quarantine

  1. Sunshine Flock

    Do you always quarantine sick chickens?

    When I quarantined a pullet who was exhibiting respiratory issues with open mouth breathing and diminished energy, she became very distressed and emotional. A few hours later she briefly escaped and immediately flew back to her flock and did her best to forage. But from everything I had read...
  2. Squeak61

    Quarantine?

    Hello fellow chicken lovers. Today, I received a email from a friend of mine. There are two chickens that need homes near me. I’ve decided to take them in. However, how in the world do you go about quarantining birds when the weather is below freezing? It’s already cold here in CT. I also have...
  3. hcdiffner

    Have two hens with one eye missing, looks nasty. What disease?

    So a few days ago I noticed all of a sudden that my Welsummer, about eight months old, had one eye dug out or something. It was covered in mud, blood, swelling, and no eye was visible (it might still have been there, but it would have been buried under dirt and blood). She showed no signs of...
  4. Contolini6

    Quarantine MISTAKE!!! Advice needed.

    We just acquired two new birds yesterday. Being the silly novice chicken owners that we are, we were not at all prepared to quarantine them properly. Our current "flock" consists of one chicken and three ducks. (We had another chicken that died of illness unspecified last week.) When we got the...
  5. scalci

    Quarantine advice!

    Hello, I currently have 3 older hens (range in age 4-6.5)and I will be adopting 2 10month old hens. I have never quarantined before and never had a problem, but I know I got very lucky and I don't want to chance it again. I now have a coop that can house 6 with a 2 part run that can be...
    • scalci
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    • adding chickens coop and run new additions to flock quarantine
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. E

    Keeping new hen happy during quarantine

    Last week I brought home a new hen, a beautiful 8-month old black Ameraucana who has already laid two lovely minty blue eggs for me. I understand it's difficult to introduce just one bird but my ordinance only allows me one more chicken, so I did lots of research on how to do it and got one...
  7. FirstTimeClucky

    Quarantine and Introductions

    I have a pair of young Silkies, they're about 4 months old. Today someone gave me a 2 year old bantam cochin hen because she's not laying as much anymore. I know it's a good idea to quarantine any new animal or bird, so I put the cochin in her own cage in a separate room from the Silkies. How...
  8. Julias Tower

    Julias Tower

    Julia is our black bantam Cochin Frizzle hen. She is a sassy 18 month old with an attitude. We named her for Julia Child. Ever since March she has been losing feathers - first on her head then on her wings now on her breast. I have checked her for lice and mites but found none - I treated the...
    • Brookliner
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    • brooder broody coop quarantine sick bay small
    • Category: Small Coops
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