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  1. RubelliteRose

    loosing chicks to bulling?

    An additional thought, are all the bullied/dead chicks from the same group? Where did they come from - is it possible that they arrived with a disease, mites, or lice?
  2. RubelliteRose

    loosing chicks to bulling?

    What are the age differences between your groups? I have had age differences of as little as a week result in mild bullying. I had a difference of 3 weeks this year and the older girls have yet to accept the youngest girl.
  3. RubelliteRose

    Is it appropriate to de-worm during molting?

    I use Safeguard for goats. I have 19 birds ranging from 7.5 to 3 pounds so I dose them individually by soaking pieces of bread in their appropriate amount. I was going to switch to Valbazen this year, but it has been on backorder everywhere for months😕
  4. RubelliteRose

    Roosters are fighting

    Are they sparring or fighting? We have 2 half brother roosters who sparred their first year to determine dominance. Sparring involved fluffing up and jumping at each other, but little to no physical contact made. In their second year, there were a couple of sparring incidents and now that...
  5. RubelliteRose

    What did you name your chicks ?

    We currently have a mix of geeky names and old fashioned names:D Current flock girls: Torchic, Pidgey, and Onix are all Pokemon River Song from Dr Who Wanda from the Avengers Pippin from LotR Toff and Zuko (when she hatched, she was missing a patch of feathers around her eye that matched Zuko's...
  6. RubelliteRose

    Is it appropriate to de-worm during molting?

    I have also heard that you shouldn't deworm during molting. I wouldn't give a preventative dose, but if you are seeing roundworms in droppings, I would deworm anyway. From my first bird starting to molt to the last one finishing is usually around 5 months:barnie. Twice now I have mis-timed...
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    Montistat

    Here is the article I use as a crop issue reference: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ From the article - "The easiest (and cheapest) to obtain yeast treatment, though, is miconazole, found on...
  8. RubelliteRose

    Dog Pooping on Floor at Night

    I am so sorry you are going through this. I am going to recommend a change of food. While this was years ago and may not be related, we had digestive issues with our dogs when they were on Blue Buffalo. We mentioned it to our vet and he said that several other clients were also having problems...
  9. RubelliteRose

    EMERGENCY!!! LASH EGG!!!!

    It is hard to tell from your picture, but that lash egg looks fairly small. If you can figure out which girl it came from, as Nuthatched said, you do not necessarily need to cull her. I have a hen who had a small lash egg just after she turned one. We treated her with amoxicillin. The...
  10. RubelliteRose

    Getting close with my hens!

    Welcome to the wonderful world of chickens😄 The best way to get really friendly chickens is to get them when they are tiny babies. The second best way is to keep doing what you are doing with your flock! Spend lots of time with them. Chickens are prey animals and it can take quite a while...
  11. RubelliteRose

    Should I change out deep litter bedding before winter? Because it could cause too much moisture?

    Since your coop is inside a building and has a concrete floor, you have deep bedding instead of deep litter. I think this is what most people have in their coops:) The main difference is that deep bedding will not compost enough to provide warmth to your chickens due to a lack of moisture. In...
  12. RubelliteRose

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

    We have one from each group! Sage, who went broody first, is a McMurry Ameracuana (EE). We were shocked as they are not supposed to be broody at all. Pippin, our Maran, went broody a week later. Pippin has continued to go broody every year since then. We are thinking about adding a couple...
  13. RubelliteRose

    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I have 7 nest boxes for 16 hens. The 5 who are currently laying, all lay their eggs in a spot in the shavings next to the nest boxes🙄 We have only had one hen who randomly started laying eggs in the yard while free ranging - she was not a new layer and not broody. We caught her early and a...
  14. RubelliteRose

    Official BYC Poll: Who’s Your Worst Chicken Predator of All Time?

    Our only predator loss was to a hawk. We currently have a red tailed hawk stalking the flock, so they have been locked in a netting covered run for most of the past few months. We have bald eagles and osprey in the area, but they seem to prefer fish. They don't slow down to look at my flock...
  15. RubelliteRose

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

    Sadly, having a rooster does not guarantee that any of your hens will go broody. It only means that your chicks will be related to your current flock. Out of all of our hens, we have only had 2 who have ever gone broody. One of those only went broody once and even though she was a great mom...
  16. RubelliteRose

    Why can't brooder plate be used on floor?

    Did you ever receive an answer from them? I was wondering if they consider the cord on the floor to be a tripping hazard:confused: I don't recall that warning with the Producer's Pride brooder plate I was using, but it has been a couple of years since I read the instructions.
  17. RubelliteRose

    Desperately need help for my chicks in the DMV

    Welcome to BYC! Sorry, we are too far south and don't have a way to set anything up before tomorrow. If you try searching for farm sitters or exotic pet sitters, you will hopefully be able to find someone who can help.
  18. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    I am honestly not sure. I know with humans, you shouldn't soak an open wound. When treating bumblefoot in my flock, I usually soak to remove the scab, remove the core and then bandage with triple antibiotic for awhile before trying to soak again. Since your vet recommended soaking, you could...
  19. RubelliteRose

    Broken toenail or foreign object?

    Hope the meds work quickly for her!
  20. RubelliteRose

    What Age Do Your Chickens Slow/Stop Laying?

    I had one of my original girls stop laying at 4. However, she was successfully treated for salpingitis just after turning one, so that may have shortened her egg laying time. The rest of my 5 year old girls were laying regularly this year up until they started molting. Some of them did start...
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