Recent content by o-townchicken

Hello, SO, this is my poor chicken's butt. She often has poop masses stuck below her butt that we clean frequently. SHe also feather picks. The other chickens don't pick on her. We seperated her and put mosquito netting around her enclosure, the flys were swarming her. I am abot to go to...

Well, most of the girls arent laying very often right now. Pretty sporatic. We had been occasionaly getting a weird, thinshelled offshaped speckeled rough egg. Were wondering if that was her. She is struggling to poop this morning. My partner said her poop was pretty white and runny. I...

So, If the chickens are eating all of my grass seed, when they poop it out will it still grow?

O.K. so, I have a wyandotte who is such a nice girl. She is just a year now. Last summer her butt prolapsed. We were able to get it to stay right after just a week or so. She never got pecked by the other gals. Well, latley we noticed she had a pretty funky smell going on and seemed to be...

Ok, so, we have 13 chickens. We know for sure that one of our wyandottes is a male(it has a regular comb-not the strawberry kind) So, we think that one of our ri reds might be a rooster as well. no crowing and no cycle feathers yet. They are already 7 months old. Should we be able to tell...

Is it common for chickens to become eggbound after a prolapse? my chicken prolapsed 2 weeks ago. It took 4 days, but her butt stayed in. No trouble until the last few days. Butt is in but looks a little bloody around the butt. She is bald below her butt. We have her seperated from the rest...

howdy all-one of my favorite and friendliest chickens-beyonce-recently prolapsed. i got info from you all-honey, prep h, and keep on puttin it back in-well it took 4 days and her butt stayed in!! hooray!! well, it's been 2 weeks. I was out of town and my husband calledto say it prolapsed...

Hi there, I have 15 chickens. They are all happy and just over 5 months old. We know for sure one is a rooster. Guessing we might have 1 more. Well, one of our ri reds has taken to the most popular nesting box and wont come out. I finally moved her and found 7 eggs!! Im positive they are...

hi, so, one of my chicks is looking up and gulping. she will do this for a while and eventually blow a few bubbles and vomit up some liquid. she has been doing this for a few hours. my guess would be something stuck in her throat. but, really, i have no idea? ??

i have lost 9 of 14 chicks. some with bloody poop. i am doing what i can to keep them alive. hatchery chicks.

one person told me 5 cc per gallon, another told me 1 tsp per gallon. for 1 week old chicks, what do you all suggest?? thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you so much everyone for all of the advice. i really love this website. everyone is so helpful. i and my remaining chicks thank you.

the antibiotic is tetracycline hydrochloride

hello, i am the one who has lost several chicks to coccidia(?) i live a ways from town. the closest farm store i could get to today only had antibiotics for their water. will this treat the cocci? the corrid that everyone talks about, can i get that from a regular feed store or do i have to...

my brooder is from 90-96..using light and by my wood stove. i check the temp a lot. the first one died the first night they were home. then it seems like every 6 hours or so one passes. as far as syringe feeding, i have tube fed other types of birds, but not chickens. the syringe i have has a...