California - Northern

[ThePaganJew]

I was wondering if I could get some advice. I was checking up on my Cream Legbar chicks and I noticed what looked like a snot bubble on my white girl's beak. What would cause this? I was thinking maybe it was sensitivity to the dust in their current bedding. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[ronott1]

I was wondering if I could get some advice. I was checking up on my Cream Legbar chicks and I noticed what looked like a snot bubble on my white girl's beak. What would cause this? I was thinking maybe it was sensitivity to the dust in their current bedding. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Any other symptoms?

Ammonia from the poo can cause irritation so good ventilation and clean up. Pine shavings and not cedar for bedding too.

If she has other symptoms, separate her to protect the others and start treatment. Denegard has been recommended for respiratory illnesses.

Others have treated for things like this recently so they will hopefully share soon.

 

[ThePaganJew]

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No other symptoms that I can see and I've been watching carefully. I'll just switch to a lower dust bedding, get them into an area with better ventilation, and will clean more frequently for a bit. Thanks for your help!

 

[ronott1]

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No other symptoms that I can see and I've been watching carefully. I'll just switch to a lower dust bedding, get them into an area with better ventilation, and will clean more frequently for a bit. Thanks for your help!

I hope that takes care of it!

Cream Legbars lays such pretty eggs....

 

[Nikon]

Hmmm, I just sold 5 hens to someone from Nevada Co and they included a GLW & EE. Did they also buy chicks & hatching eggs?

No chicks or eggs. I believe she got them from someone she knew who was moving or something and couldn't take her flock with her, so she gave them to my friend who added the girls to her 4-5 hens and her Roo.

I'm looking for an EE or GLW...

 

[Nikon]

I have a question for all the NorCal folks (being that we all have the same predators and relatively speaking). The Hubs and I just finished our coop

and there has been some dispute with those who will not be named (no, not the Hubs, he's awesome <3 ) that there needs to be a roof of sorts over the chicken run. Here's where the coop lives for visual reference:





It's inside a fenced garden (the bottom of the fence has pressure treated 4x6 posts at the base, square wire in the middle and barbed wire at the top. Then inside that is the chicken run made from a dog kennel/run. We are thinking about digging down and burying some wire at the base but not sure if it's overkill or a necessity? Then inside that is the coop itself. We live on five acres next to a five acre lake. We have an occasional bear but never see them, Puma (mountain lion) but don't actually see them often, raccoons, fox and coyotes. There is a resident German Shepherd that keeps most of those at bay. Honestly the peskiest critter are the deer.

So to finally get to my question, said person wants to put a "lid" over the chicken run and fully encase it, probably to protect against birds of prey and extra raccoon protection? Do we need to go that far? And if so, what's the best way to put a roof over this thing? It's gonna have to be tall because the Hubs is 6' 8".

Thanks for any input!

 

[lizanne]

I'm so excited for my first hatch. I started the eggs Monday 3/11, so hopefully we'll see chicks right around Easter. The lady the eggs came from said she had Rhode Island Reds, and Amerucana's (maybe EE's?). Does that mean the chicks could possibly be RIR's , Amerucana's, or EE's ?

 

[tommysgirl]

I'm so excited for my first hatch. I started the eggs Monday 3/11, so hopefully we'll see chicks right around Easter. The lady the eggs came from said she had Rhode Island Reds, and Amerucana's (maybe EE's?). Does that mean the chicks could possibly be RIR's , Amerucana's, or EE's ?

How exciting! I hope it all goes really well for you. Did the woman you bought your eggs from say she had roosters of each variety and that they were set up in breeding pens? I am doing my first hatch using shipped eggs too and the sellers were very clear. One has hers in breeding pens so they are going to be purebred. The other gal has one roo who is the same breed as one of her hens but she also has a variety of other hens and the roo has access to them too What I found when I was searching for eggs to buy is that if the seller is selling pure bred eggs then they are usually really clear so if yours wasn't, maybe you are going to get a mixture, depending on her roo/roos.

 

[debs_flock]

I have a question for all the NorCal folks (being that we all have the same predators and relatively speaking). The Hubs and I just finished our coop

and there has been some dispute with those who will not be named (no, not the Hubs, he's awesome <3 ) that there needs to be a roof of sorts over the chicken run. Here's where the coop lives for visual reference:





It's inside a fenced garden (the bottom of the fence has pressure treated 4x6 posts at the base, square wire in the middle and barbed wire at the top. Then inside that is the chicken run made from a dog kennel/run. We are thinking about digging down and burying some wire at the base but not sure if it's overkill or a necessity? Then inside that is the coop itself. We live on five acres next to a five acre lake. We have an occasional bear but never see them, Puma (mountain lion) but don't actually see them often, raccoons, fox and coyotes. There is a resident German Shepherd that keeps most of those at bay. Honestly the peskiest critter are the deer.

So to finally get to my question, said person wants to put a "lid" over the chicken run and fully encase it, probably to protect against birds of prey and extra raccoon protection? Do we need to go that far? And if so, what's the best way to put a roof over this thing? It's gonna have to be tall because the Hubs is 6' 8".

Thanks for any input!

All of my runs are fully encased in wire (sides, roofs and underground). You will be subject to racoon, hawk, opossum & skunk attacks. They can be brutal! Given the chance, birds will be pulled through the wire and eaten small pieces at a time

If your girls are going to be locked up in the coop at night, it will prevent all the nighttime raiders. You'll just need at least netting of some sort to prevent hawk attack.

And sorry, those two were the only GLW & EE I had.......... I do still have a few HQ hens I want to move out (BR, RIR, SS, BO, LBLeghorn & cuckoo Marans). I'm getting 4-5 dozen eggs per day, I think we can subsist on eggs from the show birds, LOL.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: X2!

This is great advice!