I just wormed all three coops a month ago with Ivermect pour-on...I did everything by the book even though at that time my ladies had no mites or lice that I was aware of. the reason I decided to do this is because we had an issue with black birds getting in the tractor coops and I thought it...
Hi I am fairly new to BYC about a year now, I dont know anyone here really but I am asking for prayers for my nephew Kaiden. Kaiden is a 5yr old litttle boy who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called ATRT. Out of the thousands of children diagnosed each year only 3% are...
My cochin hen almost looks like she has two upper beaks...it looks like a two pronged fork I guess is the best way to describe it. What is the best way to fix this? Should I try to file it with a nail file or clip it? If I should clip it, How do you know how far to go? her beak is black so I am...
Hi I have read on here before about meat/blood spots in eggs....my girls( with the exception of three are all around 9 to 10 months old) and I have noticed the brown specks in my eggs. Why does this happen? and can I help prevent it somehow? Does it have anything to do with diet? they are all...
I am bad at writing things out so bear with me, I will try to do a good job. About a year and a half ago my sons kindergarden class hatched out some eggs, we ended up with the chicks : I got two roos and three hens ( cochins or so I am told) anyway the roos started fighting and I couldnt kill...
I am not sure which hen it is, I just got this new set of girls and still cant tell all of them apart yet, any way when I go to collect the eggs there is always one with a peck in it Will the golf ball trick work or do I need to get one of those glass eggs and if so any idea where I can find...
Hi I have been on BYC for a little over a month maybe?? I try to read as many emergency post as I can so that if it ever happens to me I will be somewhat prepared...Well my cochin hen Carley has an impacted crop. She is a year old, the only signs she has offered is that her breast bone is...
Hi I am new at the chicken thing, I would like to know if I can worm my chickens during moulting? I see no evidence of worms but I just bought 5 new rhode island reds and added them to the coop with 4 cochins who are in the middle of a moult, I dont know much about how these girls were cared...