Our chicks became around 3 months old and are healthy but one chick has a lump on its left wing and is a great concern for us. If you have any knowledge regarding this lump please let us know..
So I have a 3 year old indoor splash cochin and she is my absolute baby:love. I always try my best to make sure she is staying as healthy as possible but theres no limits to improvement. So I was wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions for better food than the one I’m using for her now...
Howdy! This is my first year showing chickens. I am very excited and nervous! I wanted to join this forum to get ideas, tricks, and tips to help raises my chickens. Does anyone have any raising suggestions? Thank you!!!!
We had a lot of rain new years eve. It caused our wiring to short out when it got wet and it burned the coop down. We were able to get a new one built and get the survivors moved but all our birds have some burns. The reason we had lamps was because we ended up with too many roosters in a coop...
Molting? I am such a newcomer and all this is so new to me. We have 5 chickens, 2 Easter Eggers, 1 Rhode Island Red and 2 Ideal whites. The silver Easter Egger started laying at 18 weeks and now our last - the Rhode Island Red laid her first egg at about 26 weeks. The silver easter egger...
Woke up this morning to let the chickens out and everyone woke up & was acting normal as always and then I went back to bed for about 3 hours to notice my 2 year old ee hen [a month from 3] laying dead in the run. Overall she was healthy, wasn't over weight, never had any worms or anything, no...
I have an almost 3 year old buff orpington hen who's left eye has all of a sudden changed. She acts normal, looks overall healthy but I'm not sure why it has changed. The pupil is slightly irregular shaped while the eye is a lighter color. The other eye is completely normal. She's lived with the...
What are the must needs for keeping long living healthy pet chickens (15+ years of age) besides a secure cage? Are there any medicines they should have on a regular bases besides just food and water?
I've got a flock of 10. 9 of them came with me when I moved to city limits from an apple farm. On the farm they free ranged most days and grazed on grass all day long. Now that they are a backyard flock, grazing is very limited. I'm trying to get more greens into their diet but they're so...
Hi all,
I was wondering what you gave your chickens for breakfast today of some other day. Yesterday I gave them there own chicken food, chopped up celery leaves, and breadcrumbs. Is that the kind of thing I should be giving them? I want to make sure they eat healthy and don't get fat. If you...
Oregano oil can prevent / gaurd:
Avian influenza
Avian bronchitis (t.b)
Respiratory Illness / CRD
Salmonella
E.coli
Internal parasites
Everyone dream to have a healthy strong flock that fall sick rarely & have good quality of eggs.
Chicken fall sick very quickly if their immune system is weak...
I have a Golden sex link that typically has a bright red comb. Lately her comb has turned orange (pale) and she is sluggish. I often find her laying down in the middle of the yard with her eyes closed. My wife and I are going to isolate her to check her poo, food consumption and if she is laying...