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  1. FreckledFarmer

    Hens stopped laying

    I treated my one year old flock for Cocci last week because we found a lot of blood in the stool of one of our chickens. She passed that night. We treated the whole flock and they have completely stopped laying eggs. We have 5 remaining birds... we got one egg yesterday, and one on Saturday...
  2. FreckledFarmer

    Treating with Corrid and STILL seeing blood

    Last Thursday we lost our family favorite chicken to cocci. On Wednesday she was acting lethargic and I found stools with huge gobs of blood (this was the first sign we noticed and we spend a fair amount of time with them). We treated the whole flock with corrid. The next morning she had past...
  3. FreckledFarmer

    Sick or broody?

    Ok.. This might be a stupid question but I don't want to overlook/ignore something that could hurt my girl... Yesterday morning I went down to check on the chickens because I noticed my Buff Orpington had been in the nesting box for a while. I opened the nesting box and she was sitting in...
  4. FreckledFarmer

    Egg Drop Syndrome and other questions - Ex-posted

    I posted this in the egglaying forum but think I may have put it in the wrong forum so I am posting it here too.. I hope that is ok... In June we got out first chickens. They started laying about two months ago. In the last 2 weeks one of the chickens started laying a dull colored (they are...
  5. FreckledFarmer

    Egg Drop Syndrome and other questions

    In June we got out first chickens. They started laying about two months ago. In the last 2 weeks one of the chickens started laying a dull colored (they are all brown layers), thin eggs that had rough texture (hard bumpy pieces on the surface of the shell). Tonight my husband said he noticed...
  6. FreckledFarmer

    Chicks and Children

    How many of you have chicks and/ or chickens and small children? How do you handle your kids around the chicks? Do you allow them to hold or pet the chicks? Do you worry about salmonella? I was trying to find information on breast feeding while dealing with chicks.. I was wondering if it...
  7. FreckledFarmer

    Injured Chick: Updated... What do I do if she is drinking but not eating.

    I also posted this on the "Raising Chicks" board but felt like this board would also be able to help me. I ordered 8 chicks (my min. allowed order for my area was 7) from Mypetchicken.com. They were shipped on Monday and arrived this morning. When I got to the post office they told me that...
  8. FreckledFarmer

    Horrible shipping experience and need some advice

    I ordered 8 chicks (my min. allowed order for my area was 7) from Mypetchicken.com. They were shipped on Monday and arrived this morning. When I got to the post office they told me that they believed I lost some because the boxed smelled horrible. I had to ride 12 minutes home with my two...
  9. FreckledFarmer

    Fleas

    I saw the "chicken flea" thread but I have a question about regular cat fleas. In VA we had a very mild winter and this year the fleas have been horrrrrrrrrible. It has been all I can do to keep them out of the house. I have literally done every natural thing I could (we have a 1.5 month old...
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