Recent content by FoxySonia

Hi, thanks for reaching out. Sadly, I no longer have chickens since last June. It was sad parting with them, but had to sell them when told that my parents' house I've lived in for past 17+ years is being sold by my mother's guardian to help pay Medicaid back. My mom has been living in a nursing...

You might need to give them away for free. Spring of 2022 I made the mistake of letting my broody hens hatch chicks and ended up with 56 chicks, with nearly half of them being male. I live in NYC, so no one wants to buy cocketels or rooster, so I had to give them away for free. I listed them on...

I wouldn't let chickens eat onions or chives. Chives contain the same hazardous compounds in onions and other Allium plants that are toxic to chickens because they disrupt red blood cells and can cause Heinz body anemia.

Thank you for the reply. Yes, I know Elector PSP is not given orally, that it is sprayed on chickens. But I didn't know that it does not have an egg withdrawal period. When I used it to treat my chickens and coop for lice, I did not eat their eggs for a while, I think for a week after spraying...

If Elector PSP eliminates external parasites - lice, fleas and mites, and there's a withdrawal period for eggs so enough of the chemical gets inside the birds, why won't it kill internal parasites as well? Not enough gets inside?

Glad someone has posted about Histoplasmosis. I just learned about it, and I've had chickens for over 3 years now, so I've probably been exposed and have had symptoms of Histoplasmosis in the past and confused them for a cold. Chickens produce a lot of dust, from the dander they shed daily, and...

Thank you for the response and the information. The YouTube video you shared is the one I ended up watching the night my pullet died. It is possible she aspirated on oil, sadly. And I knew that because I waited at least a couple of hours after she died to attempt the necropsy that her body had...

Yesterday afternoon one of my young pullets, a 9-month old white Appenzeller Spitzhauben bantam died. Earlier in the day, after bringing food to my flock of 23 hens, I noticed the pullet was the last one to leave the pen, she walked slowly and didn't show interest in eating. The last couple of...

Another animal that we need to worry about are rats. Rats will make tunnels under coop and run, and will chew through chicken wire, and they will kill chicks, and if hungry enough could bite adult chickens while they sleep. Last spring in my yard I had to eliminate a broom of young rats, using...

Good to know. Since there are no other symptoms my first thought was that it might be allergies, but the 1st pullet that started sneezing stopped after a few weeks, while this one has continued to sneeze for over 2 months now, though she does sneeze less on less frigid days, like today, it's in...

I wonder if my 8 month old pullet that been sneezing for over 2 months might have infectious bronchitis. She has no other symptom and has very good appetite and normal poops. She got it from another pullet that was the first that had started sneezing, that one got over it and stopped sneezing...

Could be the pine shavings. Or maybe mold in the environment? I hope you find out what's causing your pullets sneezing. I haven't been able to find out what's causing my pullet to sneeze for so long. She has been sneezing for over 2 months and been in isolation because of her sneezing. She was...

Could be the pine shavings. Or maybe mold in the environment? I hope you find out what's causing her sneezing. I haven't been able to find out what's causing my pullet to sneeze for so long. She has been sneezing for over 2 months and been in isolation because of her sneezing. She was hatched...

I'm in Queens and this is my 3rd year having chickens. As you know, there aren't any local stores that sell chicken feed or supplies, so I too have to order all my chickens feed and supplies online at a much higher cost than if I could get them from a Tractor Supply or feed mill. Prices for...

I first got a 3-Gallon Heated Poultry Waterer from Premier1, which has horizontal nipples, currently price $62. It works great, but not all my chickens are smart enough to use it, so I also got K&H Thermal-Bowl Heated Water Bowl 96 once capacity (sold on Amazon, Chewy, Walmart, Petco and other...