I ordered the vaccine for Coryza but need information on what type of needle to use and how exactly to give the shot. Do diabetic needles work? Need to vaccinate chicks and one grown bird. They are new and not infected. Can I vaccinate the infected birds once they are better? How much of the...
My whole flock is sneezing and has lice. At night they all make wheezing sounds. One standard chicken has yellow diarrhea. Our bantam silkies have bubbly eyes and one has swelling under one eye. We've bathed them all and cleaned and sanitized coops. We feed them organic food and they free range...
I have a lice infestation right now. I'm planning on treating the birds and coop. What are everyones preventative measures to keep bugs away and to keep chickens healthy overall? I wanna do preventative so I don't have issues again!
These babies both came off an Ebay purchase. It was our first hatch and only 2/7 hatched.....our rates are better now thankfully! These are their pictures when they were a couple days old. From what I know, they came from a pen mixed with these types of chickens....
Three roosters, one frizzle...
When I tried to put my bantam silkies in the coop with my standards, the bantams got chased around so much I was worried they weren't able to get any food or water. Do you think it's okay to put them together?
Our rooster was recently eaten and we are trying to figure out what breed to get next. We want them to be friendly and social if possible but def not aggressive. We will only want one maybe twoo roosters but plan on breeding him as well. We have an egg laying flock with random hens ameboid fun...
The chickens didn't go back to the new coop. They went to the old coop but the door was closed so they roosted on the fence. Came home to find a trail of blood and feathers and one missing rooster.
I'm so upset. How can I get my girls to go back to the new coop at night so this doesn't happen...
My second batch of chicks was "due" last Friday. 5 babys hatched out of 12 shipped eggs. I kept the unhatched eggs in the incubator just incase. Sunday one more hatched. Did the float test and they all floated with only the tip above water. That means they are still good right? How long do I...
A couple of my chicks are being born on time, 21 days, but have a tiny bit of unabsorbed yolk. They all seem to heal fine but I'm curious why it's happening.
Yesterday I had a chick that was stuck in it's shell. I was torn between helping it or not as I've read about both. It got yo the point where I wasn't gonna sit there and watch it die so I helped it. It had a tiny bit of yolk unabsorbed and I hear to decrease humidity? But the solution to a...
Built a bigger coop across the yard from old one. Chickens crowd around the old one at night to roost even though I've kept them inside the new coop for a couple days to adjust. Do I need to keep them in the new one longer or are there any other tricks? Can't remove old coop.
I'm starting to incubate eggs and was wondering how everyone prices their chickens when they sell them? What's the ging rate and how did you come up with it? Does it change based on breed or age?