Preface: We have been really busy with a building project recently.
During the week of May 20th, I noticed that one of our chickens was acting lethargic, not wanting to eat. So I gave her Nutri-Drench.
She died on the 20th. The same day I noticed that another of our chickens was acting sick the...
Several days ago our Bard-rock rooster started acting sick I thought it was worms and we needed to do our second round anyway so I de-wormed him but... this evening he was lying on the ground and flies were buzzing around him.
Before now I saw that his poop was off, like brown and runny.
He is a...
I went out this morning at 9:30 to do chores and one of our 2 1/2 week old chicks was lying there on their nest bed with it's head crooked around like rye neck.
Can we fix it?
If so how?
Hello y'all. So maybe two weeks ago one of my seramas was making strange squaking noises. And when I checked her out it looked like she had a brown ball of poop stuck to her bottom the size of a dime if it was a ball. After that I came out most nights with a glove to apply warm mineral oil and...
Hello everyone. This is one of the ''Chicken Men.'' So we have a case of bumble foot and I was looking for some advice. So here is our current treatment. First we soak her foot for 15 minutes then we use tweezers to dig at what we thought was a wound in between of her toes and got stringy stuff...
Help!
We have a Barred Rock mix hen who's under the weather.
Here are her symptoms:
Every few seconds, she's inhaling very loudly (for a chicken), closing her eyes and tilting her head back while doing so.
When she exhales, at times she tilts her hear way back, leaning her whole body backward...
Hello, all,
One of the Chicken Men told me that one of our year-old Pilgrim ganders is doing poorly.
Here's a list of his symptoms:
Listless/Lethargic
Walks slowly around the pen; not doing any fast waddling or 'running' right now
Isn't eating
Has lost weight; he's a big boy too, so, for the...
Hello!
I have some Safeguard-specific deworming questions to ask y'all.
First, the Chicken Men dewormed our chickens with Safeguard about a month ago, but they forgot to do the second round of deworming two weeks after doing the initial three-day treatment. So, they began deworming them again...
Hello!
My name is Caleb, and I live in the beautiful Upstate of South Carolina. Give me a shout-out if you're another Upstate SC local! :)
Here goes nothing:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I bought my first chickens when I was 14 years old. I'm now a 27yo...