Recent content by Rhody84

What is the diy chicken coops feed?

The only thing she does that concerns me otherwise is the head shaking. She’s had some wheezing but it seems to have subsided.

So this could be normal? the one I see it from the most is about 15 weeks, I’ve also seen it from the others which are 12/13 weeks.

One of my chickens has mostly dark yellow, loose poop. I’ve also seen dark brown/black loose poop. And some has red in it but those are not loose. what do I do? All are eating and drinking normally. Poop pic of the yellow I’m seeing the most. It’s been going on on and off since I got them 6...

Mine has this too and I’m not sure if I need to do something about it. She sounds very crackly.

I started a new one because I wasn’t getting any responses. They get a show/grow crumble and I just started giving grit yesterday. I also added ACV to the water as of this morning. I haven’t seen her poop in the last few days. I did see some that was looser and darker brown in color last...

I posted yesterday about how a couple of my chickens were extending their neck and swallowing. One in particular did it about a dozen times in a short period. I was concerned about her crop, so I picked her up this evening and it did not feel hard. It felt soft (I could have been missing the...

ahh yes if silkies have blue lobes then that explains it - mosaics do as well and he has the spots so I thought it could be part mosaic but yes, very uncommon.

Could he have mosaic in him?

@Eggcessive So I didn’t pick her up and feel it last night because she was acting fine and not doing the adjusting anymore and was drinking a lot and I gave chick grit which they all went nuts for. This morning she’s also acting fine and drinking a lot (I also added the ACV to the water this...

Did you have to treat for the respiratory infection? how is she doing?

@Eggcessive What do you recommend if her crop is full? Do I try to empty? Or can I give her something to help it empty?

I can try to check the crops when I get home - I guess when I saw a second chicken doing it it made me question if it’s the crop since for 2 to have the issue at the same time seemed a little odd to me. But I have given them some watermelon and have not given grit. I’ll definitely start...

I noticed this morning that my 11/12 week old girl kept extending her neck and opening her mouth. She did it probably a dozen times in a row. I started googling and figured it could be a crop thing. Then I tried to go get it on video but she wasn’t doing it. I watched the video a bit later...