I know that this is a common question, as everyone always supplies Marek's as a possible cause of illness.
I've had three hens die, and another is currently sick, all within the last 2 months. Each one is showing different symptoms from the last and it's really throwing me for a loop. My...
As everyone with chickens understands, it's always one thing or another.
I had a chicken acting slightly off recently. I separated her and have been taking care of her as she slowly declines.
She is about a year old Easter Egger. Was laying last year but still hasn't started laying again...
I just moved my four 9 week old and three 6 week olds inside the coop in a separate grow out pen. They've been in there for almost a week now and were doing fine (other than managing to tip their waterer no matter how I hung or set it ) but this morning one of the younger ones was crouched down...
I will be getting Coturnix quail in the near future and I have a couple questions!
We happen to have 18 wire bottom pens lining the walls of our back garage. They are about 4 ft long by 2.5 ft deep each and even have dropping catchers below. I had totally and utterly forgotten they were there...
Friend has a: 'Thermo Scientific Lab line imperial III' Incubator that I'm wondering whether it could be used to hatch eggs.
It's was made for scientific samples and I know you can control temperature... but I'm wondering if people think you'd be able to convert it to a hatching device. Mostly...
One of my 7 month old hens randomly died while roosting last night. Found her this morning on the tray below the roost.
I looked her over for any physical signs of death but didn't really see anything. These are my first chickens and I've raised them all since hatch. It's my first loss.. and...