Mine is having the same trouble lately. Though i have wormed her and treated her for coccidia she still has diarrhea. Out of all my chickens she is the only one but seems otherwise healthy...is this the same thing? Am i missing something that could be making her sick?
My soil here has a LOT of clay in it too so its just sludge.
Not sure where i can get pine needles from around here....atleast, find enough to cover the run.
I can definitely try the straw idea though, thankyou. Would sugar cane mulch be good enough though?
Also, i need to be careful that...
We have a large outdoor run and its been scratched down to the dirt. My chooks have a roosting coop but not big enough to "live" in. Its been raining for 3 days now (almost flooding) and we have another few days of rain forecast. Their run is mud already and I've had to move their food into the...
I have 8!
1× barnavelda roo
2x australorp hens
2x iza hens (or rir i think they called in the US)
1x barna/iza cross hen
1x arucana hen
1x blue duccle hen
20,808+8 = 20,816!!
Mine is Big Mumma (australorp), then lil mumma (another audtralorp), then is my roo, Barny (Barnavelda), then i have my Iza, Chicken Little and her bestie, Penny, another Iza. Bottom rungs are the youngest, Jasmin (arucana), Lady (blue duccle) and i have a loner... my poor Rosie, she is an odd...
And i hope this one doesn't upset anybody. This is strictly a wood chopping block only lol
We drove in the driveway one afternoon and saw my baby girl penny checking it out.
I tag it "as i walk through the vally of the shadow of death, i shall fear no evil!"
Hi!
Im from Australia and love this site! I have a Barnavelda(?) Rooster, two Australorp ladies, an Arucana pullet, belgian d'uccle pullet, 2 iza girls and a barna/iza pullet named rosie, who is the oddest lookin thing ive seen in my life!