We have a 5gal bucket with the nipple system attached. I started adding ACV to their water about a week and a half ago. Today i went out and checked and the water was full of this strange purple mold!! Now i am very worried about my chickens!
I have two silkies. Just a little over 7 wks old. They love each other. When we take them outside we usually take one at a time and the other will sit in the door way of the cage yelling until we come get him or her! lol We take them outside everyday. And leave them out everyday. All day and...
I got a 2nd sebright today. A sister for my current silver sebright. From the same hatch. Got her home. She went immediately to the food gulped some down and and then started kind of retching, stretching and repeatedly swallowing. I checked her crop and throat and all the food was stuck in her...
I have 3 hens in the same coop. Two Dom's and one RIR. The RIR has what i thought was molt but I've noticed it isn't spreading and her skin is red where the missing feathers are. I put sand in their coop for dust baths and they very regularly free range in our back yard so she takes dust baths...
[/IMG]Anyone ever used a heat mat for lizards for a chick? I have a week and a half of sebright chick that seems to be cold. I have a heat lamp on her (I hope it's a her) but that doesn't seem to be doing the job. I currently have her on a heating pad and she is in heaven and the quietest she...
Hello All.
I am fairly new to the chicken world. I have always wanted them and my husband finally said ok so I went for it. we have a coop with an additional runner added outside with 3 hens. 2 Dom's and 1 RIR. The Dom's are named Laverne and Shirley (lol I know) and the RIR is Rose. We had...