She was pretty old ... she was a little slower than the rest for a while and I didn't really think anything of it until she started doing the " penguin " walk .... other than that she acted just fine .... ate and drank as usual - acted like she had the past year .... when I first thought she...
Had an old leghorn gal thats been with us so long I can't really say how old she is ( was already laying when we got her) ... at least 5 years ...
So she showed signs of being egg bound we did all the stuff you're supposed to for it and it didn't help .... so today I culled her and decided to...
One hen has these on a small area ...mostly below her vent but I noticed/felt a few near her belly also - any thoughts on what it may be or what is causing it ... it is not poop like in texture or feel
The girls slowed down a bit and I need to load the incubator - I'll put up a new ad when the eggs start coming in solid again.
Thanks to all that purchased
Dan
Going through some supplies and see we have 100ml bottle of Duramycin 72-200 200mg/ml injectable
Was wondering if there is a dosage to use this in the chickens water if need be?
Another thing hot pepper will do is to deter rodents from eating the feed - birds , as stated have no receptors for registering the "heat" from a pepper but mammals do - we treat our seed in the bird feeders with it to help keep the squirrels out too
I know this is an old old thread but I came across it and found the above link to be dead ..... soooo here is a new one - http://www.natureform.com/kb/index.php?article=1011
3 month old BLRW - this has been going on for about 4 or 5 days ... first couple of days I thought he was starting to crow.....
He is gaping
He is often times making a sort of "honking" noise
The gaping and "honking" goes on all day Frequently he appears to be swallowing after gaping
With...