Our farm/hardware store doesn't carry any meds where I am. I drove an hour to a larger town that has a well-stocked farming supply store and purchased some Duramycin-10. I hope that is a broad enough antiobiotic to treat the infection although it is mainly for respiratory infections. I will try...
Hmmmm... Are Copper Marans predisposed to hypertension? I'm certainly not a doctor (human or otherwise). But broilers are big meaty birds so maybe BCMs tend to have issues similar to broilers/roasters. The lady I got the two BCMs from takes really good care of her birds and knows LOTS about...
Thanks for your replies. Her last egg was yesterday. She continues to lay regularly...an egg every 48 hours. She has been consistently laying this way since I got her in July this summer and adjusted to her new home.
Yep, Happy Chooks, that's what her rear looks like. However, she's not red or...
I bough a gorgeous Copper Maran hen this summer. She is about a year and a half old hen laying big brown speckled eggs. The egg is always the same size, color, and texture and it appears every 48 hours like clockwork.
I noticed 4 days ago that the area below her vent is swollen, firm, and...