Search results for query: *

  1. Penny Hardie

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    1. I thought that 3 hens would be just right and I wouldn't get any more until one died. Setting up for them cost a fortune. 2. I now have 19 hens, two runs, three coops, another run and coop for my broody and her chicks, a cockerel and two ducklings that happened by mistake when I decided to...
  2. Penny Hardie

    Listless chick ten days old and way smaller then the others

    Thank you, and thank you for the advice.
  3. Penny Hardie

    Listless chick ten days old and way smaller then the others

    The vet said that he wasn't going to prescribe anything (apparently he has to do it and then it is mixed into feed - he had nothing off the shelf) as only one chick was affected. According to him if it was Coccidiosis more than one chick would have it. It was always the smallest chick. It seemed...
  4. Penny Hardie

    Listless chick ten days old and way smaller then the others

    The chick died, but probably not from Coccidiosis, according to my vet on the island. I have some treatment for it now, just in case and in the meantime I have the whole flock on apple cider vinegar just in case. I guess it was just one of those things with little ones.
  5. Penny Hardie

    Listless chick ten days old and way smaller then the others

    I have 4 bantam chicks that are being raised by a broody hen. They were all fine but in the last 3 days one has become listless, not moving much and just wanting to sit under mum (who keeps moving!). It's not eating well, although is eating and drinking a little. Its poop is a bit watery. The...
  6. Penny Hardie

    Hi!

    I'm Penny, I live on The Isle of Skye, Scotland, and have chickens for about 18months now. I have a 7 brown Lohans to do the work and a flock of 10 bantams. One of the brown hens went broody so i got her some bantam eggs and four hatched so waiting to see how many cockerels there are! I was...
Back
Top Bottom