Today while cleaning up my run and covering it with bird netting, I happened to look down and see an egg! I have been waiting for what seems like forever and one of my 15 chickens has finally laid one! I have no clue as to which chicken did it. They are all the same age and size, and I have...
I am building a coop for my chickens. Basicall I am building a hen house that is elevated 2 ft off the ground by useing stilts or legs. There will be a ramp that goes down into their run (which is about 297 square feet). They will really only be in the coop at night time because my run is in...
My chicks are about 5-6 weeks old ( most of their adult feathers have grown in). I am still feeding the medicated chick starter from IFA. How long should I keep them on the medicated stuff? Will the medicated feed make eggs dangerous to eat? I am already letting them run around in the run (27...
I will be building a larger coop for my chickens. I have 15 chickens and I am planning on the coop to be 8'Lx3'Wx4'T. The nesting boxes will be about 3ft in the air atached to the long wall. Down below I want to put in some linoleum for ease of cleaning when I need to. However the idea of...
Obviously the siza and color of eggs differ from breed to breed. I currently have 2 white leg horns, one barred plymoth rock, one Rhode island red, one austrolorp, one buff orpington, one black sexlink, one silver winged, and 3 Easter eggers. My question is will their eggs taste different from...
All my chicks were purchased from Cal Ranch Store, a chain farm supply store. The store had several different breeds of chickens (all chicks). They also had at one point a breed of ducks, and a breed of turkeys. However, each breed of chicks, turkeys, ducks were in same breed enclosures so none...
All my chicks were purchased from Cal Ranch Store, a chain farm supply store. The store had several different breeds of chickens (all chicks). They also had at one point a breed of ducks, and a breed of turkeys. However, each breed of chicks, turkeys, ducks were in same breed enclosures so none...
My chicks are all between 2 and 3 weeks old. They have been sneezing lately. I have checked them and they don't have any drainage. However, some of them make plugged up noises when breathing every once in a while, and some of them swallow randomly. Is this just a reaction to the pine dust, or is...
My almost 2 week old (i think) chicks seem to have got a case of CRD. I think I know which chick it started with but by the time I was able to do something, most of them already had it. If not all of them. I am using a medication that is supposed to be good for treating them, its called...
My chick ( 1 week old or younger) had pasty butt. I cleaned it up last night but her vent was bulging out and it still is today. It's mostly above the vent where it bulges. Any ideas as to what happened? Is it prolapse? What do I do!?
My chicks had normal looking poop when I first got them 5 days ago. In some of them it is starting to look unusual, I.e. it is runnier/more liquidy, and there is some orangisg coloration. I change their water a couple times a day, and they are eating IFA medicated chick starter mash. One of them...
Thank you so much! This is my most social chick in the flock. It jumps on my hand or atm every time I put my arm in to maintain their brooder. As for the dosage, I do the tenth cc daily for five days or every five days? Again thank you.
Thank you! I'll try to find it. I was looki.g at some medications at the farm supply store and it said not to use with chickens that are going to lay eggs for consumption of humans. Will tylan50 effect the eggs in any way? They can't lay yet because they're too young but I'm not sure if it meant...
My oldest and favorite chick seems to have the sniffles. Its nose does not appear to be runny at all, but every once in a while it makes these stuffed up sneazy noises. His poop is orangeish brown. I don't want to have to cull this chick but I think I might have to. None of my other chicks...