Hi. Over the past 6 months, I have had 5 chickens die. They have not died at the same time. Everyone looks good, plenty of food, water, clean coop. Then one will be lethargic, a little stumbly the comb looks discolored, and then after a couple days, it dies. When one was sick, I tried to soak it...
Hi. Over the past 6 months, I have had 5 chickens die. They have not died at the same time. Everyone looks good, plenty of food, water, clean coop. Then one will be lethargic, a little stumbly the comb looks discolored, and then after a couple days, it dies. When one was sick, I tried to...
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I just found one of our hens with a string wrapped around her toes on one foot. It must have been there a while because it was imbedded in pretty good. I was able to remove the string but the it cut into one of the toes pretty bad. I cleaned it and put antibiotic ointment on it, wrapped it...
I have a pot belly pig about 8 weeks old. She was spade last week and ever since has been urinating in house. She will do it 5 min after I take her to go outside. She was doing great before the surgery. Any ideas?
6 eggs hatched by sunday...1 egg has not hatched...it is alive because i saw it breathing...but no pips..no peeps...is it stuck....how long do i wait....anyone ever have this happen..i hate for it to suffer
We hatched 6 eggs...the last one hatched Sunday....the 7th eggs should have hatched on Sunday...it doesn't peep..but when I candle it I see it breathing...I did poke a small hole in top of egg yesterday. So I figure the chick is very weak..probably something wrong...do I help it hatch ...thanks
Hi...i have 6 buffs (3- 1 year old, 3- 2 years old)..they almost stopped laying 3 months ago..i would get maybe 1 egg a day...now i get 1 large egg and 3 very small eggs..is this normal?
1 of the eggs that i brought in after the hen stopeed sitting on, is chirping and rocking...but no first holes in shell..the shell does look like a thick one....can it be too thick for the chick to get out?....i just dont want it to die because it was stuck
hi...our first 2 chicks that hatched(from under the hen)...are great ...the next two did not get all the way trhu the eggs and died...when i looked at them...their stomachs were deformed...anyone have this problem before?....the hen stopped sitting on the last 2 eggs...1 is peeping...so i am...
We have a new baby....do i need to do anything ....how do i know if the mama is taking care of the baby?....do i need to offer anything to the mama?....how does she feed the baby?.....im so excited....but nervous...should i separate the hen and chicks from the other chickens?....
i have a chicken that has been sitting on eggs for 2 weeks...there was an egg in the corner of the box today...could she have pushed it there?....do they know if the eggs are bad?
I have 4 hens and 1 rooster. Some of the hens have missing feathers at the top of their wings(which i figured was being plucked out by rooster. I have chickens saddles on them to protect their backs) The other hen has missing feathers around her vent. It doesn't look red or irritated. If she had...
I have a hen that has been sitting on eggs since monday...started with 2 eggs ..now has 6..i noticed today that her comb and waddle are very light in color...is this normal?...i have been placing food and water by her because she will not come out and play with the other chickens...if she lays...
We have had a lot of gnats and flies in the chicken run. What is the best way to get rid of them? We have gravel in the run to help with the moisture. I was hoping this would also help with the smell, but we have a lot of little gnats .
A couple of days ago I decided to let my hens try to hatch some eggs. The first day there were 3 eggs, yesterday there were 5. I think the hens were taking turns sitting on the eggs. This morning, no one is on the eggs. Should I take the eggs away and just forget about it. Do the hens need to be...
I have a rooster that cracked his beak. I tis not all the way thru the beak..but enough to make it bleed. Do these injuries generally heal on their own? Is there anything I should do?
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i have had cracked eggs recently in the chicken coup. The eggs are cracked down the middle, but the membrane is still intact. Is this from the cold weather or do my hens need calcium? We do have a 75 watt bulb in the coup , so I would think that the eggs would not be frozen.
thanks