I need some help. I have a sick chicken, with a chronic respiratory infection. His nostrils are filled with yellow gunk. Standard antibiotics, like the ones I can buy a tractor supply, haven't worked. I have ordered Tylan, and Sulfafimethadine. They both seem to treat different aspects of what...
I am in SWFL - swamp country in the summer. My backyard & chicken coop (new rental house i just moved into) is retaining water BIG time. My chickens are in 1-1.5" of standing water, and the ground under the water has turned to thick, smelly, mud.
We are in the process (today & tomorrow) of...
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