Thanks for the reply..I tried the oil down the throat and will check tommrow to see if it worked.If this doesn't work I am not taking chances and will cull.I have a very small flock and need all the healthy hens and eggs I can get.
My hen is around 9 months old now my first egg layer and great eggs some of which are jumbo and doubled yoke.. She has had a squeel sound and labored breathing and almost a wheez with no other signs of respiratory illness. She has all her color bright eyes no swelling anywhere still wants to...
I have a hen that has a resp. infection wheezing and strange sounds with no other symptoms. Poo is normal still eats and drinks normally. Have her isolated and have her on duramycin in her only water source. I cant figure out what mg. to tbsp. to give her. Been putting 3 tsp. per gallon is this...
My red sex link is 6 months old and two days ago started making strange whistle sounds.I can hear her breathing but has no other symptoms. She eats and drinks normally and runs and hunts bugs..I don't know if this is resp. infection but it sounds like something is caught in her throat. I worry...
That is a great idea but the problem with that is my coop is big enough for my chickens but I live in Texas where it is 100 + degrees and my coop and pen area get shade but not as much as the fig tree they all hang out under during the heat of the day. I tried taking the box away but then my...
I have 8 young hens 7 started laying end of July.4 would use the nesting boxes in the coop and 3 would go in the rabbit hutch in their house and lay.Now all 7 are wanting to lay in the rabbits house. How do I get them to lay in their nesting boxes? The rabbits free range like my chickens so...
Thanks for the info.. I always thought she is to young to lay but I didn't know if something was wrong with her since some other bigger hens pick on her and she is kind of by herself most of the time.
I have eight young hens I bought in April..I have 6 Red sex linked 24 weeks and two Amercuana straight runs 22 weeks old.My smallest hen the white Amercuana is laying but my other one is not.So I have 7 laying eggs and one not.The one not laying is quite shy and gets picked on by a couple of the...