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I thought we were well on the way to getting better. Last night she had a dry fluffy butt, with a bit of white stuff around her vent. This morning her butt feathers, and the feathers on the bottom of her tail are wet, with icicles hanging from her feathers, and a small pile of frozen discharge...

I thought sick chickens needed to be isolated. We put one other chicken in with her for company. If they can be put in with the others, we'll do that ... try to gradually introduce them. One sunny day last week, I kept both coop runs opened, then found them hanging out together in the yard...

Great article! This is like composting on steroids. LOL give food scraps to the Mealworms, feed them to the chickens, and in turn get eggs, meat and super chicken compost for the garden. Thanks for taking the time to explain raising Mealworms. I would like to give it a try, but had visions...

The yeast infection is still continuing. Ughhh. I give her Monistat orally every night. ( I was hoping that would work better). At one point, I thought she cleared up, then it came back. I stopped giving her yoghurt for a while, and started up again a few days ago to see if it'll help. She...

@Razzlefrazzle Thank you so much for your suggestion. I've had some success with giving her Monistat orally. She doesn't like it, but I found that if I gently place my finger and thumb on either side of her beak, she'll lick at my finger and get some Monistat. This morning I went to check...

@Razzlefrazzle The chickens have been getting about a tablespoon of yoghurt in the morning, then get their water and feed right after. I tried giving the Monistat orally, and they just lock their beaks, and turn their heads. I'll see what I can do with giving it to her orally today. It's...

A few of our chickens came down with a yeast infection. All are given good yoghurt every morning for probiotics, All chickens vents get checked every day now, as a precaution. A couple got what I suspect was gleet, and unfortunately one did not fair well, and was euthanized. The other...

We have 13 Chickens. I started all of them on Balkan yoghurt immediately, and they are still getting it every morning. I didn't notice the yeast infection until the 3rd girl had it - we saw the white stuff on her feathers. With the first 2 chickens, there was no sign - their fluffy butts hid...

A third of our chickens are recovering from Gleet and yeast infections. The rest of the hens look and act fine (they're checked atleast once a day). We're scheduled to take some of the hens to be harvested tomorrow, but am wondering if we should be waiting, or if it would be ok to take the hens...

I went out to the coop early this morning. The girls were ready to come out, and yep there was lots of poop to clean up. :) Never thought I'd be glad to see poop. Yesterday afternoon I added some olive oil to a few bowls of their food (separate from their regular feeder). The skin around the...

OK, I'll get up earlier, and get the girls going earlier. We were using dry leaves in the run, but the chickens broke that down super fast, so I'll switch to straw. We have a smaller coop(the chickens that were in that coop are now in the freezer), and have been debating moving some of the...

@DobieLover Thanks for your note - I was going out at 8am, but started going out a bit later because of the cold. There is no food in the coop which is 8x3. Their run is 8x20, covered with a tarp, with one end open. A few days ago, a quick dump of snow has left 2 feet of snow everywhere, and...

This is the second morning that I've gone into the coop, and there's no or very little poop. We have 13 chickens, and there is usually lots of poop to clean up in the mornings. But yesterday there was no poop, and today only a few poops in the corner. We have Rhode Island Reds. Winter started...

We have 2 coops, one is empty, and one is housing 13 chickens ( they've been together since they were day olds). 8 of the chickens will be going to the processor in a month. Our goal is to have the remaining 5 chickens moved to the smaller, empty coop - What would be best - move the 5 chickens...

Thanks for your advice gtaus. We're looking at cold weather breeds. Cheers

Thanks Cmom. much appreciated. :)

I sure like how this municipality is concerned for the well being of animals, and explains very well any type of harm or mistreatment of animals that will not be tolerated.

I'm learning that - there's so much to read and think about. Thanks for the welcome.