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I've never purchased chicks at TS. Rarely go at all, but our order from the local Stromberg was canceled (the breeds we wanted weren't hatched locally & their shipment arrived mostly dead - I think it's been a terrible year for these poor babies all around). None of our local independent feed...

Thanks, Eggcessive. Since she's got no nasal or ocular discharge, I'm hopeful she's got the mild form of whatever she's picked up! She looks a bit perkier today, actually drinking water on her own, and less mucous in her throat. We blended some layer crumbles w/ electrolyte solution and were...

I have a small backyard flock of 5 hens. They are free-range in our smallish back yard during the day, housed in a large for 5 hens coop with pelleted pine bedding at night. My 2-year old Rhode Island hen has been doing poorly the past 2 days. Yesterday, I noticed open-mouthed breathing &...

Children were discussing chicken's GI system & eating grit, which led to looking for pictures of chicken anatomy (which of course BYC forums provided, thanks!), which led to a discussion of how the egg forms. We would like to find a book or two that details chicken anatomy, organ function, egg...

Just updating for others searching threads. She was molting. All of our girls had mild-moderate molts & took the whole darn winter off laying. So much for getting eggs this winter!

Just updating in case others are searching threads for similar situations. . . We started getting eggs from our two best layers in mid-February(19th - should have waited a few days to post ;-), the two Orpingtons had both started laying by mid-March. Guess I'm just lucky to have 4 chickens who...

Hi Folks, One of my Orpington girls is broody as of yesterday & of course plucking the feathers from her breast. I noticed this evening that there are two red areas of skin where she's plucked feathers, one is circular w/ a dry, peeling patch in the middle. She is acting fine (besides...

We have a small, mixed-breed backyard flock of 1 easter egger (was sold as ameraucana, but. . .), 2 buff orpingtons, and 1 Rhode Island red. All were hatched late Feb/early March last year. Our Rhode Island started laying in mid-July, all the others had joined her by mid-August. We were...

We have 4 backyard hens that were hatched in late Feb/early March. So our Ameraucana hen stopped laying around 4-5 weeks ago. Up until then, she was our best layer (other hens are Orpingtons & a Rhode Island - go figure). No particular reason I can figure why she stopped laying, but we have...

Corrine - . Actually, close to what I did this morning, laying him on his back and holding him until he settled down. I've also been using what I call my Dominant Dog voice (ah, dog behavior I know how to manage) and growling at him when he pecks. Gotta show these boys who is boss, right...

Yes, I know sometimes a dominant hen will crow, but really what are the chances of that? Most likely, it's a rooster. This is a 6-week old chick, they are just starting to show dominance behavior. Anyone know how often a really young hen will crow? Probably we just got "lucky" with that...

One of our (sexed, of course) 6-week old chicks started crowing on Friday. S/he has been the dominant in our group of 6-7 week old chicks and has been growing rapidly but otherwise doesn't show any other overtly "boy" appearance differences. Except the crowing. Loudly. Frequently. We can't...

No, it's just commonly used as a herd health treatment and putting it in the water makes it easier than giving individually. Most medications for agricultural use will commonly be given in water if they can be taken orally. I don't need to do herd health (most of of don't, with a handful of...

Was able to get a vet friend to look it up in an exotic animal formulary (of course, she wants me to run a $50 fecal on the $3.00 chicken. . .). Dose is 13-26 mg/kg, very different than cattle dose listed on bottle & the dose listed in the table above. Now off to torture. . . um, medicate. ...

I want the dose per kg, not the amount to add in the water. The water amount is an estimate based on the average amount a hen will drink and I prefer to dose more accurately directly, especially since my girls keep spilling their water. . . too much waste of expensive meds & I'm type-A and want...

Hi Folks, Trying to start aprolium treatment for our six 5-6 week old chicks who I presume are not supressing coccidia since their poops are becoming more and more runny, black, and some blood now. Our feed store only sells Corid labelled for cattle use, same concentration (9.6% solution)...

Thank you so much! We are starting a backyard flock with 6 chicks, so all expenses so far. I just started reading threads on food estimates to POL and was wondering how much our eggs are going to end up costing us apiece. I probably don't really want to know, do I? Especially since these...

You might try reposting in the Emergencies/Diseases forum. I'm brand new to chickens here, but just treated our girls (currently 2-3 weeks, so 1-2 weeks at the beginning of treatment) with Sulmit. Used the chicken dose as listed on the bottle & did the math based on their weights. As far as...

What a fun thread! Lots of creative names. We have 6 new babies here. Everyone in the family got to name one; my husband and two of my kids are very active in our community musical theater group, so all except 2 ended up with names from recent musicals. The other two came from characters...

Just an update - chick is well recovered. Started Sulmed last Sunday and just cleaned out the waterer with the remains of yesterday's final treatment. I also treated the sick chick directly (low dose in the waterer, low dose direct orally to sick chick only - I wanted to be sure she got a big...