Recent content by Atarii

Okay, I will give her calcium and vitamin D. Amoxicillin helped my other hen recover so I will give it to the leghorn as well. Poor thing, she's the sweetest hen with so much personality, I feel so bad she lays such big eggs and she's such a little thing. I will also check the mill date on my...

I bought them from meyer hatchery. They have all been healthy (until now) and have good temperaments.

Thank you for the replies. They also have plain water available at all times, I add the supplements to the smaller 1 gallon waterer. They have free choice grit and oyster shell and egg shell. Both hens were lethargic and sitting down most of the time. They are eating and drinking, just look...

Hi all, I have a small flock of 14 hens and 1 rooster. They are all coming 2 years old this spring. They live in a large run (15x40) and free range about an hour in the evening when I can watch them. (We have so many predators). One of my hens, a green queen, had egg yolk peritonitis 2 weeks...

Yay!!!

I got the schreiners at a Saddlery but feed stores carry it too. Tractor supply probably carries it. Good luck and keep us posted!

My friend has a hen that was almost killed by a fox. She had bad lacerations and a broken wing. By the time I saw it, it was an oozy smelly disgusting mess. I cut off alot of feathers, cleaned it with betadine, sprayed everything with Schreiners herbal solution and taped her wing to her body...

I just went through this with 5 chickens that I "rescued". They were living in poor conditions and the guy gave them to me. I didn't know any better... The first four had mild respiratory symptoms. Occasional sneezing, occasional bubbly eyes. The fifth one was a rooster that was left behind and...

This is Ralphie, a 4 month old mutt. Pretending to be a Turkey.

Is this one? I'm trying to figure out what it is...