Hello everyone! I was hoping I might be able to get some advice for dealing with depluming mites. I finally figured out that was what my silkie had, after months of trying all different topical treatments without seeing any bugs, but her feather condition continuing to worsen. She constantly...
My little Easter Egger chick (about 2 months old) somehow managed to get a scratch on her comb. I was treating the scratch with vetricyn for poultry and I also picked up some neosporin because I read here that it can be used to treat a chicken's cuts. I put a small dab on a q-tip to apply to her...
Hello everyone, I am new to Backyard Chickens and still fairly new to raising chickens. I couldn't think of a catchy thread title, so I picked a favorite song lyric. The full lyric is "I used to think as birds take wing, 'they sing through life, so why can't we?'"
Anyway, onto the...