**this is my personal experience with an outbreak of blackhead in my turkey flock. If your turkeys are showing signs and not eating, this method may not work for you and prescription medication may be warranted.
Also take care in reading labels and warnings if your turkeys are a meat stock or...
So I went to ChickenStock and I bought 4 Black Copper Marans and 1 Cemani. They were all less than two weeks old I believe. Well, outside I had chicks that were 8 weeks --too big and hens -- way too big. But in the brooder, I had 100 one week old freedom ranger black chicks. So, I decided...
Ugh! I have never been so upset with a company...
we have 100 meat chickens, when they were 1 week old I ordered four 50lb feeders ...one for each chicken hoop coop, knowing that when the first set was 4 weeks we'd order another 100.
here is my partial shipping receipt, I erased personal...
Hi all! I'm in upstate NY and I have my first broody hen! Looking to buy fertile eggs locally or where ever you suggest I should purchase from online. I really wasn't sure I was going to do this until now...she's been on the nest for 6+ hours and when I closed up the coop at dark she was still...
So....its me again. All the girls recovered nicely from their last bout of coccidiosis...and here I am, hemming and hawing over whether or not I should turn on the heat lamp. Right now it is 13 degrees out, but the deep cold is coming overnight.
I have 18 girls in a 10 x 10 coop....just...
Just saw these beautiful girls on Pinterest!
McMurray Hatchery has them after April 1st...which is fine for me...but minimum order of 15. Not too bad, I just don't need (or want that many..maybe 3 or 4)...so I'm wondering if anyone has fertile eggs. I should have a few hens going broody this...
Other than buying a triangle cone for the top of the fount, does anybody have any DIY ideas for keeping chickens from sitting on top of the waterer? There is always a poop or two in the water from my chickens sitting on top of the fount ...drives me bonkers.
So you can see from my previous thread I had some pretty sick chickens over the last three weeks. Some doses of Corrid and Tylan...and we are definately on the mend and I am one happy lady! Last Friday I thought I was going to lose 8 hens...all with seriously bloody butts. One hen in...
I posted earlier today about Coccidious and they were still dying...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/947183/coccidious-treating-since-sunday-they-are-still-dying
I just got home from work, went out to check on the girls, one hen, Red Sex almost dead...all three of my leghorns have...
Lost a chicken Jan 9th, the rest of the flock seemed fine. She was 4 years old so I wasn't sure why. Lost another one Sunday morning, so I got on BYC and read and read and read...figured it was Coccidious. So I went to Tractor Supply and bought COCCI, have been treating since Sunday. 1.5...
We decided to give Bronze Breasted a try this year. It was so much fun. We had 10, they were very friendly, extremely curious and had such great personalities. When it came time to take them to the processor, I thought I would have a hard time. But, because I knew I was raising them for...
So, all along we've been getting 10-12 eggs per day from 21 hens. A few of them are 2 years old and moulting. The hens are from two separate flocks, one flock is 10 young laying, the other is 21 2 year old laying. We had a few scuffles and I think thats part of the reason the two hens that...
Hello again! Well, we successfully raised 14 Cornish Cross that ended up being between 5 to 7.5 lbs., very tasty experience. :) We kept them all for ourselves so we didnt' have to figure out how much to sell them for. But now my husband decided to try turkeys! We have 10 bronze double...
I'm not sure what is happening...they don't look ill, except for now. I fed them yesterday they were all doing great. I got up at 5 am and one had died, an hour later, a second and now my husband says a third one is going.
They are on game starter, not medicated though like I used for my...
So I started my chicken adventure the third week in April and bought 4 Leghorns and 2 Plymoth Rocks. They are now outside enjoying the sunshine and a nice 40 x 10 run. But on Memorial Weekend, I decided I needed more....just a few I told my husband. So, I picked up 6 Golden Wyandotts. Well a...
Hi all! I'm new...as if you couldn't tell. I have 6 chicks, they will be 3 weeks old on Tuesday. Everytime I reach into the brooder to change food/water or try to hold them, they freak out! They are extremely afraid of me. I talk sweet to them and try to handle them, but I don't want to...