I have 4 hens that are about 9 months old and have been laying for 4 months or so. My speckled sussex Betsy hasn't laid an egg in 3 days and I'm starting to worry. I just lost one of my Blue Laced Barnvelder to Mareks and I'm scared to death the other 4 are going to get sick. She doesn't seem...
We noticed on Thursday my hen violet starting acting lethargic and not eating. She was sitting a lot and not running around. On Friday I picked her up and she is extremely thin. She was drinking on her own but she must not have been eating because her crop was empty and she was Like a bag of...
I have been giving my chicks medicated started from day one and was wondering when i should start the grower? Can I mix it with the starter? I read that starter has a lot of protein and chicks shouldn't eat it past 8 weeks or they may start to lay to early. I'm a first time chickie momma and I...
I am a first time chicken momma and I have 5- 5 week old hens. i have one Buff Orphington (Buffy), one Amerucana (Dottie), one Bluelaced Barnvelder (Violet), one Speckled Sussex (Betsy) and one Barred Rock (Queenie). They have all been doing so good and are getting very big. We started to move...