I have a 9 yo hen with a cold. She has bubbles in her eyes and coughs. I gave her 1.5 cc LA200 on Monday and a second dose today. If she doesn't improve, should I start dose again? TY
Hi. My hens ages ranging g from 4 yrs to 2 yrs are not laying at all except for 1 maybe every other day. They haven't laid since August when I took the rooster away. He was mean. Any ideas?
Lost my little bantam roo yesterday to an unknown predator. Found a pile of feathers where I believe that attack happened and then some more a few yards away. My husband found what was left of him today:
Beak
Skelton
Feet
He said it was picked clean.
What could this be?
My 1 yr old black copper maran attacks my ankles and feet when I walk to the coop I have a few scratches from him. Is this aggressive or normal rooster behavior?
I know this has been discussed before but I wanted to get some reassurance from everyone....
Issue #1. I have 4 hens (almost 3 years old) and (5 hens &1roo almost 1 yr old). Haven't got one egg all winter..... :( Previous winters were somewhat mild but this one has been rough so...
a roster's behavior from birth to teenager to maturity....Please! Can't seem to find any literature about this topic.
I have a black copper maran roo that is 3 months old and this is my 1st roo among 5 pullets and 4 two year old hens....Since this is my first time, I want to know what to...
Scenario:
I have 2 coops....
I have 1 black copper maran roo and 10 hens (all different breeds)
I have 3 olandsk dwarf roos (bantams)
All but 4 were raised together... The 4 being hens
Can I put all of the males in one pen? All of the females in the other?
Would the black copper maran...
Hi! Possible eye infection of some sort on my olandsk dwark chick that is 4 weeks old. I'm going to start giving one of these orally but which one? dose suggestions?
Used Southern States last summer for guinea keets and they smelled awful.... Using SS now for my new chicks and they kinda stink too..... Used Purina 2 years ago for raising chicks and they didn't stink..... Anyone else have this issue????
I've noticed that some of my new chicks, now almost 4 weeks old, have thin breasts and I can feel the bone. Don't remember this from my last batch. They are fed medicated southern states chick feed. Any ideas?
After free-ranging for a few hours, how should a crop feel on a hen? Checked some of my girls out yesterday and my Dominique, Flo, had a crop that was neither hard or felt full... Is this normal?
A chick pipped Friday and the site oozed. I didn't touch it. Since then 3 have hatched successfully. I opened the egg of the one that oozed did not pip internally, just pipped in the middle of the egg where it oozed. What could have caused its death. Please help me figure out what might...