Do I just post my question and it gets moved to the existing thread. I can't figure out how to just add my post to an existing topic. Maybe because I am doing this on my phone...can someone give me instructions on how to do it?
My Buff Orpington has not been able to stand or walk. I was force feeding her then she started eating and drinking on her own. But her crop still feels empty and although she appears fine otherwise, she is a skeleton under there. I have been giving her boiled eggs, tuna, kickin' chicken...
Reduced swimming, quacking, eating, thinner. He is18 years old. Is there anything I can do? Or is he just at the end of his lifespan? Gets duck chow, meal worm, no toxic plants in pen. Will give poultry drench. No other symptoms.
I got my new chickens from a local farmer in NJ thinking that they were from her farm. Now I am finding out that many of these farmers order chicks from the Midwest and just resell them. I sent an email to the farmer inquiring..not sure if they will tell the truth, When they grow up I planned...
I read that for one rooster you need 5-10 hens. So I got the 6 hens (allegedly hens). Now people are telling I need at least 10. The farmer I bought them from said I only needed 2! The original rooster is a young, no real spurs yet, He is a Buff Orpington I believe. Should I try to find a...
I got my first chickens 1998. My friend hatched some eggs for her daughter's first grade class and she gave me 3 bantam hens Barred Rocks - the following year - 2 more...one yellow ? and a Cochin, both bantams. They laid eggs and all was good. I still have one of the original hens!!! I...