Hey all I need help, our young silver hamburg pullet has a bad respiratory infection, and I have Baytril tablets on hand, halved. How many tablets per gallon of water would be the correct dosage for a less than 1 lb chicken? (she is very tiny)
In early May I ordered 8 4-6 week old Juveniles from a hatchery who had been Marek's vaccinated at hatch. Our property is full of Marek's disease, so I figured ordering older ones would be better since they'd have time to build immunity before coming to my property. Well, I've had them for a...
They have been getting scratch, flock block, various kitchen leftovers, mealworms (because there are no bugs, they love them!), raisins and last week they got leftover communion bread! :)
-Hey all, I am planning on ordering some vaccinated 4-9 week old pullets next month, but my current flock (and pretty much my entire property) has marek's. Will the vaccinated pullets be mostly safe from the bad symptoms/death that my unvaxxed hens experience? I know it has a 90 percent success...
Hey all, I am getting my first ducklings next week, and I've been doing a lot of research. One disease that scares me is duck plague or duck viral entertitis. I am not sure how common it is in small duck flocks, and most hatcheries do not have an option to vaccinate them before sending, in fact...
I know how you feel, I am sorry about your losses. I too have Marek's in my flock, just lost another hen a few days ago. :( I am ordering vaccinated juveniles in april from McMurray, they will be between 4 an 9 weeks old, hopefully by then they will have built up a good immunity to the deadly...
Thanks that does help! :) In that case I'll plan on ordering mid March. They should be 8 weeks by early may which during that time it's getting warmer here. Also is a snap set kiddie pool a good brooder for them? At least till they get big
thank you for this, I have Marek's too, though it's not as virulent a strain I think. I was worried I'd never have normal chickens again but this gives me hope that I can order vaxxed chickens and get back to some normalcy.
Hey all I'm looking to get three Pekins in the next month or so. Living in Wisconsin I was wondering when would be a good time to order them? This would be my first time with ducks. At what age can they go outside up here?
Update: she seems to have watery diarheaa and her bum is very dirty. No worms in her poop so far, just very runny. She has been drinking a lot, probably to compensate for water loss. I have her inside a crate in the house with moistened feed and gave her some aspirin water to combat any...
She doesn't have any respiratory symptoms and I didn't see any mites or lice. Her crop seems to be on the empty side as she isn't over enthusiastic about foraging and eating, though she does eat some. She does seem to be getting bullied a little more than usual because she's feeling down. Her...
Hey all I've got another concern, this time with my 8 month barred rock hen. For a few weeks she's been kinda lazy acting and isn't laying anymore. Her comb also seems a little a shrunken, though she's always had a kind of small comb. She still roosts and will even free range but she isn't very...