Mine never had any respiratory issues. I fear Avian leukosis virus, because my niece bought pullets older than mine hatched out from a different farm this lady gets for her incubator, and hatches and those three she got all died at laying age and then her rooster died and more pullets. All...
No, I lost her. She died that night. I lost one more, the very next morning no symptoms in a different flock, she died by the coop door right before I let them out. Then the other flock I another one got sick and she died all in five days. The one flock I lost two out of only had three chickens...
My pullet who is laying eggs has been having weird poops. They are runny, yellow slimy and white with alot of fluid and emerald green small amount of green. She is now lethargic. She has a full crop like air almost with bits of squish to it and hard things I can feel when I massage it. She won't...
What kind of paint is safe for the inside of my coop? I want to protect the floor, easy cleanup ect. And paint the walls and roosts to prevent mites also. And how soon after painting can my chick's go in? Also if u have any recommendations for a floor that's easy to use to protect it let me...
Almost 4 weeks. No not yet. Not fully feathered and it's cold still. And we're not finished yet building. Had some issues and had to hold off building. But we're getting back to it this coming week.
I heard from a man in tsc he and his wife used it on Two batches this year of chick's and it work wonderfully for them. I can't take the pine any more. When we were using the small brooder it was ok but now we have to use so much of it in the 6 by 5 brooder and I throw it in and man I can't...
Has anyone used the coffee grounds bedding? Is it safe? What about hemp? I can't use the pine shavings anymore. It is hurting my lungs and I have to use so much in our huge brooder. I need something safe with out alll that smell and dust.
I was just confused as what was right to do because I am new to the chicken world. Had them growing up.but ours were just farm raised doing their own thing. No vaccines. I wanted to rescue a few here in my town but didn't want to rescue them and my babies shed the virus from them being vaxed...
The hatchery told me it would for 4 weeks then another said forever. Then another said 2 weeks. I just keep getting misinformation. I just want to get 3 more chickens locals have that I want and they are not vaxed. And the hatchery said no. I will give them a basic death sentence if they are not...
That's what a person told me who has chick's from hatcheries and from farms or ones they hatched out. They said they were sure some of theirs were vaxxed and others not. I just don't want to introduce new unvaxed birds into something that will could kill them and me not know what I was doing...