Recent content by Chickenlover8814

Hello, I have a 5 month old sultan cockerel that is in need of some help. I took him and another roo from some friends who said they weren't walking. Both had several broken blood feathers on their feet and one had a broken toe. I pulled all broken blood feathers on both boys and splinted the...

Hello, A few days ago, I came into possession of 2 White Sultan Cockerels, they are around 5 months old. They were given to me to help nurse them back to health. They both had broken blood feathers on their feet and the smaller of the two was having trouble walking (The smaller one had many more...

Hi everyone, I had a couple of questions and concerns that I am hoping some of you may be able to identify. About a week ago I received an order of chicks in the mail from Cackle Hatchery, there were 36 of them. On Friday, I noticed one of the dominique chicks couldn't use one of her legs, I...

Colorado. What color varieties do you offer? Thanks!

Hi everyone, so I was looking for some Game Bantams (modern or American). I want these birds to be very nice looking and show quality as they will be shown. I couldn't find many breeders and I was hoping someone may know a couple of great breeders to look into. I have found a few breeders, but...

Earlier today, when I first found the problem, I checked down her face. She had no discharge or noticeable swelling. I did not check her throat, as she started breathing harder and seemed to have louder wheezing, and I did not further want to stress her out. She currently is in the coop, and...

Just a tip, if it were to be worms, now or in the future, a super easy way to help prevent worms is to get a squash or melon (we use cantaloupe and butternut squash) and feed it to your girls. They love it and a natural chemical in this produce variety paralyses the worms. Although it's...

Hi everyone, I just went outside to water our flock of seven hens, and noticed that our 4 year old Dominique hen Star, was breathing unnaturally loud and hard. I am extremely worried as I've never had this problem with any chickens before. I have absolutely no ideas as to what can cause this...

Hi everyone, we have 3 year old ameraucana hen who usually lays every day... the past 2/3 she has not layed anything and I'm starting to worry. I have seen her in the nesting box but when I feel under her to check for an egg she gets up and walks away. She is not broody because she is out in the...

how fast does coccidiosis kill? Unfortunately one has had it for 2 days while the guys other for 1....

One good idea would be to get some chick electrolytes to help hydrate them more, you could also soften some food with water and feed them with a kind of syringe without a needle. Best of luck!

Hi everyone. We recently brought 2, six month old Mille De Fleurs to a county fair. As soon as they checked in one started to have bloody poop. Several people said that it was probably stress, however the superintendent asked that the bird be taken home. Her poop looked normal except it was...

Hi everyone, we started noticing this recently like 3 weeks ago with a few of our pullets, they had swollen eyes and kept them shot by choice. We got some banixx spray that we spray on their eyes every so often and they will occasionally open them but the eye is red and irritated looking with no...

hi! This situation happened very recently to me... we had a late hatching egg and the chick could not get out even though she had pierced a tiny hole and was chirping... I eventually after a few hours of waiting helped the chick out of the egg, very gently try to pull the top of the egg off (if...

Broody hens are always tone of fun! Hope she hatches!!!