I have 5 chickens that are several years old. Australorps, barred rocks, and. Brahma. All great layers of decent sized brownish eggs.
I’ve added 3Easter eggers, and 3 barred rocks to the flock. They are just about 20 weeks.
One of my Easter eggers has started laying this week. She’s laid 2...
I feed layer feed by Dumor. And starter/grower to my pullets, which Miss Boss Lady devours every chance she gets. Plus veggie scraps and they free range when I can keep my eye on them.
Would fermenting feed increase their protein?
...out to collect her egg. Her box was empty but in the box next to it was one of my black australorps (Miss Boss Lady) feasting on a broken egg. I *think* she may have pushed the buff’s egg into the adjacent box for her feast. She wasn’t happy about me removing her and the contents one bit. And...
I just went out to check on my girl. She jumped right over to me. I put feed down for her. She is eating like she’s ravenous. She is pooping. She’s pushed her proposed back out. She smells to high heaven, and her butt looks like it’s covered in foam, dripping down to the floor.
It’s not getting...
I had some people oh a FB thread say a paste made with sugar and a few say raw honey…
Forgive my ignorance, but I don’t know the difference between raw honey and the honey I get from the ‘little bears’ in the grocery store.
I’ll try anything to fix the gloppy mess that’s happening on her...
I posted a separate thread a few days ago about my sapphire gem with vent gleet/prolapse. As this was my first issue with this I found many people with similar issues suggesting to use Monistat (both orally & topically). However, it was brought to my attention, and I found many articles that...
I was able to reduce her prolapse this morning after a nice warm soak/massage/digital exam. I did not feel an egg or any remnants inside her—but it IS my first chicken GYN exam. 🤷♀️ She looks good—active, ravenously hungry, red upstanding comb. I gave her a calcium AND a Monistat, freshened up...
Thank you.
I do have her in a dog crate in my heated garage.
I checked on her this morning. She was bright and active, I put fresh feed, grit, oyster shell down and she ate like a ravenous animal. Her eyes are bright, her comb is standing up and nice and red. When I opened the crate door she...
I have 8 hens, and no camera in their coop. My husband and I try to keep tabs on who is laying. But they all fight over one or two nesting boxes. Sometimes it looks like the line for the ladies room at a concert in there. I think she’s been laying fine. She certainly seemed to be acting fine...
Thank you for your response again. Yes. I’m afraid she’s probably suffering from insensible water loss. I saw a trickle of moisture trailing don her backside this morning before her soak. I soaked her, massaged her, gave her monistat and fed her—she ate okay. I mixed Nutri-Drench into a mash...
My first impression was a stuck egg. So after I soaked her I was able to get most of the white gunk off. I felt no shell particles or saw no membrane. I thought maybe the white stuff was egg remnants. So white I stared at her recently washed backside I watched a steady ooze of white gunk. The...
I have a sapphire gem, about 2 years old. Hasn’t seemed off her game at all. I was out with the girls yesterday and noticed some pink staining on the feathers along her back and when I was watching her I noticed her butt feathers were filthy and matted. I soaked her in warm water—that goo was...
OMG…this is an excellent resource!! I do have a question about timing though. I got some chicks, but not as many as I originally planned, so I was going to try to get more at the end of the week. Since they would be close in age, I was going to place them in the same brooder. If I am able to get...