Recent content by Jenamocrr

Thank you all so much!

I've had a challenging 6 months of chicken keeping. Back story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ready-to-give-up.1276950/ Long story short, I have a sick FBCM in my care and I need to know what meds are best to treat her with. Here are her symptoms: Clear runny nose Sneezing...

Oh my word! 16/22 were roosters?! I love chickens, but I already have so much on my plate. I do agree that everything happens for a reason. Maybe I'm getting an early lesson in helping a sick chicken? I just pray this isn't going to continue to be a trend!

Thanks so much for all your help! I'll post a thread about the mayans tomorrow!

How did you determine what they had?

This is good to know! Most sources suggest wazine

Oops, hit post too soon. I do have the new hens quarantined out of precaution. How am I suppose to find a breeder with healthy chickens when I am being told the birds are healthy. I told the breeder about my first bad experience and she promised me her hens were healthy. Who can you trust?

Thank you for the encouragement. I've been on the fence about whether I should attempt to treat these new chickens or not. I figured the illnesses were underlying, and the stress from changing environments caused them to manifest. I'm going to start with some wazine to remove the worms...

I agree, but we have the one adult hen that we don't want to part with. She's very healthy, and a great hen. We can't have her remain lonely while we wait for chicks to turn old enough to be in the coop with her. We are all struggling with the possibility that we may have to just get rid of...

I've only been a chicken keeper for 6 months, and it's been complicated. Long explanation ahead... In April my hubby and I decided to start our own little backyard flock. We purchased a little coop, and decided to shoot for 3 to 4 hens. This was an amount that we thought manageable for us...

So I have to keep a lone hen for a year? I was planning to take in three more hens over the next few weeks.

Long story short, I have a hen that was exposed to another sick hen five days ago. My now healthy hen is showing similar symptoms of a clear runny nose and sneezing. She is otherwise acting and pooping normal, but this is just day one. What might she be fighting and how can I treat her. She...

I would love to take her! But Enfield is a hike. I plugged it into the gps and it said almost 2hrs. Bummer!

Due to unfortunate circumstances, we have a lonely hen. She is a sweet, healthy 19 week old faverolle. Looking for 1 to 3 more hens around her age. I feel so bad for her. Thank you for any help!