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  1. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Is she still limping? If she is, I would go back to soaking. If she isn't, you could try giving her a break from treatments. Nova's foot never did go all the way back to normal even after the infection cleared up, so maybe there is still some residual swelling?? It always seems like there is...
  2. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    🙁 Bumblefoot can be so hard to get rid of sometimes. Your poor hen sounds like Nova. I would think her foot was almost healed and then the infection would start to build again. I have also noticed that the chickens who have had bumblefoot once are more likely to get it again in the future...
  3. RubelliteRose

    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    Have done both, but will say broody only because we brood in the house and it is SO dusty TS fine shavings We have used a heat lamp, a Producer's Pride heating plate, and a MHP made with a Sunbeam heating pad when brooding in the house. The nighttime light from the heat lamp kept the chicks...
  4. RubelliteRose

    Eggs what do you do if they are dirty and how dirty is acceptable? Maybe you could show me your eggs you collect?

    This is true for my flock too. Sometimes very poopy eggs, MUCH dirtier than the ones in the picture, are feed back to my flock if I don't feel like cleaning them that day. When I have one of these eggs, I bring it into the run and everyone gathers around. If I throw the egg to the ground and...
  5. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Do you have enough room in the run to section part of it off with chicken wire? We usually place new/removed birds in a sectioned off area of the run during the day and move them to a dog crate in the coop at night. This does take up quite a bit of room though and not everyone has that much...
  6. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    🤔 the only thing I remember is that I used a 2 week egg withdrawal time on all our beige eggs since I couldn't tell which were Onyx's eggs. @Eggcessive would know more than me about any interferences.
  7. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Sorry, I've only used amoxicillin with my chickens, so have no experience with doxycycline. I do know that the girl I treated with amoxicillin LOVED having her pill coated in coconut oil and then refrigerated to make a coconut flavored treat. She is a Dominique and has almost no wattles so the...
  8. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    So glad your girls foot is looking a little better. I hadn't been getting notifications and just saw this pop up to the top of the postings. Bumblefoot can take a very long time to clear up. I had one girl who I had to treat on and off for months before her foot completely healed. I have been...
  9. RubelliteRose

    How often do you freshen nest boxes?

    When we treat with Elector PSP, we treat both the birds and the coop. I remove all shaving from the coop, sweep it out and then spray everything including the tools that I used. I also make sure to spray the roosts in the covered part of the run, but not the run itself. My understanding is...
  10. RubelliteRose

    How often do you freshen nest boxes?

    We also only change nest boxes for poop, broken eggs, and mite outbreaks. Have you tried using Elector PSP? I know it is expensive, but it lasts forever and for us was totally worth it. While we haven't had leg mites, we have had a couple of northern fowl mite outbreaks. Each time I believe...
  11. RubelliteRose

    How many hens for a 4 person household?/Potential oversupply??

    Once you have your initial set up, costs aren't too bad. For our 19, we go through 50 lbs of food a month - maybe a little more in the winter when there is less forage while free ranging and maybe a little less in the summer. A 50 lb bag of oyster shell lasts us several years. Bottles of...
  12. RubelliteRose

    How many hens for a 4 person household?/Potential oversupply??

    That is a somewhat difficult question to answer, because after 5 years, at any given time the number of laying hens changes 😂 . Currently, we have 19 chickens - 3 roosters, 11 hens, and 5 pullets. Of the hens, I think only 2 are currently laying as the rest are in molt (one girl also...
  13. RubelliteRose

    Help please

    @Eggcessive is one of our BYC experts! I would follow her advice and give your hen a calcium tablet to help in case she is egg bound. It won't hurt her, but it will help her expel any egg material that may be stuck. You are right, bumblefoot wouldn't normally affect eating and pooping. I did...
  14. RubelliteRose

    Help please

    Sorry your girl isn't feeling well. It is good that she ate the egg and drank water. Did you check for mites, lice and bumblefoot? When she does walk, is she limping at all? When I had a hen who was eggbound, I noticed that her vent was unusually active for lack of a better term. Like she...
  15. RubelliteRose

    Holding back eggs in anticipation of molt

    We also tell everyone that we won't be giving away as many whole eggs starting in the fall. I need eggs for holiday baking and eggnog! Friends and family will just be getting their eggs in an alternate form;)
  16. RubelliteRose

    Correct Way to Feed Chickens

    Welcome to BYC!:frow This is the answer. In addition, you may have to try a few different setups until you find what works best for you and your flock. We finally settled on using several smaller gravity feeders(because food bullies can only guard one at a time) that are placed into rubber...
  17. RubelliteRose

    Hen Squawking Loudly

    I have a couple hens who do this when someone is in "their" nest spot. I also have a girl who, before we got a rooster, would make this same yell at our back door until someone either came outside to escort her to the nest box or she couldn't wait any longer 🤣
  18. RubelliteRose

    First Year Molt?

    First year molt is uncommon, but can happen. I had 2 of my first 8 girls molt before their first winter. I was also very confused when I opened the coop to find it covered in feathers one morning! They are both now 5 years old and still healthy, so it is just a thing that a few chickens do🤷‍♀️
  19. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Glad you are able to get a vet to look at her 😊 Let us know what the vet says about her foot!
  20. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    To me it looks like a bumblefoot plug that is starting to be pushed out, but under the toenail. It is a little hard to tell from the picture. If it is bumblefoot, then soaking in Epsom and using antibiotic is perfect! Does it soften after you soak her foot? If it is still very hard, it could...
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