I have a friend who is going to make me my own little chicken house with attached run. This is going to be for a silky hen and any chicks we put in there.
So in the figuring I need to have this tall enough so that a heat lamp can go on top.
This coop will be outside and I live in the midwest...
I have a beautiful little silky pullet who is about 6 months old. For the last two weeks she has been sleeping a lot and being anti-social. A week ago I brought her in to start giving her things to try to get her perked up. She's not worse and she's not any better. She won't eat. She won't...
I've noticed that one of my hens (Goldilocks)seemed to be having some sort of seizure or something just once in awhile.
Well I found her in the chicken coop one morning on her back. She couldn't seem to use her leg.
However with some time and seeing it happen more often it seems to be her...
I need to know how we might try to fix our little Polish roosters broken wing. He is totally a spoiled pet.
We suspect our neighbor of breaking his jaw so he deals with that and manages okay. We feed him special. I wish we could get him surgery to fix
Now today he has a broken wing. I planned...
Okay I have had a neighbor come help me cut feathers. We left the first four feathers and the last four feathers and cut out the feathers in the middle. This seems to have worked for all but 3 of them. They are still flying.
I read online that you were to cut ALL feather and not leave any. But...
Hello all.
I'm hoping someone in Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri will see this. I'm really wanting to get some Silkies.
Please let me know if you have any. to sell.
Hello. I have two feed type stores to purchase products. They are Tractor Supply company and Orsheln's. I need to go and get wormer for my chickens but not sure if they carry anything. I don't know where to get this sort of thing asap w/o ordering online.
What do I buy when I get wormer?
Hello. I have a sick Americauana chicken named Henny.
I found her last night huddled in the cubby hole where she never goes.
She was weak when I brought her out. I brought her inside.
She had caked on white poo all over her backside. I cleaned that up by cutting the feathers.
She has no goo...