My dog attacked my black austrolorp aka (Blackie). Blackie has a lot of feathers gone and lots of open wounds on her back. My neighbor who is a vet tech treated her by washing out the wounds with saline and gave tylan for any infection according to his doctor friend that treats birds. I've also...
I have a 2 year old fayoumi and she has not laid anything in about 2 or 3 weeks. I live in Littleton, Colorado so temperature can be hot. She has lots of shade. She also has had runny poo white no green in it. She isn't eating very well but is eating. I'm not sure how her drinking is. She is not...
I am going to planting a garden in which two of my chickens who had Marek's disease were. Is it safe to plant my veggies in the dirt they used for their dust baths?
I was wondering how long after Marek's disease should I wait to get new chickens even if I've throughly sanitized the coop and the run. I know shouldn't house them in the same coop but I only have room for one coop and only one place for them as well?
1) What type of bird , age and weight She is a RIR, just a little over a year her, not sure how much she weighs but she is losing weight
2) What is the behavior, exactly. She isn't laying, walks around with her tail feathers down and sits most of the time. Just noticed today 4/27/12 that she is...
Elvira is 11 months old weighs 4.5 lbs. the weight has not seemed to change so far. We noticed that she was limping Sunday afternoon. I've been giving her aspirin in her water because I thought it was just a sprained leg or something like that. Yesterday she would try to get up to walk and would...
My Black Astrolorp (Elvira) hurt her leg yesterday but I don't know how. I don't see any breaks or lumps on her leg but I did notice that when I extended her leg she gets very irritated and tries to get away. My neighbor is a vet tech and looked at her as well and couldn't find anything...
Hi my name is Nicole. We have had chickens since last August got them when they were about 4 months old. We have a Black Astrolorp (Elvira), an Americuana (Rainbow), an Egyptian Fayomi (Zebra), and a Rhode Island Red (Peanut Butter). We also adopted a Black Astrolorp (Blackie) she is about 2 1/2...