Hi everyone, I have an 8x8 chicken coop and a 16x8 run which I am currently extending out so that the chickens have an area with grass since I don’t free range anymore (lost 5 to predators) I have 16 one week old chicks, but was thinking about adding in some silkies with them. Is this possible...
I have a chicken that I believed to have had vent gleet. I started to treat for that and noticed she wasn’t eating and had a little wheezing, but with no other respiratory symptoms. I checked her crop and it felt firm and like it had tiny rocks in it. This was after a few days of not eating. I...
I have a ISA brown chick that’s about 4-5 weeks old that has been keeping one eye closed the past few days. She is eating, drinking, hopping around, pooping fine and has no discharge from the eye or respiratory symptoms. What could be wrong with her? She does sleep a little more than the others...
One of my hens is showing signs of worms. What should I use to treat them? I’ve done research and it’s actually very confusing because a lot say all natural treatments and others say safeguard or Wazine but I heard Wazine doesn’t treat for all types of worms like cecal worms. What had everyone...
This morning I noticed blood that came from poop on the roosting bar in the coop. It also got on some of the pine shavings. I’m not sure which chicken it is and if I should treat for coccidiosis or worms because I’ve read it could be both. I noticed a slightly foamy mustard yellow poop yesterday...
I really need some help I recently bought 10 baby chicks. 6 from TSC and 4 from a breeder. The 6 from TSC I had a week and decided I would like some colored egg layers and found a breeder near me. It was a 2 hour drive to get the chicks and when I got them home one was very lethargic which I...
So right now I have my chicks in the garage in a large dog kennel with cardboard around it to keep out drafts. They are 4 weeks old and have been in there since they were about a week old. They are doing fine but seem to be running out of room. I want to move them into this playpen I have that’s...
I got my first small flock of chicks 4 weeks ago. 2 are buff Orpington, 2 silver lace Wyandotte’s and 2 are supposed to be barred rock.... which they are not. I need help figuring out what they are! I was thinking black sexlinks? I got the lm from runnings chick days. I was also thinking copper...
We just got our first flock of 6 baby chicks almost 4 weeks ago, we have 2 buff Orpington, 2 silver laced wyandotte, and 2 (or so I thought) barred rock. One of my barred rock is starting to get that pattern on her feathers while the other one is just staying black but has white under her face...