Thanks for your response Wyorp,
She is a black sex link at about 17-18 weeks old, I don't notice any fluid in her abdomen and her hocks don't seem swollen (but those are unfortunately judgement calls), I spend enough time with them that I would hope to notice.
She does have green, watery...
I believe one of my chickens has this illness. I see there are injectable antibiotics and wanted to ask if there is:
a) a cost effective one that is readily available
b) is there long term risk of cross contamination
c) would it be best to euthanize the bird?
She's displayed the symptoms since...
Ok, so I ordered some chicks about 5 weeks ago, I was SUPPOSED to get Buff orpington's, Gold Star's, Black Australorps, and Barred Rocks. Well, I only recieved 1 Barred rock for sure and have 7 mystery birds. They all have a slight gold tinge to their feathers around their necks and all black...
Deb,
The controller seems to be working nicely, my better have was septical about the new "gizmo" so has been monitoring the kids regularly since we installed it and everyone has been doing great. We've had to adjust the offset a couple times as we get this dialed in, but so far so good!
Azy...
I know this is an old thread but I wanted to post an updated controller I found.
I live in northern Wisconsin and was a little overzealous and got my 30 chicks about 2 weeks ago...boy was I silly! We've had a change in the jet stream and got about 6-8" of snow the last 3 days and it's been...
Thanks all for the reply's...sorry its taken a while to get back on here as I've been busier than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs the last week...My dad was up last weekend and we got a great start on the coop...it was rainy and damp but we trudged through it...The 2 big openings are for...
Thanks for the reply oldhen, my dad is visiting this weekend so we can get the coop started...
I appreciate the levelheadedness, I get stuck on a train of thought sometimes and just keep spooling around it...
So you think my 4x8 will get too crowded by 4 weeks huh...I was hoping for a little...