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  1. NC29mom

    EE or Ameraucauna? Boy or Girl? Opinions please

    3 hens is all you can have??? OMG thats not good....chickens are addictive....about 3 y ago we had a stray roo take up residence in our bushes...needless to say....now we have >300 chickens, 5 turkeys, 15 pheasants, 30+ guineas, 25+ ducks/geese, cattle & horses!!! Ha!!!! All are pets....so good...
  2. NC29mom

    EE or Ameraucauna? Boy or Girl? Opinions please

    And....Ive never ever ever seen an ameracauna With a stripe....but i do see the picture u posted from ameracauna site ....big difference though....yours has green legs....definite EE IF you are interested in purchasing TRUE ameracaunas....message me....i searched and searched and can hook you...
  3. NC29mom

    EE or Ameraucauna? Boy or Girl? Opinions please

    My EE hen....started off looking just like yours Ameraucana group of black roo, blue hens, splash roo Do you see how distinctly different they look? An ameraucana should have a baby blue egg...almost the color of a robins egg. With that being said, my EE & ameraucana mated & egg was mixture...
  4. NC29mom

    EE or Ameraucauna? Boy or Girl? Opinions please

    Its an EE. Ameraucanas dont have stripe.....and come in blue, black, splash, white ....and I think thats it. ....I have both...prefer Ameraucanas to EE bc they are just prettier to me. EE are good birds too. Check out www.ameraucana.org. for more info on the different colors, and what they will...
  5. NC29mom

    Not the typical Bumble foot Question

    http://www.chickenchatter.org/view_topic.php?id=3509&forum_id=12&page=1 I always heard bumblefoot was also caused by an infection.....STAPH.... Here's a link......read the 2nd post especially... I have been fighting my own issues with bumblefoot, so have been reading, and reading, and...
  6. NC29mom

    WHAT SHOULD I HAVE IN MY EMERGENCY "MEDICINE CABINET" FOR MY BIRDS?

    Since I live over 3h from the nearest vet, who would even CONSIDER seeing my birds, I am trying to pull together as many medications as possible to build an emergency chicken rescue kit. So far I have: Injectable Tylan and injectable Pencillin G Blu kote spray Vitamin and...
  7. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    Do you just give the one dose of Ivermectin? Or, do you give several repeated doses? I gave him a dose on Saturday evening. Wasn't sure if I was to repeat it...... I LOVE THIS FORUM! So much knowlege...thanks for the help!
  8. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    I went to tractor supply and bought IVERMECTIN POUR ON FOR CATTLE PARASITICIDE 5mg/mL Is that the right stuff? They didn't have Valbezen..... **I wanted to go ahead and give him something immediately. Will be 8-10 days before I get the Valbezen in the mail. ***
  9. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    ordered Valbazen last night. After reading all the warnings about Ivermectin, I decided against it. As a nurse, I know how just a 0.01mg or mL can make a life or death difference. I am just not willing to take that chance. THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! And, hey, JR THANKS YOU, TOO. He wants to look...
  10. NC29mom

    Help me my chicken has LICE !!!!!!

    Where do you see it at? I got mine from a aviary vet. But, I am sure you can probably buy online a whole lot cheaper. I would think it would be ok. Like I said, I spray my BANTAM chickens once under each wing, and once on backside. I stand about 6" away. Maybe with the stronger solution, I...
  11. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    OK....that's one thing we haven't done.....treat for intestinal parasites. And, yes, he is young. You guesseed it right on the money, about one year old. His brothers are absolutely gorgeous, which is why we are so concerned about him. There's no way possible it's nutritional deficiency. We...
  12. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    MORE PICTURES...PLEASE HELP! Hope nobody gets upset that I am bumping my own post..... All help so greatly appreciated...
  13. NC29mom

    Help me my chicken has LICE !!!!!!

    Best thing ever was some spray I got from the vet (like frontline) for chickens. You spray once under each wing, and once on their bottom....and wa la! NO MORE LICE!! Quickest ever!!! It's called FRONTIER SPRAY (Fipronil spray 0.25%). Actually looking at the bottle now, it is FRONTLINE SPRAY...
  14. NC29mom

    WHAT IS THIS???? Please help!

    Well, he started off being with 6 hens in a smaller coop. We moved him to the larger area, and he was alone for about a month. No improvements. We thought maybe a change of location would make a difference. Anyway, we eventually added about 50 young hens. No other chicken has shown any feather...
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