I have a six month old buff ORP pullet that's not doing well. I noticed a few weeks ago she was off balance and favored one leg. Checked for injury and found lice not many just a few. I treated her with poultry dust twice in two weeks and once with Adams. She seems to have a neurological...
I have a small flock of chickens that free range by day locked up at night. I have lost my favorite little birds. I had a rooster named Saul who would fly up and perch on my shoulder, always a character. Fearless too, bout the size of a dove....hawk got him and my little Brahma hen.... I'm so...
i had a dog kill one bird and injure 2 others, now the little roo is filling with air on the right side. it has been going on a week.Every morning I stick a needle in and let air out, he is not sensitive at all on the skin. I think his lungs may be leaking air? I don't know why else he would...
I bought 2 one day old chics. The guy said they were English game bantams. Well at four weeks old I was SHOCKED to find one crowing "squeaking" sure enough he began crowing. Still had fuzz on head and parts of body. I know they were day old because I picked them out and they had no wing tip...
It seems to be pyrethrin pirithrin lanolin and citronella, I used dome to kill mites now birds appear sluggish. But they were already a bit sluggish from mites.I'll never forgive my self if I hurt them.
I have read and studied a lot on mites online, at least what's available. What's a fool proof way to really get rid of them and give relief to flock. Keep in mind I don't have infestation. I noticed a patch of feather missing from her back. They don't seem to be bothering but a few but I know...
I noticed a couple of 3 week old chics sounded like they were sneezing a bit, out of twenty only two or three have sniffles. They are strong and healthy eating drinking and moving about. Anyone have any ideas of cause or remedy? Thanks
I rescued 3 hens a few months ago, two I assumed were barred rocks one Columbian wynnadotte. Well I have several barred rock hens and roosters. After reading a article on cuckoo marans I looked at the picture and they looked exactly like my two "barred rock" hens. I took a closer look and found...
I had a hen develop a water belly, her comb flopped over and turned blue due to weak heart. She became immobile. I did research on this site reading peoples experiences and saved her. Thank you. I prick her with a 16 gauge needle and gently get water draining remove syringe and let water...
I counted the very day my hen began setting she had a few eggs accumulating in nest before setting. At day 14 I was shocked to see a fuzzy chic under her. Could this egg have began developing before her setting? Anybody seen this. I interact daily with chickens and every detail so it wasn't a...
I came outside this morning to let the birds out and found my turkey laying under coop. After picking him up I found his broken leg. Its broken in the ankle area. The skin is damaged and he will not bear weight on it. I wrapped the site in gauze and athletic tape to keep it stable. He will eat...
I bought two from a farmer yesterday their mother was brown with black in feathers the male was black with colorful tail. They are very small not sebrights not mixed bred bantam. I think brown was in the name. I don't have his number or I'd call. Any ideas? The biddies are brown with two stripes...