I had a hen get attacked by a grey fox and it had a 3” long 1/2” wide gash on her chest. I gave her anti biotics and sprayed blue knot on her then stitched her up. I had to leave out of town for 2 weeks and when i came back she was fully healed and acting like nothing happened.
The problem is...
Ive caught 6 skunks this year and have lost 5 chickens. This last one killed didnt look like the work of a skunk. I set up up the live trap and caught a cat. He looks larger than your average cat but i find it hard to believe a cat would kill and take a full grown chicken. Either way i will be...
Anybody know why this 3 month old stands with his elbows touching? he seems to walk fine and is actually the dominate one in the group. Is it a birth defect or disease?
I was wondering if anybody has experienced anything similar. I was moving a rooster from one pen to another when it got a good hold of my cheek and drew blood. Ever since ive been feeling a very light burning/numb sensation in the area, as well as my lip and around the eyes, forehead. Its been...
I just recently started feeding my chickens layer feed which says roosters should not eat due to the calcium content. I have 2 roosters roaming around with the flock. How can I avoid them eating it when they are always together with the chickens free ranging?
I mix the layer pellet feed with...
My 1 year old turkin just died out of nowhere. I went to feed today and she ran up just fine. After feeding she starting gasping for air and 5 minutes later she was dead. Could it have been a heart attack? All the other chickens are doing fine. I got it on film to maybe find out what happened to...
I been having a weird problem with my Egg laying chickens lately, at first it started with 2 but today another showed symptoms. At first i thought maybe the roosters where getting on top of them to much and injuring them. The symptoms are that they seem depressed and stumble when they walk. they...
Whats up guys and gals, Currently im on another chicken forum (not this one so don't worry) that has started to charge a fee to use it. It is exactly like this one in terms of conversations and posts. I just think its ridiculous and wanted to see what yall thought about charging to use a forum...
I just had a hen hatch 10 baby chicks, i took out the first 7 to brood them, but the next day to my suprise she had 3 more. I left them in there with her (10’x15’ pin)for a week and she seems to be doing a good job, so i was thinking of maybe putting the other 7 under her at night. Will she see...
The eggs for my very first try at incubation just hatched this morning (day 20+ 12hrs). 3 out of the 5 eggs (shipped) made it. Out of the 2 that didnt make it 1 was not fertile and the other died with a red ring before day 6. Im very exicted and plan to do this again. This site helped me alot to...
Im using the Janoel 12 For the first time and only my 2nd hatch. I added the 100ml it asked for on day 1 (only before reading that it only need a teaspoon or so on here). I have a digital humidity reader inside and after day 4 it is still at 70% humidity. The water level has not gone down as I...