so i went to feed the chickens. filled the feeders and waterers. I have a one year old hen that was eating and drinking with no issues and no symptoms die 10 minutes after i walked away. none of the other chickens did it. they all get along great. heart attack?
ib vaccine is what its called thx. its backordered at mcmurray. anyone else know where i can get it? and if my flock has been exposed to it can i still vacinate? thx again
31.9 in deep gap this morning.i bet the kids were cold last night. they better get used to it. if you've never been to our weather website on this side of the state, take a look. raysweather.com it was started by a professor at app. has really expanded in the 10 plus yrs it's been around.
so i started with 9 wellsummers, now i'm down to 5. i had one die at 3 weeks. then two at 4. then one now at 8 weeks and one looks like he's not far from it. no signs of any problems that i can see. no feathers plucked out, no runny noses. dead bodies in perfect shape. i have three other breeds...
hello folks. got a question for my peeps down on the east side of the state. I'm going to be down in the morehead city area at the end of the month and want to stop somewhere and purchase several blueberry plants.(10-20) i've looked online, but can only find a few farms. dan finch, and cashwell...
check out "little bit" in the top picture. he's one of my araucanas. he is the same age as all the rest. at one point he was about to die. he had not grown at all after three weeks so we put him in with just the cs's and him. he has grown quite a bit, but still way small. he's doing good...
so i checked the coloring and the two with almost no combs have no black on the breast. the others have black mixed in. two of the 7 are girls with maybe one other one as well. i have terrible luck with getting females. oh well.
i have 7 welsummers about 6 weeks old. some have a very prominent comb compared to the others. are these the roos? and i have one that is way less brown then the others. (more black) any idea why? thx peeps.
so I've been moving/renovating the last couple weeks and haven't had time for much else. I have finished my two runs and have all my kids in the two runs/coops. the 6 week olds had a cold night last night. 31 degrees in banner elk. around 36 here. they were fine in the coop. I'm gonna take lots...