Recent content by tanababy

Seminolewind - thanks!! I wasn't sure if it was mites or lice. They are all treated now and I feel so much better. I treat again in 10 days....right?? Thanks for the info on Marek's Virus. I'll research that more. I hope your last four chicks make it!! I am pushing for them. Thanks again!

So our good luck has taken a really bad turn and I would love some advise on how to help insure my other girls don't die too. We lost both of our sussex unexpectedly - they were both 11 weeks old and seemed to be doing fine and then one morning I found one dead in back of coop and the next...

Just a quick update. She seems to be doing much better. I have been giving her Sulmet via syringe. She still will not eat or drink on her own. But she is standing up alert and moving around. She even made some noise at me today. I am going to keep hand feeding her until she starts on her own...

Thank you both for such a quick response!! I pulled her from the coop and put her in a large rubbermaid in my garage. I looked her all over and I don't see any bugs or injuries and her body is warm. I am going to go back and check her crop better. I made her an egg with buttermilk (I read this...

I have several questions and I am a pretty new chicken owner and would love some help. I am super worried about my new little Buff Orphington (I lost one last week) and now I am nervous about this girl. I went to the coop this morning and was not moving standing perfectly still for about 15 min...

I have 3 "illegal" chickens. I have had them for 1 year. I went and talked to 4 the neighbors that are closest to my house (2 very close -bedroom window 20 feet from chicken coop) before I made the commitment. Everyone was nice about it. One was worried about the noise. I assured wouldn't be...

I have two Rhode Islands and a New Hampshire Red. We clipped their wings and last summer and it has worked great. I did have to reclip one on my girls this winter because she started hopping over the fence again. (I don't have immediate danger outside their coop - I wanted to keep them in the...