Does this hen look normal?

[CKfarm22]

I have a normal coop for the chickens, where the originals stay in. Then, I have a small prefab coop I used to have, before I donated it to house some quail (I cleaned it before allowjng quail in it). Thats what I always used. I place it really far away from the normal coop. I am now looking for another way of quarantine, although I do have a snake enclosure that is predator proof as well. I have used that for several sick chickens in the past. Dog crates are only good for chicks. Because chicks stay in a brooder for 6 weeks, I watch them for odd behavior and diseases. For chicks I raise, I dont deworm them yet, because they stay in the brooder most of the time. I just provide them medicated feed and electrolytes. I often dont purchase adult hens.

Ah okay thank you

 

[cherrynberry]

Ah okay thank you

Just make sure they arent close enough to soread diseases. Some diseases dont show symptoms unless in stress which makes them harder to spot.

 

[CKfarm22]

Just make sure they arent close enough to soread diseases. Some diseases dont show symptoms unless in stress which makes them harder to spot.

I think i’m going to end up putting her in a pen that’s big enough for her in the garage

 

[cherrynberry]

I think i’m going to end up putting her in a pen that’s big enough for her in the garage

Thats okay too. just make sure to wash your hands and change your clothes after handling or feeding her. Precautions are worth it. Some diseases cause chickens to be carriers for life and can survive in a place for a lond time after that as well.

 

[CKfarm22]

Thats okay too. just make sure to wash your hands and change your clothes after handling or feeding her. Precautions are worth it. Some diseases cause chickens to be carriers for life and can survive in a place for a lond time after that as well.

In your opinion would it be worth it to just get older chicks and kind of start from scratch?

 

[cherrynberry]

In your opinion would it be worth it to just get older chicks and kind of start from scratch?

Yeah, like 1-3 week olds. Get a sexlinked or autosexing breed to not end up with very many or no males.

 

[CKfarm22]

Yeah, like 1-3 week olds. Get a sexlinked or autosexing breed to not end up with very many or no males.

After all this, that’s what i’m thinking too so my hens now don’t get any disease i do not know about. What age do you start the deworming?

 

[cherrynberry]

After all this, that’s what i’m thinking too so my hens now don’t get any disease i do not know about. What age do you start the deworming?

I deworm yearly, so when chicks turn one years old, they start to get dewormings. Mainly because I deworm to adult weight.

 

[CKfarm22]

I deworm yearly, so when chicks turn one years old, they start to get dewormings. Mainly because I deworm to adult weight.

I should definitely try to weigh them before deworming so i know how much to give them?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

This is what she looks like

They both look like olive eggers. I can't see the other one very well, could you get pictures of the other one? CLBs should have silver hackles. However not uncommon for hatchery lines and even some breeder lines to end up with gold. Could you get photos?