I am ready to pull my hair out! After 3 weeks of treating Coccidias and worms, there are still present in their poop! One of my young girls was the first give away that something was not right a few weeks ago when she had blindness and swollen eyes with puss coming out. One eye seemed to have...
4 Days ago I brought home 6 10 week old chicks (2 Golden Wyandottes, 1 Lavender Orpington and 3 Gray Barred Rocks). I already have 5 Sex Links that are a 1 year old. When I brought the new girls home, I set their cardboard boxes inside the coop and let them come out at their leisure. Here is...
A fox got a hold of ine of my girls yesterday evening, leaving her with an open wound under her wing. I had no idea what to do to treat her. I left her alone last night to allow her to calm from initial shock. Her eyes did not look good and was not sure she would make it through the night...
So unfortunately, we lost another 3 girls this week. I believe we lost it to a Hawk this time, so up went the overhead aviary netting, which was not easy to do! Got caught in several times and no directional tabs on netting that is 50' x 100'. We have a single strand electrical wire going...
Ughhh.... We put up an electric fence, hoping to keep our girls safe. I worked from home yesterday and checked outside many times. Shortly after getting on a 2 PM conference my dog barks. Thinking that it is just bicycles going up our road, I put the dog out to keep him from interrupting my...
Have been a chicken fan and owner for 5 years now. Have unfortunately lost a lot of hens and roosters over these years and looking for suggestions and ideas on how best to keep predators away. Our losses always take place during the daytime, since our girls are in their coop at dusk and not...