i have a 156 chickens 84 of them are adults about 90 for these have been bought from hatcheries and have been vacinated for marks.
The rest have been hatched out from from our broodies should i vaccinated for any thing other then Marks? which they have been vacinated , except the one born on...
i have bathe some of my broodies when they have a broody poo butt .
but have found out that one should use very warm water (not to Hot )when doing this and blow dry . this will contiune her on the broody mood otherwise she might stop brooding if you use a cool bath
just borrowed my friends hoavo bator 1588 he said just add water and let it go but i being the OCD person that i am is worryied about the hummity being 76 the temp is runnig steady at 98.6 and 98.7 which i think is good just i am freaking out is their to much hummity in their just set them...
looks like a yellow dried booger
could it be vent gleet?if so how could i treat it. no eggs are broken and the pine shaving are replaced very 2 weeks. in the nesting boxes
it kind of smell like road kill, but she seems fine runnig around taking dust...
i have a beauitful hen that seem healthy except that she has a smell near her vent area when i looked closer i notice that the corners had a little tearing and that the corners had a yellow crusty stuff on them. i moved her into a pen by herself and for 5 days i kept her rear clean and treated...
i got him in a batch of splash marans eggs i ordered. as for temperment he is great a little hard on ladies(a lover not a fighter).i have his other two hatch mate roos and pullets. that why i been a little confused in getting rid of him cold he have some wheaten maren in him?he is about 8lbs...
i am in the process of raising my own chicks from my flock for egg and meat.i sell alot of eggs and my customer list is expanding . things are going great and my broody hens are keeping me very buzy i just want to keep everyone healthy and would like to vaccinate my own birds has any done this...
she might just be cold even though it is warm she might need a little comfort heat after the move ,have you add vitiaman in the water. she might need a little food moisted up ith some vitiamans in it to comfort her. sounds strange but i have had to do this and it works. what ever you do good...
so sorry to hear of your loss .
i am not chicken wishper but here is a few thing to look into frist if you have a heat lamp was it a clear one if so i would go to a red one ASAP! this will calm them down . then i am sure they had plently of feed an water, they get board so i would get a flock...