. It is grown there, and milled there weekly so it's very fresh. They offer both whole grain...

Ah yes, I see your logic now. Totally in a place where no one should need to land 😁 Thanks for your ramp "recipe"...I was curious if there was a standard people generally used. Another thing I was going to ask everyone, and since you mentioned keeping the roosts at the height of the bottom of...

No worries!! The cool thing is what you are suggesting is almost exactly what our latest brainstorm has come up with. haha! See post # 25! Almost every suggestion you are giving is our current (tentative lol) plan. 🤩 Great minds...hahah! The only thing that is different is that the actual...

Holy cats!!! 🤯😍🤩 Seriously a work of art and a labor of love. Your bf should consider building those for a living. hehe. THANK YOU for sharing all of this!! I'm seriously impressed and I'd love to know what others think, too. I reallyreally love the nest box flexibility, and the...

I think I can visualize that! A fairly simple set up to create, which I like 😁 My biggest 🧐 with it is the lack of actual poop boards (LOL I know, I just can't let it go!). We are fine with scooping boards daily and don't want to empty the entire coop floor weekly. We also may try sand next...

Totally with you--we want to ensure clean feet for the nesting boxes! That is why I just can't give up the addition of the poop boards. I know it will eliminate a lot of the poop on the floor (at least on days where they are pretty much only sleeping in there), which will help keep their...

So the roosts you see in our coop is how the builder made them, and what we are wanting to get rid of and rebuild, hence my reason for this post 🙂 We've just disassembled them and now this is what we have to work with! (pix below) I would absolutely love to see a photo of this! Sounds like a...

Totally lovin' this pic-heavy journal of your coop and run!! Thank you so much for sharing. I just love seeing coop and run creations and all the unique ideas! I would love to know how your 18" poop board is working out. We are new chix parentals and are limited on space for our...

💯% agree that the builders need both the skills AND chicken knowledge. I suppose that is common sense, and it was unwise of us to assume he had the chicken knowledge since he was building the coops!! Hindsight is 20/20. lol. I do also think redoing the pop door and nests would be worth it...

Ah and yes...agreed. The guy who built ours isn't Amish, but we do have a lot of those around here, too. I realized after we had already purchased and had it delivered that he and his wife were only on their first or second year of having chickens and scarily I think I knew more about it than...

Wow, that is a great price. Forgive my lack of knowledge, but what does POL stand for? And yeah, I saw on Murray McMurray's info (where we got our chicks) that they will add extra males for warmth and I'm like ?!!?!? Speaking of, I am pretty sure I heard one of our chicks trying to crow this...

I actually did read (on your coop page I think?) that you were a drafter by trade. Very nice!! Must be handy for sure. And I am LOLing at "beak to butts"...true enough...probably not the ideal setup unless you have a ton of room to give them between bars. But then, I would think the standard...