Recent content by newbie2this

Well, we live in the country- lots of wildlife, and I mean I have gone back there barefoot on rare occasion. Ugh- hopefully that’s all that’s wrong with her, and she will get better and we don’t spread it to any of the dogs/cats

Oh- and my vet is chicken savvy... she has them and is an avian vet. So I trust that she found hookworms. I’m a little concerned for me too. Should I be worried that I could have gotten them?

Ok, so it came back as hookworms??!! But a lot of the reading I have done says chickens don’t get Hooks??!! Ugh..... I have dewormed and have her on Doxy.... wondering if she’s eggbound?! She’s really swollen down near the vent area. Going to give a warm bath today. She is eating, drinking, and...

ok, so I have a fecal going to the vet today just in case, but want some opinions. Noticed Sunday that she had a very messy vent. Cleaned her up and plucked some feathers away- only to find she was already missing a lot of feathers down there. She was still eating, and acting ok- so Monday I...

we had a red fox get under our fence..... One dead, two injured. Fox proofing under the fence is no problem and immediate repairs were made. Can they jump a 6 ft wood privacy fence??? There is nothing on the fence that they could get their footing on. Recommendations????? Super bummed. My...

Yeah - next time I think I'm just getting Cuckoo Marans..... She is my favorite - gets along with everyone and is so friendly. She stands up to the RIR, and claims her space (even though she is small)

Not too harsh at all - my husband is an active hunter and would take care of the bully if necessary. I have her separated right now, as the other 3 are peacefully reacclimating..... ugh!! Silly birds .... Thank you to everyone for their input.... We have had such a wonderful time with the...

Yes, but the hen that had poor feather condition and was being picked on by the RIR, is the same hen that the RIR went after again during the reintroduction. So, the hen that was separated and the other 2 that we have are now peacefully in the coop. The RIR is now in isolation since she is being...

Well, the reintroduction went great with the other 2 hens - the bully is the only one that had a problem. I have her back in the chicken coop right now with no problems - but my RIR is not in there. Why would she have decided to be a jerk out of nowhere?

Ok, so 2 weeks ago I isolated a chicken that I thought was just going through a hard molt. She loved the extra attention, feathers came back beautifully and I went to reintroduce her today........ Backstory -I have 4 hens - all going on 2 years old and have been together since 2 days old. We...

Thanks, just called my vet who does exotics and specializes in avian. I cleaned it really well and plucked the feathers.... and then packed the wound with ointment...... poor little lady. Now I'm conflicted whether to tall to the new neighbor who let's their cat out to roam....

So last night one of my hens was attacked...... by the time of day/night and the injury I really think it was my new neighbors house cat. I have plucked the feathers around the wound and treated it.... I have her in the garage with a heat lamp and she is roosting. She usually would proudly hold...

Oh yeah ..... and can we still eat the eggs if the chickens have been dusted??

They were definitely fast moving. Will the dust kill louse too.... if that is what it is?? I immediately went to the feed store last night and bought dust, cleaned the coop, dusted the coop. I will get some pyrethrin spray too and spray the coop. Poor chickens :( We have had them for almost a...

Ok - so when I went to get eggs this afternoon I saw two little bugs scurrying around on two of the eggs - at first glance they looked like little ant(but the color was off, and movement was wierd ) I let the Girls out of their run to roam and went back to the eggs - these bugs weren't ant! And...