Hello all,
I had a small backyard flock of two laying hens, but one passed away from cancer this past week (I have a lab report from UCONN showing that she did not die from a communicable disease). My Coronation Sussex hen, Violet, is terribly lonely and I think she would benefit from having a...
My new 7week old chick came to us with lice. The photo shows the carnage on the bottom of the bowl she was bathed in. There were plenty more that went down the drain. She'll have another dip next week, and a week after that. I used neem oil (from the health food store), dawn dish soap and warm...
My 1.5 year old hen wants to lay an egg, but when she tries nothing happens. This has been going on for three days. Two days ago, I bathed her and put a heating pad in a small dog crate for her; I crushed up oyster shell and coated some meal worms in olive oil and oyster, which she ate, and...
I want to ship 2 adult chickens, a barred rock hen and a Black Maran hen, across the U.S. I know about state laws, vet certs, proper shipping containers, etc. My questions are: Is it safe to ship both birds in the same box without a divider? And do I want their container to allow for more...
I treated two hens today with an equine Ivermectin. The manager at the local feed store suggested it and showed me how to dose the girls properly. When I went outside a little after dark this evening one of my hens was not in the coop in her usual spot. I found her hunkered in the dirt under a...