I am suspecting that some of our 3 week old Cornish cross has coccidiosis. Most are acting ok just have one theis lethargic and we are forcing fluids. They have been on the medicated chick starter. That being said I can’t find anyone who has corid is stock... my bad for not planning ahead and...
The coop itself is predator proof when we close it up. We have an attached run as well that we thought was predator proof. We had gone out of town and left the door for the coop to the run open so the girls had access to safe outdoors. While we were gone a raccoon climbed to the roof and pulled...
We have had chickens for about 2.5 years. We started with 6 and lost one after about 5 months. About 6 months ago we moved out to the country and brought our birds with us. Unfortunately we had a raccoon attack a couple of weeks ago and are now down to 1 bird a Rhode Island Red. We are nursing...
We recently had a raccoon attack that killed all but one of our chickens. Now that she is recovering we are wanting to get her a companion. Should we look at getting her an older chicken or a younger one that is just around egg laying she? She is a 2.5 year old Rhode Island Red.
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