I have a 2 month old Orpington with a watery eye. The eye that is watery has bubbles in it and the other eye seems fine. She likes to keep it half open. Any suggestions as to what it is? I'm going to get a wet q-tip and try and clean her face.
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Hi everyone,
There are large gaps between the 2x6s in my coop flooring. The shavings I use are slipping through the gaps making a mess underneath my coop. Do you know of anything I can seal the gaps with?
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I found my rir laying in the floor off the cool this morning. She is breathing heavily and won't open her eyes or stand up. I havnt found any wounds or lice/mites on her yet. Does anyone know what this could?
I have been gone for 4 weeks and a friend has been feeding and watering my chickens. While I was gone I was told one of my pullets had died. My friend that was watching my chickens buried her before I had a chance to see the corpse. I was wondering if the cause of death could be from worms? I...
I am planning on getting solar panels for my chicken coops so I can install lights, fans, and more depending on what I can think of. I don't have very good circulation in either of my coops and was wondering what would be the best 12 volt fan to get. I am looking for it to be...
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I have a jubilee Orpington that I got last September. She is around 11 months old and I was wondering if she is show quality. I might show her and/or breed her if she is show quality. Also, what would the off spring look like of a female jubilee and a male mottle speckle Orpington? I'm just...
Last spring I found a peachick all alone on my farm with no mother in sight. I decided to raise it and keep it with my chickens when it got old enough. 6 months pass and a neighbor finds 2 more peachicks with no mother in sight and gives them to me. (I have peafowl at my farm) turns out the...
I am planning on getting a rooster this spring and was wonder what is the prettiest rooster that is around 5-8 lbs. I have some hens that are 5 lbs and don't want a rooster that will overwhelm my hens. I also want a rooster that is somewhat friendly but i already know that it truly depends on...
I have hens from light weight leghorns to big brahmas and an Orpington. What would be good size rooster for my flock and what breed? I let my chickens forage outside their run and I want a rooster that will protect them. I also don't want a rooster that will squish my hens when he mounts them...
My coop has has 2x6 wood flooring with small gaps inbetween them. That being said, I want to get new flooring that I can just lay over the old. My coop is raised about 8 inches off the ground.
Thx,
Clark
One of my chickens has bumblefoot and we took out the core a few weeks ago. I was wondering how long it will take until we start to see the inflammation go down?
Thanks,
Clark
My leghorn has bumble foot and she had surgery two weeks ago but it is not healing and its not getting worse. Does this look okay? How long before we can start to see improvement?
Thanks- Clark
what would the offspring look like if I crossed my jubilee rooster with my white leghorn hen? How can I tell for myself if I wanted to know what the offspring would look like for my, let's say, jubilee orp roo and br hen? Thx
Today I checked some of my chickens for pests (my chickens are 4-6 months of age). Today I checked my hens for pests in around the vent and saw some. One chicken had a Scab and next to her vent and a little black bug running around. Another hen had little red/clear bugs running around her vent...
Hi, I have to de-worm my flock soon and have a few questions.
1. What do you de-worm your flock with?
2. What kind of parasites does that de-wormer help prevent?
3. Is it safe to consume my flock's eggs while de-worming?
Thanks- clark