Miss Daisy has in the last 2 1/2 weeks has layed 10 eggs. 4 were double yolks, big giant eggs, 4 were single yolks and they last two she layed two eggs in one day both had no shell. Is this common? Is this to hard on her? I feel helpless because i dont know to much about turkeys as i do...
I'm treating a chicken with reoccurring Bumble foot. I need help with antibiotics and there dosage. Injections or feed in water. And length of treatment.
Thank you for the help in advance. Just want to help my lil lady get back up and going strong.
I have 12 laying ladies that love to lay eggs in one nest box, when there are four to choose from. They will even sit together in the same nest box to lay in just that one. Any advice on how to get them to lay in the other boxes?
Ive tried false eggs, moving the already layed eggs to another...
So i've been reading reading and reading, and trying to figure out if it is time for my flock to move out of the garage and into their home. But kinda am cautious cause this still new, very new to me
My plan and ideas:
1. I was going to move them out to the coop, and install some christmas rope...
Today was a tragic day. Our Jack Russel slipped out the door, and got ahold of my Chubbs [bufforph]. She is never allowed outside with the chickens, this was a clear escape. But, she has never been good with anything other than dogs. She would kill again if given the opportunity.
What would...
Hey everyone. So i've let the poultry life get the best of me. (Newbie here) And i've recently gotten chickens they are now just 4 weeks old. But we went to Cal Ranch the other day, and i'm starting to fall inlove with the ducks too!
This year we built a 8Lx4Wx5H foot chicken coop with three...
So I'm a worry wart, and just want to make sure that if there is something I could be doing to better socialize my chicks. I should. I would love any advice please.
Second: I think I have a runt, she still looks like she's maybe a week old, all my others are getting bigger by the day, except...
So we just built our first coop. It is 5' tall, 8' long (6 nests, 3 on each side}, and 4' wide.
I was planning on building a pen around it like so
I was thinking it would be near 10' long by 8' wide.
Does this this sound like enough room for 7 chickens? They will be able to...