My DH was talked into Green Meadows Equal Balance Forage instead of wood chips when he went to the feed store. Has anyone tried this stuff for litter? Supposedly, there is no dust. We just cleaned our hen house for the winter yesterday and need to decide if we are going to add more of the new...
My leghorn (2 years old) Cumulus is not eating but is drinking. Her poo is just water and going through her rather quickly.
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1) She started skipping laying a couple days/week about 2 months ago. I chalked it up to her never having molted and the heat.
2) Last week I noticed...
How long does a hen need to be broody before she will accept chicks slipped under her at night?
As of today, Dr. Girlfriend has been stubbornly sitting on a nest ~15 - 17 days. The other girls were pushing her out of her preferred nest so I moved her to a large dog crate in the hen house and...
I just tried this on my 10-year-old australorp, Roseanne Rosanna Dana.
I noticed she was hanging back more than usual. I picked her up and she had a huge pasty butt under all those feathers. I brought her in and cleaned her up and put her in the chickie hospital (medium dog crate). She was...
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I remember an old game show back in the 1970s, that did not last long, where the celebrity guests would describe what an object was (1 telling the truth, 2 lying). The contestant would have to guess who was not fibbing. It has stuck in my head for years that the object Andy...
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Glad to hear everything went smoothly with the rabies series. Yep, very expensive. But since there is no cure for rabies, still a better thing to do. I agree, vet care would be preferable price-wise.
As for getting cooperation from your husband ( ) let me know how you manage that...
I have a friend who wants to acquire a few chicks. RIRs or Buff Orpingtons. If you are in Maryland, Northern Virginia or, maybe, south central Pennsylvania, and have such chickies, please let me know. We live in Glenn Dale, near Bowie.
Thank you.
UPDATE - Fern is eating as long as she is sitting in my lap. She ate quite a bit of rye bread and oatmeal soaked with canola oil and antibiotic/electrolyte/vitamin laced water. We have moved her to a large dog crate where she has more light. I think she might not be eating because it is so...
Thank you, Erica.
She started eating after I got a few ml of water (laced with antibiotics and electrolytes/vitamines) in her. She perked up for bread. So, I soaked it in canola oil and yogurt and/or antibiotic water. She also was interested in lettuce. She stops and opens her mouth and...