This is incredibly helpful @Hen Pen Jem - thank you!! If it was a respiratory illness will it remain in the coop where they were until it is sanitized? I started making a quick makeshift coop for our 1 RIR so she has a roof over her head and a roost for the night with some shield against...
@coach723 that was my reaction to the farmer's comment too -- we've actually fed our girls garden snakes that we've killed and they loved them. They all did get sick a few days apart from each other. Within 3-4 days I would say. Maybe our last RIR didn't eat or get into whatever they did? if it...
I totally understand it's hard to pin-point it @coach723. But thanks for your help! I'm wondering if maybe I should just make a quick make-shift coop for her to roost & nest in for the next few weeks and keep a close eye on her before moving her back to the old sanitized coop?
Thanks @townchicks!
I did reach out to the farmer actually -- she said "I have sold 100 of them and you are the only one! So look closely to other things! And as for chickens 2 weeks is the max time for any percussion!" Her first reaction was that maybe they caught a mouse, frog or snake? We...
Hi All!
This is my first post so hopefully I cover everything here necessary to get some help. Thanks for letting me join this great community!
We got our first RIRs a little over a year ago now and things were going great so we decided to introduce two more two months ago. We purchased the...