I'm having a run of bad luck this season with my Cornish cross. I received a shipment of 60 healthy, lively chicks, all eager to eat and drink as soon as I got them into the stall.
I usually start them on probiotics/electrolytes for 1 day then switch to normal water.
This time around, I had...
I have a batch of 60 Cornish cross chicks that are now about 1 month old. I just got them moved from the barn to outside. They are sharing a "chicken tractor" with other regular chicks of a similar age or older. (Some of the other chicks were also raised alongside these Cornish and just got...
This morning as I was feeding the flock and walked away, I noticed thrashing in the run. I quickly ran and saw that one of my beloved project roos was on the ground, thrashing and gasping. (I thought he was in the process of dying at that moment, this has happened before several years ago and...
Just a quick question, but how often would I need to repeat dusting to rid of lice? I have a bunch of chickens, and not all seem to have lice, but some definitely do. I've seen eggs as well...
So if I dust them today for example, when would I need to redust them to get rid of any that hatched...
Found an interesting article on deworming chickens and wanted to see if these recommended treatments are good all around and or for a larger flock? I was generally curious since I've read on here about different dosages and etc.
Not sure if I'm the only one, but I have a samsung galaxy and the app here keeps constantly crashing. I'm lucky if I get 5-10 minutes without issues. Is this a current problem?
This is a small vent and mini discussion of my current chicken breeding project.
Recently I had sold a couple of great looking Roos that had some nice traits, but was maybe slightly too light for my liking. But after the sale, instant regret..... 😫😫😫
Here are some pictures of the main one...
Have a bunch of 5 week old freedom rangers. Recently they started piling and suffocating each other. Im having daily losses and I'm really stuck on what to do. Any advice is much appreciated.
Have this young pullet that has some swelling around her left eye.
Her right eye
Her right eye is normal though... Noticed during the past weekend, and wanted to give her some time in case she had been pecked or something. Well, its the same after all this time. As you can see, there is no...
We made the plunge on getting a Brinsea 190. We just put our first tray of eggs in last monday. We want to put another tray in this coming monday, but was curious about the cooling feature, while adding in all these eggs?
Sorry my question might seem a bit all over. I guess what I should really...
I have a 2 month old little pullet that is acting lethargic. Just noticed this yesterday.. Everyone else seems to be acting okay. Her poop however has a yellowish green color to it, especially her urate. Not sure what this could be? She is drinking and eating pretty normally aside from her...
I guess I should ask first if there is already a thread for this... But otherwise
Is there a way to breed for comb type?
I noticed even when I breed my EE's (pea comb) to my single combed roosters, majority of the time (almost all the time) the chicks still keep a pea comb, maybe a somewhat...
I saw one of my hens going broody about 2 days ago and it just clicked to me that I should try to set her up in her own area and try having her hatch some eggs!
She is half light Brahma and half silver wyandotte. I was able to successfully sit her in her new spot under some eggs. So far...
I was pretty sure this gorgeous Roo is a RIR, but I wanted 2nd opinions just in case. His reds are so deep and shiny, along with his greens. Very vibrant. (Of course the greens don't show very well at all on my camera :barnie)
Here he is!
Today I went into the coop to find one of my younger hens laying awkwardly on the floor. When I picked her up and looked, her vent was very puffy and messy. But also, her feet are curled and appeared paralyzed?
Shortly after, she passed her egg without much issues. She is still laying down and...
Just when I thought I was in the clear, my current barn chicks just got hit with coccidia... (AGAIN!!! :mad:)
Let me share my frustrations...
So it all started in the summer, when Barn Swallows were nesting in the barn. They brought in the coccidia, I'm almost certain of it (Due to many bloody...
I feel like I'm addicted to chickens...!!!:love
Anyways, just this past Sunday I popped 72 eggs into the incubator!
I'm using a Brinsea Ovaeasy 100. This thing has been amazing and I'm almost always at a high hatch/success rate. The last round i did only had 2 eggs out of 54 that didn't...
I'm curious and interested in getting some Blue Partridge Brahmas. Any breeder or hatchery that stocks them? I'm in WA, and would love to find a local breeder.
I'm looking for any Blue Partridge Brahmas out in Western WA. Looking for chicks, adults or hatching eggs. Please let me know if you can sell or know of any breeders? Thanks!
Does anyone in western WA raise and sell Blue Partridge Brahmas? Id love to get a cockerel for my future breeding. I'll consider chicks, older birds and even hatching eggs. Please feel free to message me for more details. I'm hoping to find a local breeder.