Thank you for your help, sadly he passed this afternoon but I did notice he was covered in tiny black bugs tiny like specks of pepper. Do you know what they might be? They were on me too, but didn't seem like they were biting me.. I'm sure the girls have them too but no idea what they are or how...
No new chickens here. I don't think I have any of those medications either. I do have some old chloro palmitate, I think I've used that for birds in the past. But I don't remember the dosage.
He isn't eating :(. I tried a hard boiled egg and some cat food which the hens gobbled up. He is drinking and tonite his crop was full of water. But he looks awful tonite I'm afraid he won't be here in the am.
Have a black copper maran roo who seems lethargic, he has moulted some tail feathers but his crowing is definitely weak and crackly sounding. He is perching in the coop and drinking but seems a little thin. He is not following the hens like he usually does and I've noticed him off alone and...
Yesterday was 21 days that my BC Marian hen has been setting. Today one egg was pipping and chirping and seemed to be progressing. Mama hen seemed to want to help it along and was pecking at the shell then was picking at and eating the yoke sack. Chick was mostly free of the egg and was...
I have 2 roos and 1 fbcm hen that I got last summer. I need to cull 1 rooster and hate to do it and would offer him to anyone who wants him. They are from the last of the Jesse bryant line. I am long island if anyone can advise me how to ship he could go anywhere.
Hi another long islander here too hauppauge. Have 3 hens and 2 roosters which is at least 1 too many if not 2 too many roosters. I emailed you about your chicks would take some hens but just can not chance any more roos. Hopefully picking up a couple barred rock chicks tonite in ridge that I...
I have a Black Copper Maran hen setting on 5 eggs (3 BCM and 2 BCM/black sexlink x) since 3/28 in the evening when she came in she got on the nest and has stayed there since. I counted 21 days to be 4/18 which was Sunday. Monday am one of the sexlink x chicks hatched and nothing since. So today...