After searching the forums for hours for symptoms similar to what my Easter Egger has, I am beyond confused. These symptoms seem pretty common with sick birds, but I have yet to read about a bird that has a combination of all of these (or lack of symptoms), yet still eats and drinks normally. I...
I stumbled across your post while using the search function to answer that very question myself. From all the threads I have come across, it seems 12x18 or 12x12 are pretty popular. I guess at 12x12, the bigger breeds and roosters have to duck their heads to get in, but they dont mind doing it...
Fish oil is not the main ingredient in WD-40, in fact, it has ZERO fish oil in it. WD-40 is a blend of lubricants (dino and synthetic), anti corrosion agents, penetrators and cleaning solvents. I REALLY dont think this stuff should be used on chickens. A lot of myths have been floating around...
You are on a forum filled with people that love chickens, and dont condone inhumane practices. Some folks on here raise them for meat, others for eggs, and some just as companion animals, or perhaps for all three, but I guarantee you that almost all, if not all, kill their meat birds humanely...
probably a .22 if its just a pop. Foxes are definitely sly animals. Camo would help (he could even just cover himself with some big burlap sacks fro. a coffee shop). there are also predator calls you can buy that will help bring them in, and they can be had for less than 20 bucks. As for bait...
I wont re list the history of symptoms as I have already done so in another thread. My question now is, chickens were treated with wazine a week ago. Sunday will be day 10, and I was planning on treating with ivermectin to complete the deworming regimine. However, now its looking like it could...
Thanks for your response! Although she has been acting normal, seeing poop that abnormal come out of her has been stressing me out! Ill pick up some corid today (need it for the first aid kit anyway). My only concern now, is that sunday will have been 10 days since treating them with wazine, and...
...weather (70s instead of 90s), and neither of the other two have poop anywhere near this clear or runny. I mean, seriously, it looks like water with a few pieces of undigested feed in it! would not have believed it was poo if i hadnt seen it come out of her ***! Any other thoughts? Thanks!
Dan
So I already described her symptoms in this thread below, but after posting, I went back outside and found two clear puddles with a tiny bit of feed in them and almost assumed someone threw up water and feed, then I watched my EE poop something identical, with slightly more feed in it, but it...
My 13 week old EE is dropping feathers like crazy, yet she has no bald spots. She eats, drinks, acts completely normal, but as the picture below will show, feathers are a flying. Her poop has been inconsitent as well, normal, then green runny, then white watery, then normal again, then browinish...
Afternoon folks,
I am in the process of building my coop and can't decide if I should add one or two nest boxes. I keep reading about how so many people's chickens all use the same one, and the others go unused, but I was wondering if I should have an extra nest box just in case. Again, 4 foot...
Hard to tell exactly how big it is from the pictures, but what matters, from what I have learned on this site, is square footage, 4 square feet per chicken in the coop, at least double that in their outside run. From what I can tell, by the picture, you are not too far off from that number, but...
Having a beard doesn't mean you got an Araucana. Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas have beards. I am a novice when it comes to chickens, but I did learn that much over the last few days! I thought I have had an Ameraucana for the past 13 weeks, but nope, Easter Egger, beard and all.
Really?!? Mind if I ask what about her in those pictures pins her as an easter egger, or what about her is lacking to make her an Ameraucana? I am not doubting you, as I can see by your signature that these guys are your specialty, I'm just really curious.
Oh, and she is a pullet as far as you...
I have looked through tons of pictures of each breed, but never knowing how old the bird in the picture is, has made it difficult for me to confirm that all three of my girls are indeed pullets. I bought them as an Ameraucana, A brown leghorn, and a Marans. I will admit, at the time, I didnt...