I keep about 10 bags of pellets at a time and the mice still get at the bags in the feed room. I don't want to poison the mice cuz the chickens do eat them. Should i just try to stack the bags in one stack and let the chickens have access to the room or will the peck at the bags worse than the...
I have a hen that has a slightly pecked up cloaca that prolapsed 1 inch out or the hen.. i have her locked up and she has survived 4 days since i found her. i have been spraying it but i can tell she is pecking it because her beak is purple. i also put apple vinigar and coccidiosis meds in...
I have a travel trailer i am converting to a 16 ft coop. this wil be my second one and i am looking for a buyer. it will be custom order . The outside will be rubber coated, the roof will be supported for any snow load, I usually make them t bedrooms, automatic door, vinyl or rubber lined...
I have a followup to what i found. My Maran was impacted with two jumbo eggs. did a warm bath of epson salt and dish soap for 30 min, then lubed up the vent with mineral oil, slowely massaged and squeezed out one jumbo egg in good shape. then caged the hen over night and another jumbo egg...
the fluid is clear, i don't know if she is laying yet, her tail feathers are missing, her vent area is dirty with poop, i put her in a cage for 4 days and fed electrolyles in water and she is eating, i have two broody buff orfingtons that get nasty when i feed a little scratch and meal worms.
I have a 9 month old Laying maran that has always had a wet orifice. I saw her on the perch last night and water was dripping form her orifice. Has anyone a idea of what might be going on?