Bumblefoot--my RIR rooster. Black scabs are huge--the size of the foot pad on each foot. Been soaking in epsom salt and applying collodial silver, then vetwrap wrapping.
Here's my question--after a couple of days the scabs are now an amber color, almost like hardened tree sap. After a few days...
Relocating sale--must sell flock of assorted 2 year old hens and a couple of roosters. Flock is 40+ with a large group of Rhode Island Reds. Includes Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Easter Eggers. $10 each hen or 3/$25. Highest offer will take all 40+. Leon County/Wakulla...
Prolapsed vent for 3 days--first 2 days too large to push in--large and bloody looking...like a red bulb... been putting PrepH on it and it is slowly shrinking--however, there is crusty poop on the area and I have soaked in warm soapy water but just can't get the poop off of it. Very hard and if...
This has happened pretty quickly. My barred rock hen spent the night on the perch in the nesting area...shortly after I went out to feed everybody, she left that area and is now standing with her head completely drooped, almost to the ground, eyes closed.
Probed gently--not egg bound. Did she...
I'm in Tallahassee, Florida. Would like to buy a few birds, but I am on a fixed income and a senior, and the minimum ordering and/or shipping is out of my hands. I am about an hour or two from South Georgia.
This is what I would like--
White Silkies-- 2 or 3 pullets. 1 cockerel. Day old or...
Hey everyone--completed some maintenance on my hens--poultry dusting, Adams spray (IRG)... But noticed one hen after a few days now has wing feathers that look chewed on--zig zag from one end of the feather to the next, like something chewed on it...
Do I need Sevin dust? Have also used Eprinex...
How do I clean the stains on blue eggs before I incubate or even pass them on to other folks to eat? Even after washing blue eggs, it sometimes looks like they have stains on them, but they are clean. It is a turn off for some people... I use dishwashing liquid with a teflon scouring pad, very...
Please forgive me folks--didn't know if I should try and post on the selling auction category without getting feedback on how this should be done.
I want to know if any of you list for sale regular unclassified eggs to sell as food.
Plus I would like to know if any of you list fertile eggs to...
Noticed some red worms in a white watery discharge today--in November I wormed everyone with Eprinex pour on--all the birds look well, a few are molting. Everyone's comb is red and everyone is eating---Because of the dogs in the neighborhood I have to keep my birds in large chain link areas...
Would like to fatten up my rooster. He's a Rhode Island Red, and will be 3 years old in March. Vet said he was a bit thin and she would like a little extra weight on him. She said to feed him anything he will eat... Not sure I agree with that...
I have been giving him some dry cat food...
Winter is upon us...any ideas for enclosing what I have to work with? I have 3 large chain link enclosures--6 feet high, length and width 12 feet. Large roosting perches from tree branches--on a diagonal, threaded between the chain links...
One large chain link enclosure is butted up against...
Anyone have any recommendations for vitamin supplements that I can add to the water periodically? Let me hear from all of you that use vitamins, how much do you use, etc. Do any of you use vitamin supplements all the time? Appreciate the advice. Thanks!
Who is currently selling day old chicks this time of year, that will ship at a reasonable cost to Northwest Florida? Would like to purchase about 50 pullets... Anyone purchase from Morris Hatchery or are they just commercial? I think they are in Goulds, Florida.
Hey everyone. Need your help and advice. Entered a couple of birds this year in the county fair like I usually do. When I came back the day after the judges made their rulings, I was told by the chairperson that there had been some problems with dirty birds.
She told me that the 4H birds (17...
Hey everyone. Need your help and advice. Entered a couple of birds this year in the county fair like I usually do. When I came back the day after the judges made their rulings, I was told by the chairperson that there had been some problems with dirty birds.
She told me that the 4H birds (17...
Do scaly leg mites leave horizontal black looking slits (like a tiny cut) in the scales of the leg? Notice two chickens with black slits--washed legs, doesn't look like dirt.
Do the NPIP reps at the County and State Fairs where chickens are shown test for fox pox? Or does the blood work just test for salmonella? Also, if someone brings a rooster that has a tiny scab from a fight with another rooster, how do they prove it is not fowl pox if the NPIP blood work doesn't...
Do the NPIP reps at the County and State Fairs where chickens are shown test for fox pox? Or does the blood work just test for salmonella? Also, if someone brings a rooster that has a tiny scab from a fight with another rooster, how do they prove it is not fowl pox if the NPIP blood work doesn't...