We have had similar problems. Treated them with Duramycin then sulfa, both in the water. Duramycin did not work so hot. It kept coming back after we stopped treatment for two weeks. Then we switched to sulfa and that seemed to do the trick so far. The only problem is that we can't eat the...
I found some clip on, red flashing led lights at the Amish store for $3. They are the kind you can put on a bicycle or a buggy. They run on 2 AA battieries. I have not had any problems with night predators. I got them all over the yard and use rechargeables. It is alot cheaper then nite...
I found some clip on, red flashing led lights at the Amish store for $3. They are the kind you can put on a bicycle or a buggy. They run on 2 AA battieries. I have not had any problems with night predators. I got them all over the yard and use rechargeables. It is alot cheaper then nite guard.
We had a golden seabright rooster and he was really agressive, especially toward children. He also disrupted the rest of the flock(full sized birds) so we gave him away. Some friends of ours had both seabright hens and roosters. They terrorized all their full sized hens and roosters, even RIR...
Here is a poo chart for your reference.
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
We had a hawk attack that killed a RIR roo. Our chickens stopped laying for a few days and then slowly they started to pick up again.
We also have some sick araucanas with similar symptoms. we took a warm wash cloth and gently wiped their eyes until they opened up.
this may sound strange, but We aren't using antibiotics. We dissolved 7 Shaklee garlic pills in a 1/4 cup of water and are shooting about 3 to 4 eye dropper...
We have a chicken tractor/ mobile coop. We were letting them free range out of it when we were home, but a hawk killed our RIR roo two weeks ago. We keep them inside the tractor which is coop on top with a ramp that leads down to the grazing area underneath which is surrounded by fence top and...
We had the same problem. We called the vet, he sold us Sulfa. We mix it 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. Birds are getting better. Have to do it for 10 days. Same symptoms. Don't eat eggs until 4 days after treatments stop. good luck
We have the same problem. Introducing young araucana with older birds. We installed a chicken fence divider in the coop so they are all together but they cannot peck the smaller because of the fence between them. After the araucana gets bigger, she should be able to be integrated with the...
It may be a good idea to get a trail camera for your coop so you can see what is happening. They are relatively cheap now. For a .22, I would recommend a ruger 10/22.
A Marlin .17 HMR with a sweet 17 scope may be more to your liking though. It will shoot flatter, faster and are extremely...
Their preferences seem to change from time to time. For instance, spring and early summer they were into red clover in the yard. Then they were more into dandelions leaves and ants, later it was tomatoes and zucchini. Anything to keep from buying feed all the time. We use organic feed that is...
Welp hatchery has production reds, rhode island reds, and Dark rhode island reds which is what some of the pics in this thread looked like to me. THey also have New Hampshire reds.