I have a 3 year old hen that had mites about 2-3 weeks ago so we put sevin dust on her head and in her coop most of the mites went away but I noticed 2 days ago she seemed a little off- the dust got kind of cakey so i washed it off picked as many of the mites as i could off and after she dried...
I hate to kill them but I have my two chickens at a horse boarding stable and the owner insists that the mice around the coop are getting out of hand (They aren't) and she wants to poison them but I need to find a SAFE poison that can be used around the chickens,horses,dogs,bunnys and so on. I...
My hen is acting like she's eggbound but I can't find the egg and Im starting to defintly think it is liver disease as my parrot had it and they have about the same symptoms. I know how to treat it in parrots but how do I treat it in chickens?
I have a Cochin Bantam pair that usually lives in a coop on a horse stable but I had to bring them inside my house because the rooster needed some medical attention with his feet (he's totally fine now) so they have been inside for 3 days now. My hen I suspect has been trying to lay an egg since...
As I type my hen is trying to lay an egg...Im pretty positive it has been feritilized as she has her own personal rooster..so what do I need to do to keep the egg/chick alive and or help her keep it going? she usually only lays one and I have always been to late and she never sat on them but I...
Hello I have 2 Bantam Couchin chickans (a hen and rooster) I have had them for a little over a year. The rooster has what looks like mutated feet he has these bulges of what looks like flesh coming off his toes, the sole of his foot, ALL OVER! I was told by the breeder I got them from that his...