Recent content by Mercibelle

Funny enough, I have a miniature dachshund that loves my chickens. If I let her in the coop she will try to find them and cuddle up with them in their sandpit like they're a giant fluffy pillow. Lol

I had read that pigs don't require a lot of room and that size enclosure would be fine, but now that you mention it, it does seem a little small for such a hefty animal. Lol This is definitely going to be a learning experience for me, so I'm open to any suggestions or ideas.

So after routine checking of my flock I noticed this on the bottom of Butter's feet. I was instantly worried of bumblefoot so I took action. After soaking her feet in a warm epsom salt bath (which she hated) I began to check out the area. Her feet have a slight pink color to them, no hardness...

A little late on the draw, but me and my wife are probably the only two women small farm/hobbyists in our location in VA. We live in a small rural town and really enjoy the fact that we're able to manage our farm ourselves, and often we have people tell us that they respect us more because we're...

So through a certain set of circumstances, I have been given a piglet by my neighbor. His pig recently had 7 piglets and he offered me one in exchange for my help with his pig's pregnancy. I have a problem when it comes to animals and I couldn't say no. The piglet will come stay with us in 7...

I have 4 hens and one roo currently on my coop area. However. I have 3 others that I am working on adding to the flock.

So I've heard that treating chickens for worms twice a year is a good practice, especially in coops and runs that are stationary (which mine is). Other than somewhat pale faces during the day (which I have assumed is heat related as it's been in the 90's here with very high humidity) I haven't...

I have three EE chicks that are approximately 1 month of age. I'm a bit poor on guessing genders until they get a bit older but I'm curious as to if my thought process on them is correct. This is the eldest of the three, and I'm leaning towards female. This one has the exact same feathering...

Checked the coop and run area this morning (my chickens let themselves out in the morning due to an automatic door). Still a lot of bloody feces in the run, more blood in them than yesterday. Changed out the water that had the Corid in it to give them all a new dosage. Oddly, when I cleaned out...

I've begun treating my entire flock for Coccidiosis and am running them on the "severe" treatment. I'm still really concerned as to what is going on with this poop and if this is a normal intestinal shed or if it looks more severe than that. Sorry for multiple posts in the thread, just really...

Been following around my other hens and my Roo all morning. No signs of blood in any of their stools. They are all acting normal, running around and exploring in the run. Nothing seems out of the ordinary save for these odd poops from Butter this morning. Didn't notice any other bloody poops...

This morning I was greeted with this. I instantly began to panic as I was afraid of Coccidiosis and wasn't sure if I should treat my flock as a preventative measure. I instantly began to follow around the chickens and inspect droppings. After following them around for a bit, Butter gave me...

When I constructed my coop and run, I went a bit overboard with it's construction. I'm not an expert and many people here probably have much better solutions and ideas, but I'll toss in what I did with my coop/run. I sank my corner posts and the load bearing posts in the center approximately...

I think I would have a heart attack, remove my chickens, burn the whole place down and then rebuild. Snakes literally give me the creeps.