Recent content by SamWerner

What is IB? I just bought 3 new hens from a farm yesterday, woke up this morning to find one of them sick...she wont open one eye and the other has bubbly snot like on it. Any suggestions to what this is? None of the chickens showed signs of it at the farm, so I am wondering if the stress of...

Ok, so I have not had the best of luck since starting my life with chickens in April of this year. I lost one of my really nice girls 1 week after getting her because I was told she had a neurological disorder...not Merricks....then just a month ago and almost 4 months after her, I had her...

Im having a hard time getting her mouth open to syringe her water. Is there a trick to it? My husband was putting it in the palm of my hand and I would have to dip her beak into it and she would "smack" a little like she was cleaning her beak but wasnt throwing her head back like she was...

I purchased 2 LF Orpington Pullets from a breeder a week ago today. They are gorgeous..about 3 mo old. Anyways I put them in my run, and they were fine....I mentioned to the breeder that they were loving my azalea bushes...but that night I got an urgent message letting me know they were...