Hi all,
I have several, possibly related, but possibly unrelated things going on with my little flock and I 'm hoping that someone here can help me figure it out.
My BB Roo was acting very lethargic this afternoon. I watched him for quite awhile and his appetite seems normal but I noticed...
He was sold to me when about 4 months old as a Delaware hen but he turned out to be a rooster, and I sure don't think he is a Delaware. But what is he?? He doesn't even sound like any chicken I've ever heard. He coos and trills like a pigeon (and gets *really* excited for scratch and sounds...
That awful coryza that I'd brought home from the swap is now affecting my original flock, with five of them (out of six) showing pretty severe signs (all have rattley breathing, several have runny noses, two have pale droopy combs, and one has a closed eye). My neighbor suggested that they...
Sooo...I thought I had this figured out, but if they're supposed to finish it in one day, I've messed up
I'd put 2 T of wazine in their waterer because it holds a gallon, but it's been a full day and they've gone to bed, and there's still a little over half a gallon of the wazine water left...
Let me preface this by saying that we are new to having chickens and are basically learning as we go (thanks, esp to all of you great folks here). About 6 months ago, a friend gave us 8 five days old chicks so we put together a brooder and started to work building a coop for them. Several weeks...
We are new chicken owners (near New Orleans, LA), having had our now 9 wks old chicks since they were 5 days old. We've just moved them out to the new coop from the brooder on New Year's Day and they love it. Now that cold weather is here, though, I'm worried that, even though they're fully...