ok so about a month ago I noticed 2 chickens were getting bald spots on their backs. I had a roo at the time and I assumed he was being hard on the girls so I culled him. Well it turns out that he was not the problem. I observed one of my girls eating feathers right off the other girl's backs...
So I have been keeping the feeder inside the coop but i noticed that they don't eat much so i put it outside. I am worried that if I keep it outside it will get wet. Can the food be wet? Do you keep one outside and one inside? Help please.
true Dawg53 I will cull them and prevent the spread. The lady was claiming to be selling them for 4H and I will be contacting the local 4H people and reporting her. I have connections in the 4H so I will be getting to the bottom of this. It is just a shame that people can be so careless...
well I am calling the lady who gave them to me and she can give me my money back and cull them her self! Thank you for the helpful info. I am so glad I didn't expose my original flock because I just love those girls. Hey I have another question this one is about my original girls. Some of...
So I have 5 Original birds that are 12 weeks old. 2 weeks ago I bought 2 birds from a lady brought them home and realized they were sick(nasal and drainage sneezing). I called the lady and she gave me 2 different birds plus one for free. I was weary so I treated them with tetracycline treated...
Be careful my colorado friends I bought 2 buff orps from a lady on CL claiming to have 4H raised birds and she sold me sick birds. I called to complain and she was nice and she did give me 2 new birds and one free one. I am treating them with tetracycline water for a week and I am going to keep...
so I called the seller and told her what was going on and she brought me 2 different Buff Orps and she gave me a austra lorp for free. I went and got the tetracycline and mixed it up and I will treat the 3 of them for a week just in case. I did not expose my original flock so I will be keeping...
So today I picked up 2 buff orpington pullets about 8-9weeks old and one had a bit of dried drainage from her nose the person I got her from said it was poop. When I got her home she sounds a bit raspy I am worried. I am going to keep these birds from my main flock. Any suggestions on what to...
Well if she is a he I have another one that looks just like it which means I have 3roos and 2 hens not good odds. The wyndottes will have to go because they are aggressive.
This is one of my 12week golden laced wyndottes is this a hen or a roo? both my GLW are bossy with my other chickens and they don't like to be handled. Oh and at what age do roos start to crow?