Hi friends,
I’m seeing news of avian flu at an egg producing plant in this area. Thoughts on how to protect my home flock? Should I refrain from free ranging right now?
I will get a picture soon. Her crop has not emptied. She was hanging both wings low and looking weak today I gave her some boiled egg and pellets grit to keep her going.
I’m sorry I should’ve clarified it’s coconut oil I have been using.
She does have persistent full crop at this point even with massage. I gave her a small boiled egg and grit/small amount of her pellets to sustain her. No laying yet.
I have an 7mo hen who started with an enlarged crop a week or so ago. I admittedly did not isolate and start treatment promptly enough but I do have her isolated now and have been forging ahead with sour crop/impacted crop treatments -doing olive oil/crop massage/yogurt/fresh water (4 days). She...
I have 4 olive egger pullets who just started laying a few weeks ago. They’re noticed all of their ears turned white around the time they put out first egg. Is this significant or nothing to worry about?
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Can someone educate me on the chicken worming protocol? I have 12, 8 week old chicks. Just transitioned them to the coop day and night. I live in New Mexico.
Oh thank you for sending! They are black with some blue barring. They aren’t laying yet tho so we will see! They appear to l marans hybrids but I’m definitely not an expert.
Ok I’m glad to hear positive things!! My OE are from TSC and they also look a lot like marans. So oddly enough when I called to get info on the dark layer they said their Easter eggers are not crossed with anything lol. Maybe I’ll call again to get a different person and see what info I can...
I will call around. These Easter eggers I have available are from Privett. I don’t want to order 15, so am subject to what the feed stores around me are getting in. I want some welsummers as well. It sounds like the eggers lay similar colors
Thank you so much for the picture l! That’s my dream of an egg box. Are the speckled welsummers? I am also interested in cream legbars. I am debating on putting my resources toward Easter eggers or finding another breed. I love the welsummer eggs and marans (for the dark eggs). As for the color...