Thanks, these hens are just my girls, I dont breed or sell or give them away, when they come to me its their forever home. Had I realized/been aware of this virus previously I would have made sure to only bring home vaccinated chicks. From my research I'm reasonably confident the virus came...
consider mounting set of door "baracade" brackets on either side then use a 2x4 to hold doors closed, or as someone else mentioned add piece of wood to bring level of door flush and mount a latch that takes a pad lock, use a lock that takes a key, I know its a nuisance but racs are clever and...
After 15 years of raising hens and Cayuga ducks a weasel massacred all but four of my hens. When I took the only four survivors to my veterinary for a health check he diagnosed one hen as having Merek's, she was confirmed after she euthanized and tested by the UNH Veterinary Diagnostic Lab ...
hoping someone can help, about two months ago (lat July/early August) and single China Brown goose and a Candian showed up at a small pond near he entrance to our neighborhood, htere are also several pairs of Mallards residing on the pond. Clearly the two geese had formed a pair, yes I...