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This morning we lost a hen that we are caring for for friends to what we believe to be diptheritic fowl pox - affecting her respiratory system. To be confirmed by autopsy. A couple of other hens in the flock are showing signs of cutaneous pox - but not showing any respiratory signs at this...

UPDATE - the hen unfortunately passed away this morning. We are having an autopsy conducted by our local vet to confirm our suspicion of diptheritic fowl pox. Two of the other hens in the flock are now showing external lesions on their combs and wattles - so we are pretty positive. :/...

We are now starting to suspect fowl pox - the respiratory signs have been slowly decreasing, but we are now noticing some small scabs and wart like growths on her eyelids, ears and wattles. So we are wondering if she had the wet form first and is now exhibiting sings of the dry.... The only...

There's absolutely no sneezing and no discharge which is what has us scratching our heads! We're using the broad spectrum just to rule out any secondary bacterial infections - but give the lack of response to all current treatments, we're pretty confident that it is a virus. We're happy to...

Apologies for the poor quality of the video. The video is of a hen that we are currently caring for while her owners are away, she has been noticeably ill for around 4 days. History - this hen has been under some stress for a while due to an infestation of ants in her home coop that...

Oh if only you were in australia @mlrod1914 I fear this boy is headed for the pot :(

So here are my three 12 week old 'mutts'. I'm sure that both the black and the red ones are pullets, but I'm trying to convince myself that the white frizzle might not be a roo... just an early developing pullet. Am I kidding myself??!!

That's great!! I've had 3 eggs in four days so far - so I'm pretty happy with how my first layer is going too. She's setting a fine example for the other girls when they start :)

We got our first egg on Saturday and another today (Monday)!!! Yay!! Our three girls (2 Australorps and 1 Australorp/ New Hampshire cross) are just 22 weeks. I had noticed some different noises coming from the pen in the morning for the last couple of days, but there were no eggs when we let...

Hiya chicha :). I am in Australia - so I can't tell you where you might find them in the States. I picked mine up at the local recycle shop attached to our tip. You can usually find them around corner stores, supermarkets - anywhere that sells bread. Although technically I think that they...

Yep, and its not too hard on their feet. And its recycled which makes me happy I also love that they 'fertilize' the grass while they're eating!!

Hey Coop :) I use this type of bread crate: If used 'as is' it is about 15cm (6 inches) high, but I just dig the sides into the ground a little. Or you could cut the longer sides off :)

Love your frames! I do pretty much the same thing just using upturned bread crates and wheat/ barley/ green manure crop seeds. every couple of weeks I just scatter another couple of handfuls of seed to make sure that they always have something to graze on

My little Australorp/New Hampshire X, 'Spindarella', squatted for me today for the first time..... yeeehaa bring on the eggs!!!