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Believe it or not I caught the hawk that has killed 10 of my chickens in the last month. How far do I have to take him to release him away from my girls?
J
I am putting 6 week old chicks in the coop with a heat lamp, if the cold outside the coop is 38 degrees will the heat lamp be enough for them?
Thanks,
J
Hi everyone,
Well, I had a run of a cold through my coop and I while I was debating (stupid me) whether to use antibiotics or not I lost a couple of chickens. The old ones. Now spring is here and everyone else seems to be okay. Do you think I should still treat the flock or do you think the...
I was just on the website for Durmaycin figuring out the dosage and it says not to give to layers. Is that right. I got the suggestion from here. what do you guys recomend. My girls are having respiratory problems, help please.
Thanks,
J
I have had two chickens come up with a bubbly eye and one closed. I have cleaned them and treated them with triple antibiotic ointment. What is this and do I need to treat the flock. The antibiotic seems to help and clear it up, but I don't want to contaminate the whole flock.
Thanks,
J
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It is very cold here in New Jersey and I have 30 babies coming in two weeks. If I put them in the dining room, are they going to permanently stink up my house?
J
Hi everyone,
I have had two chickens with head wounds in 4 days. The rooster and the hens are new. I am thinking that they got wounded by the young roo, but not sure. This last wound is pretty bad. It took crazy glue to stop the bleeding. I couldn't quite find the wound, but it just...
Do I leave the coop vents open or closed for the winter. Last year I thought it would be warmer closed, but this year I read that it's good to leave them open to let the moisture out. what do you think?
J
I'm new at this and I have a chicken who is puffed up and in the corner of the coop. what do I do? What do I look for in her. She has always been one of my beauties and never had a problem. Please help.
J
What do you do if Macmurray sent you the wrong mix in the spring? I asked for a Heavy Brown Egg layer asst. and today one of my chicks layed its first "white" egg. As the chicks were getting older I suspected they weren't right, but what do you do?
J
Well, this time last year the girls were still really putting out. Now I ordered 36 new babies in the spring, who probably won't lay until this coming spring and I have 16 2-3 yr old hens who are laying about 1 egg (all together) every other day when last year they were putting out about 10 per...
Hey everyone,
Just wondering. My chicks are now 12-13 weeks old and have incorporated nicely with the hens. However, I notice that the hens are eating a lot of unmedicated chick starter grower. Should I just switch to layer feed completely or should I still put out the chick feed and just...
My chicks are now about 12 weeks and we opened up a new yard for them. We are opening up the yard to the hens too.. The hens keep eating the chick starter food. Is that a problem and will it stop my hens from laying if they are eating too much of that food instead of layer food.
thanks,
J