I have a half a dozen hens with poopy butts from diarrhea. They act fine -- none are lethargic -- and they seem to be eating and drinking. I originally had about a dozen (out of 21) with poopy butts, but after two rounds of Valbazen, 5 days of Corid in the waterers, 5 days of vitamins and...
Time and time again, we see posts here from frustrated folks who thought their coop and run was "predator-proof" and now they've lost one or more chickens to a mysterious predator. Oh my! How could they have gotten in...
My husband went to help a friend process some of his chickens to reduce his flock size. I don't know what kind of chickens they are, all I can tell you is at least some of the feathers were black (the friend's plucker isn't as efficient as my hands) and they were of various ages. My husband said...
I have a 7-month-old hen with an eye that looks like this:
About a week ago, I noticed her eye was a little swollen and she had clear bubbly 'water' in the corner of her eye. I thought it was a peck-injury or she had gotten something in her eye that was irritating it. I douched her eye with...
I have 9 cockerels that are 9.5 weeks old. Over the next two weeks, I need to pick my best two to keep intact for the flock and the rest will get the ol' snipsnip. The one I like best for all the other reasons has a flaw. One of his wattles is smaller than the other. I think it's a battle scar...
So I'm looking at caponizing kits and reading reviews about how crappy they are. I started looking around for a decent spreader as that seems to be the biggest gripe about the kits. I found what looks like a usable spreader based on a recommendation I found somewhere in and among the numerous...
I live in Jackson County, MS (coastal south-eastern county along AL border) and I want to find a hatchery in southern MS or southwestern AL to pick up about a half dozen Delaware chicks. If I can't find a hatchery within driving distance, would someone want to go in with me on a minimum order...
I mostly lurk here, reading all the wonderful advice. A conversation with my mother-in-law recently led to a question that I could not find the answer to. She was raving about her sex links, telling me what prolific egg-layers they are. My experience with chickens started some 45 years ago --...
My husband and I live in Mississippi along the coast. I always come to BYC when I need chicken information and y'all always have answers for me. I decided tonight to go ahead and create an account and say "Hi!". . . . .so. . . ."Hi!"