http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2839450/Britain-confirms-bird-flu-northern-English-farm-H5N8-strain.html
We have had the first case of bird flu in the UK this year and I'm worried about how I interact with my chickens now, I'm quite complacent cleaning out coops without gloves...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2839450/Britain-confirms-bird-flu-northern-English-farm-H5N8-strain.html
We have had the first case of bird flu in the UK this year and I'm worried about how I interact with my chickens now, I'm quite complacent cleaning out coops without gloves...
My beautiful marmite and his little sidekick honey inseparable
A few pics of my lovely five wk old Cochins hatched from my chocolate pekin trio
He was a surprise came from some eBay lavender pekin hatching eggs!!!
One of five golden partridge wyanadottes bantams ( all very...
It was in the poop tray this morning
Closer together,I'm pulled it apart incase there was a worm moving in it
Also bits of blood about in other places
They have recently had hawhkers for coxccidosis but I stopped after a day and decided it wasn't that
One hen is suffering with a cold, on...
My chickens have been ill with respiratory symptoms my vet prescribed tylan
They have now finished it but still have runny noses, diarhia and tiredness, so I thought I'd start them on coccidiosis treatment( pic above) the best you can get in the UK .
But after giving it them today in their...
I've just realised( being new to this) I hatched a chicken and I've no idea what it is!
I assumed because it was chocolate brown it was one of my Pekins chickens eggs
I have a trio one cockerel two hens all chocolate coloured
He was the only chocolate chick the others hatched yellow and black...
I'm 51 and the menopause is kicking in with vengeance
Luckily its not hot in the U.k ever! Even our heat waves are probably very unimpressive
Well I've just had my own heat wave :rolleyes:
what is the recommended treatment in America?
One of my chicks has a growth on the back of its neck, its a three week old chick
A lavender pekin , eggs from eBay , the others are ok,
Its slightly raised like a cyst,
It did have feathers but now its just a smooth bald lump
I have had some sick chicken that are now on the mend but still have five days antibiotics
I also need to worm my chickens
And because I've seen blood in poop I was thinking about giving then coccidiosis treatment
I have the nutri drops too
What is the best order to give these meds and hoe...
As a newbie to chickens I'm learning fast
Mainly due to this site!
My first purchase black Marans turned out to be cuckoo Marans
Now I've just found out one of my cream crested legbars is a gold crested legbar
Maybe explains its hump and depressed tail!
I did notice its colouring was different...
I got 5 golden partridge wyanadottes bantams for a £1 at the auction on sat
They all have different markings?
A bit worried more boys than girls too!
Here's what they should look like grown up
Isn't the cockerel amazing I love the deep burgundy
Great hair dye colour!
My 10 week old faverolles is very sick
I noticed today she had her mouth part way open
Very rattle breathing and making a sneeze like cough
Took her straight to the vets and got Tyrol ? Antibiotics
But she was worried it could be mareks because she's weak and sleepy
And legs toes curled in a...
I went to my local poultry market today
2 miles from home!
Lots ans lots of chickens and ducks a few rabbits and guinea pigs
A handful of chicks
But sadly not many buyers, a lot of the lots were unsold because they had a reserve
Most POL hens sell for about £10
Chicks £2/3 each
I took three...
Thanks to BYC I was expecting it, he'd started dancing round me and dropping food for me.
I was walking out of the part of the garden they have, and he ran at me and bit my leg, I didn't feel anything, thick jogging pants on but I told him off and he ran off
When I went back in I made him have a...
I got two faverolles from a market
Obviously not the best examples,
They are salmon but ones much darker
The darker One has toes that curl up behind its leg
And an very broad knobbly comb
Any ideas why and if it will grow properly?
The darker one is Freda ( first four pictures)
and...
I managed to re home cuddles the cockerel
He's going on tues to a lovely farm with a lady waiting to spoil him
He's has a few good talking too's today about behaving himself
And lots of cuddles and kissing
I'm expecting tears on tues