(don't feel bad... I'm posting @ 1 am because I can't stop worrying about my chicks & should really be asleep...) I figured its morning in Scotland; congratulations on your country deciding to be nuclear-free by 2015!
Welcome! I just logged into BYC for the first time in MONTHS... seems I only peek in on this site when I really need advice... this has been a tremendously helpful place for me since living with chickens. Enjoy! :)
hi! long time no type. :) I can't sleep... thought I'd spill the dilemma here...
although its been a super exciting day to come home & find baby chicks walking around w/the "rescue" hen I got a couple months ago, I noticed there are only 2 babies w/her & the other 8 eggs she was sitting on are...
what do I do with these eggs? (i have no incubator) the hen hatched out 2 of 9 eggs today (or yesterday?) under my camper & then relocated w/her 2 chicks to an abandoned nest across the yard, leaving these other eggs to freeze tonight! I'm almost certain they were all given to her the same day...
Thank you a whole bunch, Megan!!!!
I looked @ numerous sites that all say different things & for some reason, that page didn't come up in my google vent gleet search; very helpful!
Wish us luck, starting treatment now!
Hi!
I will read up on this thread but in the meantime I have to ask for help!
(no replies in the emergency thread)
I have an 8 week old Columbian Wynadotte who can't poop & is leaking stinky white discharge from her vent.
I have over 40 chickens, and have never dealt with this.
Also never...
Help please!!
My last post was a very long mulit-quote comment... Maybe too long...
I could really use some advise right now:
(I got no reply in the emergencies thread!)
one of my 8 week old Columbian Wynadottes is suffering big time & I'd really like to help her make it thru this!
"Gleet" is...
HI! I'm back...
Missed ya'll!!
Welcome to the thread! It's the happening spot on BYC these days!
Hope everyone there is out of reach of those fires...
Stay cool!
I use a DLM w/ straw for my big girls & do a full clean out 2x a year, cedar & pin e shavings w/ the babies & everything has been...
Help w/ treatment of stinky white discharge from vent needed!!!
My husband did a wonderful job keeping my 40 birds alive in 105 degrees while I was out of town the last three days but....
After spending time w/ the babies today, I see that one of the almost 2 month old Columbian Wyandottes is...
Ok, got it!
Going to find Corid today, everyone looks way better already tho. (The medicated feed was all I could find on a Sunday in my town.) I will stop the ACV after I get the Corid & do a deep cleaning thursday or friday, after they have the medicine in their system for a couple days..? I...
...(there is chicken wire & corrugated plastic where a half wall hasn't been finished)
So I put them all in the "palace" last night w/ medicated feed.
*Should I worry about cleaning it & scrubbing the floor that is becoming covered w/ poo?
(I am throwing fresh sawdust on top, planning on doing a...
Thank you all so much... I am worried that it could be something else?? No symptoms one day, bloody stools & dead baby the next... is there anything else I should be worried about or is this pretty much a sure case of Coccidiosis??