My cousin and i are looking to get a few more baby chicks to add to our flock and i am wondering if anyone knows what the disposition/behavior of these 2 breeds are? The golden laced wyandottes and the light brahmas. They are both beautiful but we do not want aggressive chickens to add in. Also...
Does anyone know if c. Diff can be contracted from chickens ? Im assuming it can be cuz it has to do with the feces. Anyone with info.. please help.. i am curcurrently being treated for c. Diff . They are saying it was possibly antibiotic induced. Have to see infectious disease dr today.
Thank you for posting the nasal flush. I will keep it in mind if it happens again. I was able to get her back to health and she has been fine for over a year now.
Just found this thread. I have been a member since I think last year. My name is Liz. My cousin Jenn and I had 8 hens up til yesterday when we lost 1. We live in Danbury CT. I do a lot of the taking care of the chickens right now due to Jenns son being seriously unwell. I was more of the...
I know these pics are not the greatest but they are the best I have right at the moment. I have 8 hens. They all seems to be starting to look more and more like the goldish colored one in the pics. I have noticed that one, the black one in the first pic, has been jumping on top of a couple of...
Since I have been keeping the heat lamp on I have been getting 6-7 eggs a day out of 8 hens. Where before I was only getting 3 if I was lucky. So thats kind of why I want to keep it on.
I live in Connecticut. We have had some very cold cold weather seeing it is winter. We normally only keep our heat lamp on in the coop during the day when temps are below freezing but because the temps have been below freezing sometimes below zero we have kept the light on even over night. Does...
We keep up on the coop pretty well. . It does get a smell to it from time to time but more so in the summer/spring. . We also make a natural spray to spray down the coop that keeps it smelling fresh. . I spray it down only a lil once a week dependin on if it smells in there. If the smell gets...
The coop is about 5'x6'. . We have a lot of ventilation thru it. Maybe too much I don't really know. The coop is an old duck house and it is not insolated at all. It needs work we just haven't had the extra cash for it. Need to redo the hole thing. We are slowly getting to it. Doing lil things...
The coop is well ventellated. . We didnt cover the windows completely. We have 8 chicks. We have been told the coops is well big enough. Im not sure of the square footage on it. Like I said I didnt build it.
Yea im in Danbury, and it is cold as can be. youre the first CT person I have seen on here. so excited. . My cousin got me into the chickens last year. I love them so much. was afraid of them at first tho. lol. I have to laugh at that now. . LOL. . but I know we have put plastic up on our...
I live in Connecticut. We have 8 chickens. We do not free range much but they do get out a lil bit at least 3 days a week for like 4 hours a day. with the days getting shorter it has gotten a lil harder for us to do this but we r managing somehow. but Was just wondering if anyone has any tips as...