What are back yard chicken owners using for upper respiratory infections in their birds? I didnt realized that you cannot get antibiotics without a prescription. I dont have a vet around here that takes care of chickens. My rooster sounds like he is sneezing. Any ideas?
I saw one of my chick's gasping for air so I Checked her. Mine are a month old. I decided to look in its mouth and I saw something blue. I got my tweezers and opened up its mouth and pulled out about a 2 inch piece of blue plastic from my puppy pad that I used to layer the pen. I took out all of...
I'm looking for prices on hard ware cloth to cover the coop. It's going to be a lot of money but I'm wasting money on chicken feed. My hens hide while the squirrels are eating. I'm making another coop for my guineas also, so I'll be busy this spring.
Thanks for all of your help. This morning when I went out I noticed that there were no squirrels anywhere and thought that was odd but went about my business. while I was filling the water one of my hens ran out and I couldn't get her back in. I went back into the house and about 15 minutes...
I'm having a horrible problem with squirrels. There must be at 10 to 15 of them that come into the outer coop and eat the food. Sometimes I find an egg on the inside coops floor. When I open my door and bang the cans they all run. It's terrible! My chickens and guinea fowl seem to have no...