Recent content by ChickenLord33

I was super anxious and worried last summer during their brooder period but everyone survived just fine! What we did is similar to what you are doing, we put a frozen 1 gallon water container wrapped in a towel inside the brooder on one of the sides. This allowed the chicks to go near it if...

That's great to hear, thanks... and a mohawk would suit her well 🤣

Here are some pics after we cleaned it. It was hard to get a good photo... There is a flap of scalp towards the back of the gash that kept folding back when she'd shake her head that I had to flap back over. You can kinda see the depth in the first two pics when she leans forward but in person...

Thank you, I made a saline solution with 2 cups boiled distilled water and 1 tsp non-iodized salt that I'm cooling down now to put into a syringe to rinse it out better. As for the spray I used vetericyn wound spray. I just want to make sure it gets cleaned out enough and I think spraying it...

Our Blue Cochin got beat up by one of our Ameraucanas today and it's the worst injury I've seen on a bullied chicken. The top of her head looks split open, about an inch in width and it looks like it's deep down to her skull! Not just a bloodied pecking but a deep split on the top of her head...

Thank you, I think you may be right although I do not know the health implications of any of those conditions.

OK guys... This one is funny. Ive been calling him a "he" for 2 years and "his" name is Roo. Now I think maybe it's a hen who just feathered differently and acts differently 😂 I can't say for sure if she's laid an egg before or not. Reasons why I thought he was a he: 1) Head feathers: they are...

Poor girls, I definitely can relate. I feel so bad for our big girls out in the barn. It's gotta be up to 110F sometimes out there, nearly all day for the last 60 days (at least over 100). Here is what I do to keep them cool: -Fresh tray of water every morning for them to wade in (18" tray...

Thank you for your reply! I put a thermostat on their brooder light so I dont have to monitor them every night and so I dont have to worry about it getting too cold at night or too hot in the morning. Appreciate your input!

We live in Texas and it's been over 100F towards 106F+ for over a month. We just got some new baby chicks in and I have been keeping them at 95F with a heat lamp for certain hours of the night but during the day the lamp is off because it's nearly 100F in their brooder. Is this going to be a...

I couldn't figure it out. I kept feeding her water with an oral syringe every day and sometimes she would drink on her own if I'd promote her to drink out of a shallow dish. She would snack on meal worms and some corn from her scratch every once in awhile, but every day she would eat and drink...

Thank you for the tips. I was just able to get her to eat about 15 meal worms. I still can't get her to drink water though. I'm going to go get a water dropper to try to drop it into her mouth! She is about 2 years old. No other illness in the flock. No new introductions to the flock either...

Hi all. The other night when I went to close up the chickens, one hen was sprawled out on the ground instead of on the roost and I thought she was dead. To my surprise when I touched her she was still alive and would stand up on her own after I picked her up. No blood or physical damage. I...

I'm almost certain it's internal laying...I dont know what else it could be. I'm praying she will be ok but I don't know what I can do to help her.

Thank you for the resource and info. I was hoping that since she just laid an egg today and because it's been going on for a couple weeks that it wouldn't be possible that there was egg binding? What do you think? Maybe she is laying internally. A couple weeks before this happened I found an...