I got a recommendation for this fly bait- sounds great, but worried about toxicity using too close to coop....if the chickens were to "find" a dead fly and eat it, they would be poisioned? My husband has sprayed Pyretrhine sp? and this is supposedly safe around them? The Flies are starting to...
these EE were straight run, I bought both, hoping at least one would be a hen, as we want chickens just for eggs and aren't allowed roosters in the city I had a hunch, but as they are growing, I am seeing more and more differences between the two EE, they are the pale grey and the grey/black...
This is a f/u to my thread "bloody poop with photos and chickens not acting sick" well, two of them eventually did get very listless and quit eating, puffed out, etc. It is day #4 on corrid, all 5 of the 8 week old chickens are "back to normal" as fall as I can tell, acting happy, eating...
I have looked at the sample stool images, and other threads on this topic... just not too sure where my birds' "poop" falls in the categories, cannot tell which 8 week old bird it came from, (they all nestle together to sleep) I have #3 RIR, and #2 EE, all appear well, drinking, eating and...