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Sulmet has been given through their drinking water. It ooks like the little chick might be felling a bit better, up and moving around and eating! I will administer the Sulmet as directed in addition to probiotics. This was the first day I noticed the bloody poo so hopeful things will work...

I've seen the poop page and thought the same but wanted some additional input. I thought that the medicated start and grow helped against this?? If the feed is not doing its job I am sure I can buy something much cheaper. Should I quarantine or just give medication? I certainly don't want...

I am in the process of raising a new flock of RIR's. We have 11 baby chicks that are all about 6 weeks old today. They have been on the Purena Start & Grow feed and all have been very well thus far. We do have an older hen who is about 10 months old, she is a survivor from a small flock that...

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Thanks for the all the input.... when we got them the people who gave them to us thought that one was a hen and one was a roo, however I am now thinking otherwise. Unfortunately no eggs from the one that was thought the be a hen so we can tell with the eggs. When I first started research I...

Happy New Year to the back yard forum. I was hoping that someone here could tell me what breed this rooster and hen are? They were taken in until we could find them a new home and we wanted to know what they were for the new owners. Thanks in advance for any assistance!!

To give an update and answer a few of your questions... the chickens are given Pruina Layena, I'm not sure what the protien content is, however I am sure the chickens get enough protien as free range. They are contantly digging and eating bugs, frogs, lizards, etc. They also have access to...

Okay, I am puzzeled about a couple chickens that we have and why they are having troubles laying. The two in question are both Pheasant Plymouth Rocks, which I can't seem to find much about their breed. They are both about 6 months old. One has started laying and the other has not. They are...

Okay, this question is for the Florida chicken owners who can relate to the problems that we have here with the bugs; especially when it rains. We have had a major problem with roaches in our chicken coop and as a result I decided to give a good cleaning today to see how many of the little...

We're over in Hudson, not too far from Lutz!

Thanks for the assurance, I thought all was alright but just wanted to make sure- especailly since she is the only one laying right now!

Pheasant Rock Pheasant Rock Rhode Island Red Pheasant Rock Rhode Island Red White and Pheasant Rocks Ages, approximately 21-22 weeks old

I have a small flock of 5 hens= 2 Pheasant Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 1 White Rock..... we had two whites but lost one a few weeks ago, a result of a dog not desease. About a week ago one of our RIR's came down with what appeared to be vent gleet, discharge from her vent that smelled...

I am going to add the two previous post to these figures here since they weren't added. With the two post above I get a total of 42,240. Now for our count We have a small flock of 5= 2- Pheasant Rocks 2- Rhode Island Reds 1- White Rock Grand total= 42,345 Keep it going and please add your...

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I'm in Centeral West Florida- Pasco County, Hudson, Florida to be exact. Currently we have a small flock of 5 chickens= 2 pheasant rocks, 2 RIR, and 1 white rock..... we had 2 whites but lost one a few weeks ago to a dog in the neighborhood! Egg laying status, only one of our five are giving...

I am actually down in Pasco County, just north of Tampa.

I know that this has been a topic of discussion on some previous post but thought that it would be good to discuss again. We have a small flock of 5 chickens= 2 phesant rocks, 2 rhode island reds, and 1 white rock..... we had two white rocks but lost one a few weeks ago to a wandering dog in...

I have been following BackYard Chickens for a few months now and decided to finally join. We have a small mixed flock- 2 Pheasant Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 1 White Rock- we had two white rocks but lost one to a neighborhood dog a few weeks ago! Only 1 of the 5 are laying so far...