Recent content by miss_shickenchit

Coho and Chinook are types of Salmon. :)

i thought the same about the time/money/effort but honestly it’s fun to do it yourself (at least that’s what i think and tell myself ;) ). i was just not paying attention when i saw the “timer” instead of the counter (whoops). i ordered the counter as you indicated. i had hoped to get it...

whew. it’s been a week - sadly our other chicken passed away. well…we had to cull it. first time. it sucks. i did get new chicks to replace the loss. so… :) and i forgot how much work and yet how “easy” chicks are (so much mess! little buggers…). i _think_ I have almost all parts i need to...

*deep sigh* well, we put the SS down yesterday. it was traumatic as it was a new experience for us, but we accepted this as part of the responsibility of caring for our flock from day one. it wasn’t quick, but i believe it was painless - especially since he was paralyzed entirely at this point...

thank you and everyone - UPDATE: (and I welcome advice and thoughts on what you think could be going on) The SS has not improved, if anything he has more paralysis (or extreme weakness??). That said, his poops which were completely liquid the last two days were solid today (twice!). He is...

this is great! I like the french cleat system as well - I will have to try that bc I know I’d lose my mind stuck in a cabinet (this is where the hardware will be housed) trying to hold a light and figure out what’s not working. We lost a chick yesterday to a fox (we suspect, because we’ve...

He and one other. He’s the only one sick.

We just picked some up and some non-medicated feed. fingers-crossed.

I wondered about this too. He’s eating medicated feed right now (same thing as corrid), but I gave him some nutradrench and I suspect that would counter it…

Hi all, Thanks for all the good advice. I definitely have decided to slow down - particularly after seeing our cockerel drinking some water in his personal Dog crate Air BnB. I will report back later today on him, but yesterday we just left him alone. I didn’t even clean the cage so he could...

Did the ones you kept survive long and did they suffer at all? I appreciate the link. It’s exactly where I’m at. :/ I just wish I knew to ask about the others being vaccinated. :(

Thank you. This is where I have been leaning as I would hate to see the others suffer. The challenge is knowing they can survive it, even if rarely, makes me wonder if it’s just better to see how they do and cull if needed. I have a vet in my family with chickens and she suggested that if they...

Based on hours of reading last night, I’m about 99% sure our 8 week old Speckled Sussex has Marek’s. If you could read below and give me your best thoughts on what to do next in my situation, I would absolutely appreciate it. I’m realistic but also…my babies… Context: I’m new to this chicken...

Hi, So sorry to not have checked in to let you know how it’s going! Sadly one of our 8 week old chicks (we are new to this) started showing signs of Marek’s Disease yesterday and today he was almost fully paralyzed on one side. :( So I’ve been focused on quarantining him and doing what we can...