I'm still around but taking care of my mom is almost a full-time job. We still have our original 5 girls. Last fall they went into a molt that seemed to last the rest of the year. We actually had to buy eggs and we let the girls know it! We got three pullets beginning of this year and now that...
Can anyone tell me if these are worm casings and if not, does anyone know what they are? One of our girls has had diarrhea for a few days and we just assumed it was because of the heat. We clean up their poop board every day and I just noticed these in their poop today. If it is worms. what do I...
@Angelita, my chicken broke her beak this past July 4th and I got a lot of helpful advice from the knowledgeable people here. My girl's beak didn't break as far back as yours did but did end up breaking off. Hopefully your girl's stays attached. I was told to keep mine in a cage (I kept her in a...
Chickie has been caged in the pen all this time, that's why I was a little surprised that Dandy acted like that. Dandy (SS) and Princess or Prinny (SLW) kind of shared the leadership role until Dandy was put in the broody breaker cage 3 times last year and so far 3 times this year. Maybe she's...
I have an updated pic of Chickie's beak but I didn't know how to update the title of the thread. Anyway, she's eating well, her weight looks better and she actually has eaten a few crumbles I've put on her mash. I have put some oyster shell on the bottom tray of her cage and she has pecked...
@RedBreasted I'm going through the same thing. At first I thought the stress of the heat and humidity was affecting them. I have 5 hens, the SLW is molting. The Welsummer and one of my EEs are just not laying, the other EE is in a cage to heal a broken beak. She's been consistently laying...
My run is covered but this is the first year since we've had chickens that the flies are really bad. Can you spray the permethrin while the chickens are in the run?
I went and bought another cage and betadine yesterday and checked her over real good before putting her in. I noticed that the piece of beak was barely hanging on so I took it all the way off. The dark spot looks like dried blood but I'm not sure. The white spots on her comb are very hard to...
Thank you, all! I only have one cage big enough and right now I'm using it as a broody breaker. I have a smaller one (used for my Chihuahua) but it's too small for Chickie. Will she be okay until I can go get another cage for her in a day or two? As for the mash if I put it out now everyone...
Today I was checking my other girls' feet for bumblefoot since I have one that I'm treating and noticed that Chickie (my husband named her Chicken) has a broken beak. It's not broken all the way off but it is separated and sticking up a little. Is there anything I can do for her? I would hate...
We have 5 hens (2 EEs, 1 Welsummer, 1 silver laced Wyandotte and a Speckled Sussex. We can get anywhere from one to four eggs a day but average 2 - 3. They are all 3 years old but one of the EEs laid eggs straight through winter year before last and hasn't given us any since.