Recent content by Jacktoo

Hello BYC members, I need some help.. So just a few weeks ago my beautiful Rhode island red roaster was put down from being sick, and as much as I enjoyed him I need a roaster in the coop. So I had a friend that said she had 3 roasters she wanted to give away, because to many in her flock. So I...

She she is on Terramycin ointment no pain meds. Two times a day until the swollen goes down.

Wow! I’m having this same issue, not with a newly hatch chick. I had bought 4 Rhode Island reds as babies maybe about 2-3 weeks old. They all were doing great very healthy they re 3 months now and about 3 weeks ago one of my reds started keeping her neck tilted to the right, and now it looks...

No my vet didn’t say the eye will need to come out surgically. He told me it will stay white, but it will end up going in. So the swollen will go down and her eye will just be flat. She wasn’t eating a whole lot when it first started, and was hiding under a tree. So I knew she was losing protein...

I have a turkey that had a swollen eye, and took him to the vet.. they looked into her eye and told me it looks like she was scratch or pecked from another turkey. She is on some ointment but my vet had already told me, her eye will not heal, that she will lost her eye. She had a very low...

I lost my Roaster from Flystrike. I didn’t know he was having any problems.. It has been hot and wet out so that really didn’t help the issue.But when I found out it was to late I couldn’t save him. I seen how he was suffering. He was a great Roaster, he always followed me around every we’re I...

Thank you.. it was really hard for me..

Hi all! So after 8 days and 21 raccoons caught and killed, this morning I woke up no coons!!!:weetheir were no coons in traps or near my coop, all my critters were save not one was hurt or taken. But also yesterday I came home, and my rooster was not looking well. He was in the corner of the...

Thank you for all the information. When I came home yesterday she was not moving that much, so I cleaned the coop out, and cleanse her eye out. I had to force her to drink water, but I had put electrolytes tablets in the water, because I Felt she her and she had a fever. I’m taking her to a...

she has been eating, and doing everything like normal.. running outside with her Tom, but I notice her laying around a lot more. Is the antibiotic over the counter, or I would have to see a vet for this..

I do use plastic PVC pipe feeders, they were for the ducks but I have all my fowl living with each other, so the chicks and turkey’s eat out of those feeders too. I do have it outside mounted to the wall of the coop. But I have that outside part covered, so they can hang inside and outside when...

Thanks everyone! I think I’m :frowgoing to look for a electric Fence to put up around the coop! I know this will save me the worrying and stress!

Hi all! I have notice one of my turkey’s eye is swollen and closed shut. When she tries to open her eye it look all white inside.. has anyone had this problem before, if so what did you do..

Hi friends! So I’m having a lot of problems with raccoons. Since July 4th I had caught and killed 15 raccoons in live traps. It started when they went through my garden and pulled out every vegetable plant that was in full bloom.. and now they're hanging around my coop! I have a big coop that...

He is a beauty! Does he get along with other rooster’s? Where are you located?