Recent content by ChickenMaman

Unfortunately, I don’t have the ability at the moment to create the safe space in my run. Yours looks amazing. I would like to create a space like this in the future… I might do it as an addition to the coop. In the short term I can keep the crate, which is a 3‘ x 2‘ dog kennel that’s about 3...

She cannot use it at this point - it’s just hovering by her side. She tries to hop around in the crate to move around but becomes unbalanced and has to far one wing out. She is unable to use it for gripping, so she can’t perch at the moment (not that there’s anything to perch on in her crate)...

Good morning. Two days ago I discovered that my hen sugar was limping. She has swelling on her upper leg joint. She is also not been laying properly. She’s 5 1/2 years old. In advice from this thread I gave her a warm Epsom salt bath for 30 minutes. I thoroughly dried her off and dusted her...

For the calcium citrate….could I use citric acid in water? I don’t have any calcium citrate supplements.

Ok guys. Let me break down what I’ve done. I checked sugar for mites and while I saw some poop stuck to her feathers I did not see any brown or tan mites or lice, nor any clusters of nits at the base of her feather shafts. Since it has been two days since she laid an egg 🥚 gave her a warm...

I feel it now. She has a swollen joint where her feathers start above her foot.

As far as I know, she is pooping, but she hasn’t laid eggs for two days

I have checked them and they do not have lice. I also dusted them with diatomaceous earth regularly. I never noticed any issue with her eating. In fact, she’s been jumping at the feeder and the other chickens haven’t been bullying her at all. I have not noticed any swelling in her leg just her...

Hi there. I’ve got a five-year-old hen named sugar who is limping pretty badly. I noticed she was laying in the grass with one of her wings spread out and at first I thought she was sunbathing. Then I realized that she couldn’t get up. She’s got a lot of lost feathers around her belly and she’s...

Im not sure why my reply didn’t post. Yes they do but it has almost cleared up. One of my broody hens seemed to spread it through the flock. She got the wrist of it and I didn’t realize till she was anemic. I cleaned out their coop thoroughly and dusted it with de. Every morning I’ve been...

Good afternoon, I have a covered run in Vermont that has sand and diatomaceous earth in it. Throughout the year when it rains heavily, or when it snows heavily or when the ground freezes, the run will absorb water from the Earth. Then it will dry out again and be usable. I’ve been wanting to...

Well shoot. How do I cull a keet humanely. I’m not sure I have the stomach to Break its neck

Hey. My Guinea keets are 8 days old. I have 23. I have one that I noticed on day 4 had pasty butt. Cleaned it and treated with prep H. I clean the area twice a day under gentle lukewarm water. Then I take dry the keets butt and put it back in the brooder with the others. My brooder has low light...

I have attached some photos of the coop period the birds are in the Bruder on the floor there, but in a couple weeks, they’re going to come out of that brother and go into the coop. We thought to put roosts on the ceiling about 6 feet up. I could put them slightly lower, but I’m worried the...

That’s really cool thank you. How do you clean very tall flat perches. Doesn’t poop accumulate on them? I try to clean my coops every day if I can.