Rudy is 7 months old. He has begun to eat his poop all the time. He gets fresh food, corn and water everyday. He plays outside in a pen with his sister during the day. At night he comes in and is in his own cage. Why does he eat his poop and how do we stop him from doing so.
PeeWee looked a lil lethargig last night so i brought her in. She ate, drank etc. This morning she is gasping for air, can not stand up, eyes closed tight, very labored breath.
She is 1 1/2 yrs old
Never sick
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Hi-I hope someone can help me-Not sure if I am posting this in the right area- My hen Emma is about 1 1/2 yrs old. She is very healthy, active, clear eyes, no coughing, sneezing etc.
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Her problems are:
She used to lay "normal" eggs- Large...
HELP-Some of my chickens have come down with Fowl Pox do i need to remove them from the flock? I have 2 Hens, 6 Pullets , 1 Rooster and 2 cockerels. The youngest is 5 months old.
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I have a blind Cockeral named Fry Pan. He will be 6 months old on June 3rd. He just loves the ladies , and they love him too. He drops the wing and does what I call the "Dirty Dance". He then calls the ladies over and they automatically drop and squat for him. He can not see...
I have a very ill Rooster and I need to put him down. Here are my questions.
1. Will anti freeze do the deed?
2. If I were to give him a 20 milligram Oxycontin will that do it?
3. I am not able to be-head him
4. I can not wring his neck
5. I can not shoot him, use carbon monoxide...
My eldest hen named Miss Carrie hatched a batch of 5 eggs today. The peeps are doing great, it is Mom I am concerned about. She is very stoic and when she sets she never leaves the nest unless we take her off. We always have to hand water and feed her. We verified she never gets off by...
was advised to use Sulmet for Cocci- I located some at TSC for $17.95 4oz. The guy told me the package sd for SWINE only. Is there a different Sulmet just for chickens?
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I am desperate for help. I have a 12 week old pullet who has been pooping almost watery poo. In the past few days we noticed blood on the end of the poop. Now she is passing all blood-I pulled apart the poo & there is blood through & through. Now the watery poo is very bright...
I read somewhere here on line that someone used a hugh satellite dish on their run or coop and I can not find it. I have tried all vaieties of the search function and have been unsucessful. Can you or anyone else help? My husband wants to see the photos the guy posted b4 he throws out a dish...
Hello-What a beautiful day it is here in sunny Jacksonville Florida.
I thought I read somewhere on here it is good to give your chicks vitamins. If memory serves me it was polyvisol. Is is ok to use Polyvisol with Iron. Also why would I give the chick vitamins? Sorry for all the questions...
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I went to visit my black silkie today-I had to rehome 3 males. Anyway when I left I came home with 2 new babies.
Hattie is about 3 months old and Emma is about 2 weeks old. I have no idea what they are and they will mix in well as all my chickens are mixes. Any idea what they...
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I have a 4 week old chick that has been doing great. When I got home from work today I noticed it was off balance when it walked and when it did walk it moved a few steps then sat down.
I picked it up, no signs of a cut or injury, no broken bones, it does not scream when I...