First found her 5/15 with extreme difficultly breathing. We isolated her and treated for gapeworm. Apparently it was NOT gapeworm. Extension office says more likely a respiratory issue like mycoplasmosis (MS or MG), possible even something odd like a mold or Aspergillosis issue. The video...
We live in Hendersonville, NC USA. I am posting two videos. The one titled "hen did just this for 4 days" is basically how we found her. She did this for four days. The next day after the 1st Levamisole treatment she was acting normal, eating and drinking. No labored breathing. Nothing odd...
From everything I read, my hen has gapeworm. Symptoms first seen 5/15. Every breath was difficult for her. She would raise her neck, open her mouth, breathe then lower her neck to start the process over and over again. There was a gurgling sound when she took a breath. She was not eating or...
I bought too much feed for the summer so I've got a bag of feed that was sitting around for a while with moths in it. My husband says, "no problem, the chickens will love it"!! I'm no so sure....should it be thrown out??
Butchered Plymouth Rocks at 16 weeks old (boys). The white meat was delicious. Dark meat was tough/chewy. They lived free range lives and were fed organic feed with lots of kitchen scraps. So far dark meat prepared three ways: 1) in slow cooker for 8 hours --chicken cacciatore 2) whole...
I have a similar issue. Butchered Plymouth Rocks at 16 weeks old (boys). The white meat was delicious. Dark meat was tough/chewy/mildly gamey. They lived free range lives and were feed organic feed with lots of kitchen scraps. So far dark meat prepared three ways: 1) in slow cooker for 8...
First time raising chickens and the little cutties are going on their tenth day.
My husband is designing a chicken tractor (and building it sometime soon if he ever wants to eat again). He tells me the tractors don't have floors in them. Is that true or is he trying to get out of some work? I...
I want to thank everyone for the great advice and for welcoming me to the group. I ordered the chicks! The plan is to keep them in the house until I can't stand it, then move them to the garage, then the coop.
Thanks again,
Becca
Is it too late in the season to raise chicks (we are in Maryland)? The plan is to keep 18 chicks in our house (with heat lamps of course) until 5 weeks old then move them into the coop providing heat as necessary?? Or should we just wait until Spring. We are excited about getting started and...