One of my girls sleeps all the time following an illness, it's been 9 days since she started to show signs of gape worms or a respiratory illness. I treated them for both. They're all sneezing off and on. But poor Elsa seems to just be zonked. She sleeps in the nesting box at night and during...
So I've brought home a new buff who's the same age and from the same glock as all my other girls, she became sick within a week. So we treated them with antibiotics and I've wormed them all with Valbazen. They're in between diesels right now. She's stopped gasping for air and is eating and...
I have 6 chickens. 5 buffs and a gold star. Two of the buffs keeping their eyes closed and are gasping for air and coughing. I've given them duramycin 10 in their water, vet rx rubbed on them and nutri-drench. Any idea what they could have and/or what else I can do to treat them. They're all...
So this morning I brought home a new girl, they're all from the same place, same age "17 weeks", same breed (Buff Orpingtons). I brought 5 of them home about 3 weeks ago and they've adjusted to the new coop just fine. When I added Elsa this morning there was some light hazing at first but 8 hrs...
I just brought home 5 new chicks to a brand new coop and they're roosting in/on the nesting boxes. Should I be worried about this being a problem in the future? Will they move to the roosting area that I have built in time?
I just picked up my first chickens ever, they're 14 weeks old. Is the feed I picked out at TSC ok?
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/manna-pro-organic-poultry-layer-pellets-10-lb?cm_vc=-10005