I put 17 eggs in the incubator starting on March 18 - 22. So far I have 6 hatched and 2 quitters:( I definitely have some learning to do...I'd like to have a chicken incubate the eggs for future.
Lori
cafarmgirl - thanks for that information! Funny too because I had done lots of reading and came across an article about oxine AH (fogging the coop).
I don't particularly know what my chickens had going on, but it seemed to have rectified itself (without me having to do much). I took out all of...
Thanks cafarmgirl. Sorry to hear you are dealing with it too. I read some stuff last night about bronchitis. I'm wondering if my chickens got this because I raked a bunch of leaves in the yard and put them in their coop. I've read the mold spores and whatever else can be bad. So, I'm off to...
I now have 3 girls with what I'm guessing is a respiratory issue...I have them inside the house. I'm going to try and treat them, meaning keep them separate from the others (so it doesn't spread) and try to get their symptoms cleared up as a result of boosting their immune system with vitamins...
Gargoyle - so what would you do based on what I've described?
Some newer developments that I've noticed that another one of my chickens is making a similar sound but not as extreme and another chicken sneezing...
Would it be best to treat with antibiotics or what is the most holistic way of...
Has anyone ever experienced their chicken swallowing chicken bones? We had chicken wings yesterday and my family threw the bones outside and my chickens found them. I saw one chicken carrying around a bone yesterday and it was trying to swallow it, to which I was able to get from them.
This...
I have an 2 year old Australorp that is going through a molt and it's Spring time. She is my only broody hen. She is acting very strangely...it appears she has lost her order in the group and the others completely peck on her. The male won't leave her alone (If you know what I mean) and she runs...
I cross bred all of my hens with a blue laced wyandotte. My hens are white leghorn, brown leghorn, goldstar, barred rock and australorp. I hatched them in an incubator. I had very good success rate.
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