I decided to come back to here and give y'all an update. I ended up losing 3 hens out of 14. The first hen to get sick is actually still alive. She's a fighter to her last breath. We're not out of the woods with her. She's weak and I'm having to hand feed and water her. She no longer opens...
I bought a 3-in 1 one, not Purina One. She and the others had no respiratory issues.
The chicks were from a local feed store, then lived 2 months or so in the house before I let them go live in a section of the big hen run (they had their own space). I just lost the 3rd one when I came home...
Ok, I got the vitamins and probiotics powder. It's too late for this latest victim. Came home to her dead. There is a lab not too far from me. (1 hr) and $50. Thanks. I hadn't thought of it.
Hello. The past 2 wks, I've had 4 hens get sick with something (mystery). The first hen has survived and making a come back. Hens 2 & 3 died last week. I thought we were in the clear, but yesterday, I sense something was off with a 4th hen. Today, she's barely existing.
Here's what I've...
Yes, you understand HEAT! We're definitely considering having to add an extra window for air flow. We have left space for it, just in case (and likely). How exciting to be adding turkeys. My close friend has turkeys. Speaking of broody coop, we do keep dog crates around just for that...
Thank you. We thought the first one was had maybe died from old age. She was a "dump" that I had taken in a few months earlier. I didn't know her history. But then, when I saw my favorite, Lavender Orpington, was showing signs, we immediately began treating her & the flock. I had fed and...