Recent content by egyptchick

One of my laying hens had a poop in front of me. It seemed to be clear mucus and then she passed some bullet shaped poops. They seemed hard in consistency. She has no other symptoms and didn't seem to be bothered by this. She ran away and in my rush to catch hers the other chickens ate the poops...

The turkey grower is 22% protein. She along with some other breeders recommended the higher protein feed because of the larger bodied heritage breeds. The idea is to give their bodies a good start before they start laying. I just don't want to hurt my layers and I don't see how I can keep the...

I have 11 week old Brahma and Wyandotte chicks that I need to move into my main coop but I have existing layers that are in molt. I feed my chicks Turkey grower as recommended by the breeder but was wondering if it is okay to allow the layers to eat the high protein food for a few weeks. Will it...

After three days of attempting to solve the mystery of what was wrong I had to make the choice to put her down. She was struggling for air, losing weight, and overall wasting away. Flock mates have no symptoms.

She seems to be getting worse. Any ideas? please help. at what point do you give up and do the humane thing?

I have a 9 week old Brahma who is wobbly and gulping (not panting). I noticed she was puffed up two days ago but it was a cold day so I thought she was trying to stay warm. Yesterday I noticed she was wobbling on her feet. If she bends to eat or drink she almost falls over when she comes...

At the beginning of April I noticed my chickens had lice. Due to a lack of treatment options due to a pesticide ban. I had to treat with Novamectin. Seem to do the job. i retreated at 10 days and no visible signs of lice. however my girls still have eggs on their feather shafts. wondering if I...

I just noticed that one of my black sex links has a bald patch. no one else in flock and she seems healthy. no broken feathers, normal skin just bald. any new ideas?

I have been trying to introduce a new hen to my flock. After quarantine and deaing with mites I have neen trying to introduce her into my flock of RIR and sex links. I have had her segregated in a cage in the coop with shared feeding. my hens leave.her alone when she is out free ranging but they...

Banty hen has been quarantined from my flock for 5 weeks. all signs of cocci are gone and i have dusted her for red mites. She was never in my coop with the red mites. I have dusted her with DE and she is in a plastic cage with shavings treated wih DE. I checked her and I couldn't see any mites...

I am not sure if this is significant or not but the broody hen layed an egg today that looked normal. First one. Would this mean she is okay?

I have 8 chicks and a broody hen that developed bloody poop about 6 days ago. 4 of the chicks are 4-5 week old silkies and the other are 4 banties with their momma. They were in the same space but seperated by wire. The temp coop was ourside, uninsulated and with a small heat lamp would stay at...

Yippee! i discovered our first two eggs this morning. nesting box is almost finished. but my girls found a dark corner. boys got to one egg before me but the other was perfect. how can you tell which one layed the egg? Personally i can't sit out there at dawn to watch so i was wondering if...

I took the plunge and let them out for two hours tonight. they became quite comfortable and made it to the house. we might have an issue if they take to pecking at the typar like they were. When i shooed them away they ran right for the run. at bedtime they went to roost. I will work on the...

My husband accidently left the run door open yesterday. after the initial freak out of finding no chickens in the coop or run ,i found them huddled under to coop. i left them to free range the rest of the day, under supervision. i. would like to do it mpre often but i am concerned about letting...