I am new to chickens and even newer to hatching eggs. I built my own incubator from a large marine cooler. I built an egg turner that will hold around 75 LF eggs and even more smaller eggs. The temp in the incubator varies about 4 degrees. From 99 to 103 and the humidity i keep between 35 and 45...
I have a year old rooster that recently lost his mate. He never was one to go exploring but stuck beside his mate all the time. She passed when we had a sudden cold snap about a week ago. When I found her about 9 that morning, he was standing beside her. I took her and burried her but noticed he...
My wife and I bought a house about 2 years ago. She wanted a house with a little land, so she coukd have a few animals. So we bought a house and 5 acres. When we moved in we had a dog, a cat and a scarlet macaw. Since we had a bigger house, we a cockatiel, as I love birds. Soon after, we had 4...
Sorry, been out of town for a few days. For the last week, I have been mixing sav a chic in her water. Today she is running around the coop as if she never felt better.
Thanks for the links eggcessive. I looked through them and went back and looked at the hen. Couldnt match symptoms with the hen. I couldnt see any white powdery stuff today, may have been the lighting. I will watch her close and note any symptoms I see tomorrow with another pic.
Thanks granny...
No, her eyes are open fine, seem to be watery. I havent looked for mites but we found one with mites a few days ago. My wife treated all chickens, coops ans surrounding areas yesterday. The hen in the picture we just goy Saturday.
I am new to chickens and probably sound silly but what are...
I posted a picture of this bird to find out what kind it was. Everybody that posted said the bird looked sick. They advised me to post in this forum for advice. She is eating and drinking fine. I have added sav a chick probiotic and electrolites to her water just in case.
Any advice?
Here is a picture of her from about 10 minutes ago.
We are new to chickens, only had them about 5 months. I just read about fowl pox and I am worried. Do you think that is what it is? If so, what can I do to help? Is it contageous?. What can I do to prevent it?
Here is a picture of the...
Is there a cure fir fowl pox, does it go away like the flu, do they need to be medicated? I have a couple roosters with sores on their combs, thought it was from fighting but now Im worried.