broken feathers vs .. in other words does molting take out the whole feather area like the "shaft" or base of it??? bare skin versus the shaft left... LUNG problems, too?
could it also cause younger girls( 7 month old) to not have such a Bright red comb?? wheezing in the other 1 1/2 old hen (esp when she gets excited)
MY 1 1/2 yr. old Baby GIRL (not an egg layer)is is acting strange.. again,
Hubby wormed them again with )Valzaban)and gave Baby Girl a dose of that expensive stuff, VERAFLOX, got, I mean Bought from the vet several months ago.
She is hanging by herself mostly seems a bit hoarse.... Lays down on the bare ground under the shed....laying on her side. not much energy.. she eats okay...
I looked at her on the roost last nite.... she sure has lots of feathers gone.. Besides from ROOs wild mating.... Her bottom seemed more pink and no feathers.... she wheezes some. she has lost weight, she not as sprightly. Hubby said she looks aged.......
PREV in that same coop and run my first real flock (2yr old chickens) some developed( I found out later what it was) SCALEY leg mites......
those chickens I gave later away... when I got Chicks....
I have two coops and smaller runs with a common Giant yard....
since we had so much rain this past spring and early summer they could NOT just feather dust in their giant yard....
so thats why I started using large plastic Bins or "sled"s to hold stuff for them to feather dust...
I stopped using wood ASH in their large plastic bin(under a big storage shed) when I noticed two of the older hens kind of wheezing.. esp when she gets excited...
then changed to peat moss noticed that was very fine too...
so switched now to sand from a gravel pit... after reading "chick-chicken web site)
Their fav spot esp during summer.....being in that big of area under the BIG storage shed. It concerns me. It is an Area ( that Hubby blocked off for the Chickens) is like 16 feet wide 4 feet tall (can get under there myself to get out the poo on the bare ground).. Under shed area, it has lattice and window screen stapled,on the lattice . It a big area also about 6 feet deep with that area hdwe cloth from rest of the downhill part of the shed
also they were using an aluminum truck topper raised up about 3 feet off ground to feather dustin plus also severed as a shelter too
After hearing couple of them wheezing....and reading about a lady on here, with hens dying from a formof lung problems from fine DE dust..........
My worry meter went OFF.....
then I remembered a guy, VAcUUM cleaner repair store owner,,,telling me to never vacuum up fireplace ash with a reg vacuum cleaner.. That it would clog the motor.....
THAT GOT ME worried.....BIG TIME since our Lungs and theirs are FILTERS...
so bbeen reading long time on here.... Just reently cleaned their coop with Concentrated simple Green put in new horse stall nuggets(?) instead of wood chips or shavings.....
unfortunately their coop is almost on the ground not raised.... with a pine wooden floor and old wood 6 ft tall fence boards for walls...covered outside with vinyl siding..... Roof with AN ALUMINUM truck topper for a roof.. Which is great cause it ,the coop ,is
so natural lighted...
I know this is long post but I am trying to explain .
. thanks all
could it also cause younger girls( 7 month old) to not have such a Bright red comb?? wheezing in the other 1 1/2 old hen (esp when she gets excited)
MY 1 1/2 yr. old Baby GIRL (not an egg layer)is is acting strange.. again,
Hubby wormed them again with )Valzaban)and gave Baby Girl a dose of that expensive stuff, VERAFLOX, got, I mean Bought from the vet several months ago.
She is hanging by herself mostly seems a bit hoarse.... Lays down on the bare ground under the shed....laying on her side. not much energy.. she eats okay...
I looked at her on the roost last nite.... she sure has lots of feathers gone.. Besides from ROOs wild mating.... Her bottom seemed more pink and no feathers.... she wheezes some. she has lost weight, she not as sprightly. Hubby said she looks aged.......
PREV in that same coop and run my first real flock (2yr old chickens) some developed( I found out later what it was) SCALEY leg mites......
those chickens I gave later away... when I got Chicks....
I have two coops and smaller runs with a common Giant yard....
since we had so much rain this past spring and early summer they could NOT just feather dust in their giant yard....
so thats why I started using large plastic Bins or "sled"s to hold stuff for them to feather dust...
I stopped using wood ASH in their large plastic bin(under a big storage shed) when I noticed two of the older hens kind of wheezing.. esp when she gets excited...
then changed to peat moss noticed that was very fine too...
so switched now to sand from a gravel pit... after reading "chick-chicken web site)
Their fav spot esp during summer.....being in that big of area under the BIG storage shed. It concerns me. It is an Area ( that Hubby blocked off for the Chickens) is like 16 feet wide 4 feet tall (can get under there myself to get out the poo on the bare ground).. Under shed area, it has lattice and window screen stapled,on the lattice . It a big area also about 6 feet deep with that area hdwe cloth from rest of the downhill part of the shed
also they were using an aluminum truck topper raised up about 3 feet off ground to feather dustin plus also severed as a shelter too
After hearing couple of them wheezing....and reading about a lady on here, with hens dying from a formof lung problems from fine DE dust..........
My worry meter went OFF.....
then I remembered a guy, VAcUUM cleaner repair store owner,,,telling me to never vacuum up fireplace ash with a reg vacuum cleaner.. That it would clog the motor.....
THAT GOT ME worried.....BIG TIME since our Lungs and theirs are FILTERS...
so bbeen reading long time on here.... Just reently cleaned their coop with Concentrated simple Green put in new horse stall nuggets(?) instead of wood chips or shavings.....
unfortunately their coop is almost on the ground not raised.... with a pine wooden floor and old wood 6 ft tall fence boards for walls...covered outside with vinyl siding..... Roof with AN ALUMINUM truck topper for a roof.. Which is great cause it ,the coop ,is
so natural lighted...
I know this is long post but I am trying to explain .
. thanks all