I have scoured the web and mercks manual. I am stumped.
White rock pullet. 7 weeks old.
Raised in large, clean indoor brooder with 2 others. Go outside in covered coop most days weather permitting. In brooder at night. All healthy and acting like baby chickens.
Started with slightly swollen...
I have found plenty of info on using the rabbit wringer on dispatching rabbits. But, a chicken is different.
I have even contacted the creator of the dispatcher and he does not have any additional info on chicken dispatching using the device.
I would LOVE to have input from folks who have used...
Does anyone else have birds that play with their water?
I have experimentally switched from a deep litter to a sand based litter system in the coop.
A few weeks in to the new flooring, my Red hen has developed a very annoying habit of scooping up the water from the dish into her beak.
Now...
OK, So I know this is a sensitive and controversial subject.
Please do not discuss opinions on this thread. Or "how I do it" posts - this is for finding PROFESSIONAL, Public services.
I am posting this to help people out in finding cheap/affordable PROFESSIONAL necropsy and or euthanasia...
Anyone have experience using this in nesting boxes or opinions?
Its that stuff made from recycled paper pulp - supposed to be dust free and chemical free.
It looks super soft and warm.
and wondering if it would help prevent crop impaction if they happened to eat it as opposed to straw and...
my BR hen is exhibiting a new symptom that is slowly getting worse by the day.
THis is the link to the thread I started to give a background of what has been going on with her
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/715266/hen-with-watery-poop-thin-shells-and-thin-but-otherwise-healthy
The...
Hi, I am a new member but have been a BYC user for a year.
I have not been able to find any great answers on this after searching for a week off and on.
My Plymouth Barred Rock Hen, Zeebra. (a little over a year old)
She became under the weather back in July on a really hot day (for here in...