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HI I have three EE's. The oldest (Easter) is about a year and a half old--the other two are about 8 months or so. The oldest has not laid any eggs since early summer. One of the two new girls (Azure) lays about 3-5 a week. The other new girl (Aqua) has not laid any eggs at all. I always have a...

How much tetracycline? Were you able to buy it over the counter??

Hi: Have something similar with my Wyandotte. It started out as an infection in her eye and her sinus. The first antibiotic did not work and now she is off balance. The vet said that the infection has spread to her brain. Very poor prognosis. We are trying to force feed her with syringe and...

Just took my Wyandotte Wylie to the avian vet. She has serious sinus infection affecting left eye. Sulfa med did not work. She just put her on Tylan. I also have to force feed her since she has not been eating. My hen keeps craning her neck to one side. She also is having trouble keeping her...

Hi: Thanks to everyone for all of your helpful information. I am quite sure I also have a problem with Marek's. I started out with two groups of pullets from different sources both about 12 weeks of age about three months ago. The first group came from a farm with questionable conditions. The...

Hi: Thanks to everyone for all of your helpful information. I am quite sure I also have a problem with Marek's. I started out with two groups of pullets from different sources both about 12 weeks of age about three months ago. The first group came from a farm with questionable conditions. The...

Ruffled feathers Please let me kow how the necropsy turns out. I have lost five hens in similar situation. My other nine seem healthy. I cant afford the $200+ for a necropsy on mine but perhaps the results of yours might steer me in the right direction. All the ones I lost were gotten from the...

Hi: I have a bullied hen which I have isolated for a few days. Problem is, I do not know who the bully (or bullies) are. I need for her to heal and put on some weight.I have her in a cage outside the pen now. Should I put the cage in the pen? I don't want them to attack the cage and traumatize...

Thanks for all the replies!! I have been watching closely for the past two days and so far the remaining two White Brahmas (Summer and Spring) seem to be comfortable in the run during the day and I haven't seen any outstanding bullying for the time being that I have been watching. But at dusk...

Hi: I need some advice about a possible bullying problem which has already resulted in the loss of two hens. I started out with two groups of pullets. One group from one farm had five sex-linked comets, two Rhode Island Reds, two white Brahmas, one brown Brahma. From another farm I got one...

Hi Don: Just lost my buff brahma this AM. I knew she was being picked on but I thought she would be OK when I put her in the nesting box. I found her dead still in the box where I put her. About three weeks ago I lost a Comet in a similar way . I would like to replace them with 1-2 buff brahmas...

Hi Don: Just lost my buff brahma this AM. I knew she was being picked on but I thought she would be OK when I put her in the nesting box. I found her dead still in the box where I put her. About three weeks ago I lost a Comet in a similar way . I would like to replace them with 1-2 buff brahmas...

Hi All: (and especially to my unknown neighbor in Marshfield MA) Interesting debate on internal vs. external nest boxes. We are in the process of building a coop and have just put in external boxes. Main reason is that I was afraid I would not have enough roost space for my 16 chickens in an...

Please post a pic of the poop slide!!!

HI: I like your nest box design and am building something very similar with 5 and 5. Can you post a picture of the outside of your boxes? Also, are you planning to put a roost bar in front of the nest boxes on the inside? I think I may need to do that since my coop is 8x6 and I don't think one...