It has been several years since I raised baby chicks, now I remember why! I am trying to find information on raising them and forgot how to navigate BYC. HELP Susie
I have 4 chickens ages 3-4. Two have had sneezes or coughs constantly for 8 months. I have tried the Vita cure, now one of them has red neck with no feathers on the neck. Any helpful advise?
Over the past year, I have lost several chickens. They slowly lose interest in eating, slowing down and don't keep up with the flock. Then they are eventually found dead. We treat for parasite. Their diet is Egg Layers, scratch and table scrapes, giving them garlic now. Hope you can help.
My chicken has green diarrhea, no smell. I don't think she has Merck's as there is no paralysis. The eats little but losing weight sand strength fast. I don't know if we have worms in Colorado that might affect the chickens. My other chickens are okay but I have separated the sick one. Any...
Dang, my 6 month old Leghorn has a broken leg.
I bound it with gauze and then plastic tape to stabilize it.
I have isolated her in an indoor cage with food and water and a wide perch. She is not yet an egg layer and has had access to oyster shell.
I am hoping the leg will heal and she will be...
Treated my little Golden Egyptian fayoumis Bantam for mites as she was pecking at her feathers. I treated her with Garden and Poultry dust, but a few days ago she appeared cold and just sat in one place. I brought her into a cage near a heater and kept a close eye on her. She soon lost her...
Hello, oes anyone have advise on losing chickens? I have lost three young chickens, each started getting weak and depressed. Then they stop eating, started sleeping a lot or acting semi-conscious and then death. THis process takes less than a week. .I am sad today as I lost my beautiful...
Help! My backyard flock of chickens has had two deaths. Sadly I am losing the third, a 4 month old Banti, now in the last stages of life. The sysmptoms are similar, first lethargy, then weakness followed by not eating or drinnking them sleeping a lot or semi-consciousness. The other birds are...