Hello everyone,
New to broody hens and having them raise baby chicks.
One of my broody hens just recently adopted (within the last 24hrs) some day old mail order baby chicks. It took two tries for her to finally accept the chicks and she seems to now be bonding well with the babies. I have...
Hi all,
In need of suggestions. I have a 1 year old hen that has had constant watery diarrhea for the past month, that is causing poopy butt feathers. I've had to give her a bath a few times to clean the excessive debris. She is still eating and drinking normal, actively foraging during yard...
8mo old pullet with cloudy and opaque eye that is now lethargic and no longer eating or drinking. The lethargy was noticed yesterday, but the eye was found to be cloudy today. I’m out of town until next week and there are no poultry vets in my area. I had the girl separated and instilling...
So I just recently got over a case of salmonellosis this past week. I had the fever, aches, chills, diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pains. Symptoms lasted 3 days. It’s also not Covid because I was tested twice; once with a serology test and second with a nasal swab. Both came back negative. My...
So I decided to get on board and try sand in the chicken coop. I live in NE Tennessee with high humidity and constant rain. The grass floor of my new coop quickly turned to a gross muck with caked on poop that never dried. The coop is covered with a tin roof and has plenty of airflow, it’s just...
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I’m new to the forum and new to raising chickens. I knew I had to join this group after finding so many helpful googled answers about chickens...I’ve looked at so much baby chick and chicken poop pictures already within the past 2 weeks. Thank you to all those who post about their...
Hello all!
This is my first time raising baby chicks. I’ve got 7 2 week old babies (1-welsummer, 1-noir maran, 2-amberlinks, 1-RIR, 1-RI blue, and 1-buff brahma) from a hatchery via USPS. They’re growing so fast! The wee ones started practicing to roost probably within their first week and now...