That's reasonable. I have a prison cage i use for broody hens who won't quit. I'll put him there with the medicated water. Thank you for this recommendation.
Hey all. If any of you remember my post from several months back, it's the same Rooster. He was having foamy eyes. A commenter suggested MG and recommended an ointment to use on his eyes, and that worked great. It completely cleared his eyes.
A week or more ago, his MG flared up again bad...
It was just one egg that I discovered today, so 1 bird. This is brand new. I've never seen it before today.
I don't know about their food off the top of my head, and I'm not home to check. I know they get plenty of protein, and the food is made by men who have their own chickens, and natural...
I have RI Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Red/Orpington mix, a single True Whiting Blue, and 2 Ameracaunas. They are all roughly 1 year old.
They have a good diet of chicken feed that has good protein that I buy locally. I feed them scratch, fruits and veggies, milk soaked oats on occasion, grass and...
Thanks for all the info guys! The Buff mix is definitely the boss, but sometimes one of the Buff Orpington hens will tell him off after he mates with her. It's funny to watch.
Hi there! I have 15 chickens. 13 hens and 2 roosters. One is a full RI Red and the other is a RI Red/Buff Orpington mix. They hatched together so they are the same age. Almost 9 months old. The RI Red/Buff is the bigger one. He's also the one who mates with all the hens. While the 2 roosters get...
Update!! I have purchased the ointment and have been treating his eyes 2x a day for the last 3 days, and his eyes have greatly improved! Thank you so very much for that information!!
In his eyes? Put neosporin or Terramycin in his eyes, not around his eyes? Isn't that going to irritate them further? I used a sea salt solution on a paper towel to wipe the mucus out of his eyes and to clean around his eyes. It's like it's nonstop mucus producing and really watery. I had to...