I’m building a new home. It will have an attached garage. I have an idea to make an egg box built into the wall of the garage (kind of like a dog Door ;). My plan is just to have 3-5 chickens in a shed just outside the garage, and the egg box will be in the wall of the garage. My contractor is...
Please help! Is anyone familiar with ducks on here? We had two runner ducks hatch a month and a half ago. I had to assist one in hatching. They were both strong and healthy and running around. We moved them outside a month ago and they were running with my other ducks and doing great. Then a...
I had a chicken just die. I suspect my flock has mareks. I was planning to send off one of my other chickens for a necropsy on Monday (soonest I could get it in) but now that this one has died, I would rather save my other bird for now and just use this one for the necropsy. Is there any way I...
I went out to my coop this morning and found a SECOND chicken with a broken leg! Am I feeding something wrong? Is there something I should be adding to increase bone strength?
The first chicken (black Cochin) I had to euthanize because the break was so high up that a splint was ineffective and...
Three out of six of my chickens (black Cochins) have one or two eyes that look like this. Does anyone know what could be wrong? There's no sneezing or weezing. Just the swollen eyes.
Can chickens spread illnesses to ducks and vice versa? My ducks and chickens are in the same coop. I have a couple chickens that have become infected with a respiratory disease and am considering culling the whole flock to avoid future birds becoming infected. Will I have to cull my ducks as...
I purchased three black Cochins and three buff orpingtons at an auction (they are ranging from 3-10 weeks old).
My three black Cochins all have one or two eyes swollen shut. I think they may have coryza or crd? I don't know. I started them on super boost (has antibiotics penicillin in it) three...
I purchased three black Cochins and three buff orpingtons at an auction (they are ranging from 3-10 weeks old).
My three black Cochins all have one or two eyes swollen shut. I think they may have coryza or crd? I don't know. I started them on super boost (has antibiotics penicillin in it)...