My sultan hen has a severe toe injury. Her toe is just a bone!The skin has somehow been taken clean off! Please help! I've had experience with taking care of injuries, as I nursed 2 hens back to health when they had severe deep puncture wounds. I have just sprayed her toe with rooster booster...
Hey, my family and I just got an 8 month old purebred female french alpine goat Friday, named Dolly. We got Dolly from a special place where she was part of a petting barn for children. She was given the best of care and groomed daily. She always had a source of fresh, clean water and the best...
Hey, I have a mixed breed chicken named Henrietta, and she has been sneezing. I actually noticed the sneezing a couple of months ago, but it went away. I was down at the coops feeding them today, when she sneezed a couple of times. The temperatures here has been in the thirties at night and the...
Hey, I have a 9 month old wyandotte hen who keeps getting pecked at. About four weeks ago, I was down at the coops feeding the chickens, when I was horrified to see twelve of my chickens, dominiques, mixed breed, and wyandottes, pecking at this helpless hen we call Clarabelle. I got her out of...
Hey, today four wild dogs got inside our chicken yard and killed over five chickens. My family is heartbroken, as are chickens are not only for eggs, but they are our pets. Can anyone suggest a good guard animal (It can be any type of animal) that would protect our chickens 24/7 and won't run off?
Hey, I have several dominique chickens that are a little over 5 months old, and one of them has diarrhea. I gave them chick probiotics when they were babies because the same thing happened. I bought 3 packs ( 0.17 ounces each) of probiotics. You use 1 pack with 1 gallon of water, and it has to...
I have a silver laced wyandotte rooster, who is about 20 weeks old, and I was thinking about putting him in the same coop that holds my 8 12 week old Dominique hens and my three "mutt chicks" (we don't know their breed). Does anybody know if this could cause problems? Thanks! .