Okay, so it's -30 here with a wind chill making it -40. To keep all the birdies warm I put my duckies in with my hens. They don't mind, they've spent time together before. But when I was in the hen house making sure everyone had all their needs met, the ducks in their frenzy stood under the...
What can I put on his comb to stop her from pecking at it? She's not grooming him. She started this afternoon and now there is a tiny red spot; she won't stop! If it gets bloody, they'll all start pecking him. Any suggestions?
I've just lost two of my girls to something; don't know. They appeared healthy as in no obvious problems. Clean butts, healthy feathers, no discharges. They didn't want to eat or drink though. I brought one in and she would take water from my fingers if I held them to her mouth and take yogurt...
Hi. Went to the hen house to collect eggs today and, WOW, a Green Egg!!! Was it the spinach treat yesterday? This is Belinda's egg. She's an experienced egg layer and it's her first green one;.)
Hi Folks. Noted two of my girls were splatting pure blood from the vent instead of feces yesterday (Thursday). I isolated them and got amprolumium from vet to treat in case it's coccidiosis. I'm treating the entire small flock of nine hens/two roos and the 15 pullets expected to mature in...