I took her to the vet she did in fact have coccidiosis, we got antibiotics and some probiotics but she did not make it through the night. We got antibiotics for the others should they look like they need it but so far I think they are fine. We have probiotics for water etc. Thank you for...
We have 4 Plymouth Rock Barreds and 4 Speckled Susex chickens all about 20 weeks old. we started getting eggs about a week ago, I believe the Barreds as they have the yellow feet. Today we found 1 barred dead in the yard i though maybe she was egg bound. But we have another barred who's comb...
Today when I got home I found one of my RIR in a nesting box. She was alive with shallow breathing and she would not move when I touched her. When I picked her up i found yellow liquid around her vent, all around her in the box and all over her feathers. by the time I got her to the house to...
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Love the photos of your coop feeders and waterers. My coop is no where near your size so that would not work for me…however I do have room outside for a dish/can of oyster shells. (at least until the snow flies) then I have an area in the coop for it.
My girls love the outside...
I have a question regarding the use of oyster shells. The bag states you mix 1 pound of shells with 10 points of feed. I have seen threads where people are giving straight oyster shells to their pullets. I just want to confirm that this is okay.
I have done the mixture ration with their...
Thanks David. Hopefully it is a weak egg situation. But I will definitely be watching more closely. Fingers crossed I don't have an egg eater, to early for chicken soup.
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We are new to the entire chicken process. My brother in law started raising chickens last year. We enjoyed watching him so much that we decided to raise our own. We purchased 8 sexed RIR chicks in April. However upon arrival the box that they were shipped in was badly damaged...
I have 10 RIR, 23 weeks old. We got our 1st egg 8/29 on the floor of the coop not the nesting box. Next day there was no egg. Yesterday morning I found an egg again on the floor of the coop. This morning there was no egg. However, later this morning my big RIR was singing her song, all the...