I use woodchips and straw, but that's because I live in a very dry area, and just the dirt in their run gets dust all in the air when they scratch at it. But as you said, you live in a much wetter area.
If you do end up using woodchips, I'd read around about the different kinds of wood used...
I need help sexing my buff laced polish, shes about 7 weeks and I REALLY hope shes not a he! One of the sweetest chicks I've had, but we can't keep roosters around here. Her comb and waddles are saying roo, but her saddle and hackle feathers don't look sharper than my silver laced polish of the...
I recently got three new chicks and while two of them are fine, the third will not! stop! peeping for me! Shes fine for five mins and then she starts up again with the peeping and doesn't stop until I either pick her up or just put my hand in the brooder and let it hang in there. Sometimes she...
Hey everybody i am so so SO sorry for the late reply!! She's improved since we've had her inside and started giving her the medicine. The radiograph found nothing other than showing her air sacks were enflamed. The vet as prescribed her Orbax oral suspension; 0.65 mL every twelve hours followed...
So update! I took her to the vet today and he examined her and he believes that she's got a bacterial lower respiratory disease. He's thinking that it's possible she's got a mass in her lung that would explain why she got better then worse again, so I'm gonna take her back in tomorrow for a...
Thank you! I'm taking her to the vet later today so I'll see what medicines they prescribe her. It's been pretty cold here lately(below freezing all day) so I'm pretty sure the coop is not too warm but I will make sure to check out the coop for any ammonia smells or molds. Your advice is very...
Thank you so much for all your help advice!! She's still here with us so that's good but she rufuses to eat the pasta I made. She's eating all her other food just not the pasta. Did you ever have this problem or could it be because she's not feeling well or she's just a picky eater ?
My 1 year 10 month old Easter Egger has been wheezing, open mouth breathing and sneezing a lot lately. She had this same problem (minus the sneezing) a few months ago and it was so bad we had to take her to the vet and they had to put her on oxygen. But she made it and we took her home and...
So I have a 23 week Buff Orpington that I'm fairly sure is a rooster, however he has not started crowing or showing any interest in the girls? So I was hoping for a second opinion (and crossing my fingers that he's a she as we cant keep roosters in our area)
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