I really do appreciate the response! She finally passed a soft shell egg this morning which I'm hoping was the issue.
Roo is still going to get a much needed break and hopefully we can get a few more girls in there to avoid the stew point.
We have 7 hens and 1 rooster all a year old. We knew we had a problem with our rooster overbreeding bc a few girls were losing feathers from where he mounts them. We have 3 more chickens on the way but I'm afraid we may be too late.
Around 6pm I went out to water my chickens for the night and...
About a week ago we noticed that three or four of our birds are not sleeping in the coop any more. Our chickens do not free range but are in a substantially large run throughout the day and are able to go in and out of the coop as they please at any time of the day or night. 4 of our birds have...
Hey thanks so much for the info! It ended up being vent gleet for sure we were actually able to just clip the feathers around their vent and only had to soak one girl because she was a little messier than the others. I spent the entire afternoon yesterday doing a full clean up of the coop and...
This morning I went to check on the girls that noticed 2 of my 4 hens have some runny looking poop stuck on their feathers below their butt. Is this pasty butt?? I thought that only occurred in chicks? We've recently fed them a leftover pumpkin from Halloween which is the only change to their...
We will definitely being quarantining the birds thanks to your advice and we will pen the birds in the run when we do integrate them, my question is at night they won't have access to the coop at night or should we allow them to go in there? From what I've read on other posts its dangerous to...
You have definitely answered a lot of my concerns I appreciate it so much! My main concern at this point I guess would be that we will be getting home late that evening. So I'm assuming my best bet would be to keep them separate until the next morning??
I noticed that the format of this post was a little strange I'm glad you were able to view them. From what I have been told a representative from the usda will be on site to test each bird by pulling a wing and taking a scraping. I've been told that checks for multiple diseases. Is this the...
We are heading over the the local 4H Poultry auction tomorrow and are hoping to buy 2-3 more chickens to add to our flock. We currently have 4 hens and 1 rooster. I've been reading as much as I can but haven't been able to find specific answers to my questions. Hopefully y'all can provide some...
It appears we have a broody chicken and have exhausted all the options we know of so any help is greatly appreciated! A little background info- we noticed one of our girls wasn't coming out with the others at all, we figured she was broody and not sick because when we carry her out she goes...
What is everyones opinion on worming your flock? I've read a lot and inquired at our local feed store about whether or not its absolutely necessary-and when?
Greetings Mommypad!! Great to hear that you're raising chicks on Long Island! I moved to North Carolina 5 years ago from Long Island and have often wondered if I would have been able to raise chickens in our neighborhood! Good Luck and will enjoy following your story!
I'm wondering the same thing! My girls are only a week old but I'd like to make sure I get them out there at the right time...Ive read a lot of different information so someone with good experience with this would be nice!