Recent content by melsnow

Yes, We put wazine in the water. The other 17 chickens are not skinny like this one.

My barred rock is ALWAYS hungry and waits at the back door for food. She's VERY thin. We just had Lymphoid Leukosis affect 7 others and were put down. I don't think she has that, ....any ideas before we have to put her down too??

They act just fine and then are usually deceased by early afternoon, maybe. the deceased ones are One rhode Island and 2 barred rocks so far.

About 2 months ago i receved some free chickens, supposedly 2 yrs old. 3 weeks ago 1 just died in her sleep I think. The past 2 days I've lost 2 chickens in their sleep. Very weird. I'm pretty sure it's the chickens I just received. It's like they're going to die one by one and affect my...

No eggs. We pushed it in on the last turkey and still lost her a week later. Everything looks really loose. They're not even laying eggs yet!! we don't know what to do to help them.

I also had a hen doing this. that happened a year ago and she's just fine. Maybe it was something different but it was like a hiccup. I thought she'd pass away, but she's okay. Good luck!

I had this happen once. Clean the wound, put A & D ointment. Put her in a box with some shavings. Lid left open of course and (this may sound weird) but set her in a dark room or closet. Mine stayed in her box for about a month or two and was fine. Lost a lot of muscle but lived. They kind...

My brother's lost 2 adult turkeys so far, another one now has this. It looks like "prolapse". What do we do to save it and how do we prevent this in future? help! only 1 turkey left! The birds are not even 1 year old.

I'm new here. last week I had 3 chickens killed. Not sure by what though. One was about 30 ft. from coop in the driveway. Had some blood around her neck area. 1 was 15 ft. from coop in the yard. not a scratch and another 40 ft from coop , some feathers gone. Anyone know what typically does...