We have 2 coops and enclosed runs--the reason we built the 2nd was because we had a pullet 3yrs ago that was very sick, we pulled her through and she was fine except for being a little "slow", well at the same time we had a speckled Sussex (Rosie) that was fighting with all our other hens (to...
This morning my hubby went outside came in and said one of the blondes (thats what he calls our buffs) is crowing!! I go out there and of course shes just staring at me-no sound at all. Bout 2 hours later I go out on the back deck and hear some crowing-now my neighbor down the way has a...
About 4 months ago one of my new chicks had wry neck-used polyvisol and vitamin e as recommended-she came through it fine-we built a new coop for her and another hen that had some other issues and just put them in together this week-they are both doing ok=but I notce the one thats had wry...
Last night I was trying to find something to watch on TV and came across Animal Planet (i usually dont watch it-not sure why!) they had a show Hoarding-Animals. I watched it and could understand how that could happen with animals as lng as there fed and taken care of properly-then I thought OMG...
About 2weeks ago wrote into the forum wondering why my new girls wouldnt leave the coop-ok thought would take about 2wks for them to feel safe to come out and not be harmed by the older girls-well......I was a little suspicious about one of the new girls (Buff Brahma) maybe being a rooster-my...
I transferred my pullets to the coop 2 weeks ago (11 of them) I have 15 hens already in there- they are still staying in the coop-well one of them only comes out when she hears my voice and then only hangs around my feet-as soon as I leave she runs back in-they do have seperate food and water-I...
I'm having a problem with Rosie-my speckled sussex-she has been on the nest for 3 weeks now-she does come out at night to roam and eat-I noticed the other hens will try to peck at her when she walks by-but the other day we took her off her nest to give the coop some revisions inside and clean...
After 2 days I finally figured out through research here that my 9week old buff has wry neck-all the symptoms are there-read to give her polyvisol and vitamin e-but would love if someone could tell me the dosage and for how long--so worried about her--THANKS!!!!!!!
Hi I'm fairly new here, been on the sidelines. 1 yr ago I moved from Chicago to Nashville, Indiana lots of property and love it! I decided to get only 6 chicks in the beginning and ended up with 19!!! Hard to resist! Built my girls a beautiful coop and a nice large "playground". I thought it...