Recent content by Sunnycitygarden

Thanks again!! I really hope one day there is a vaccine. Do you think I should keep my girls that aren’t showing any symptoms, deep clean the coop and introduce new vaccinated chicks when they’re old enough? Or should I cull my 2 remaining girls and start over?

Thank you as well. I did your article and it helped me a lot I think to understand this disease better and that it kind of can just happen, which sucks but I guess that’s what happens when it comes to farm animals. I’m still new to having chickens and I love animals so much it’s going to be so...

Thank you so much for this 🫶🏻 I really appreciate the support and advice. So sorry for your loss too. I really hate Marek’s… our girls don’t deserve this or anything unnecessary to happen to them.

No problem, I’m just glad I know what it is now. This one was sick about a week before my current one that died. I thought she got better but she started to get lethargic again.. I’ve had her isolated in our garage for about 2 weeks now. I’m assuming she’s going to pass anytime soon, all she...

Her results came back from the necropsy. She ended up having mareks…. Really sad about it because now I have 4 dead hens, one sick and I don’t know what do to… 2 of my hens still seem healthy and happy but I really wanted to get more and now I don’t know what to do.. there’s really only one spot...

Hey everyone, sadly she ended up passing last night ): going to send her body for necropsy and see what is going on. I feel like not Mareks because my first hen did recover? Assuming mold exposure and maybe my second girl had high levels of mycotoxins in her… thank you all for all the advice I...

This is my first time owning chickens so I just do what I’ve been recommended. I live in arizona so no matter winter, it’s always mild here. When it rains, sun in the afternoon dries everything pretty fast. But thank you. Will keep an eye out for wet spots in the run from now on.

Thanks so much! Since it was raining and a part of their run got wet near their food, I’m just going to throw it out to be safe. I didn’t see any condensation but just to be safe. Should I keep giving antibiotics to treat mold exposure? I’m case they have it? Thank you again!

Hmmm that makes me wonder. Their feed does fall into the sand sometimes as they drop it often with their beak and it has been raining a bit and a side of their coop did get wet and they seemed to run over there and start pecking at the wet sand/ whatever else was in the sand. Where should I...

Well with my first girl, I didn’t have the antibiotic the first 3 days. So I just syringe fed her egg yolk with poultry cell and kept her inside with a small heater, within the next day she seemed to get better and wanted to eat and drink by herself and her got nice a red again. Her poop was...

The first girl that got sick is 8 months. Second girl is about 6 months. They still haven’t laid eggs. I’m feeding Nature’s best Organic grower feed. Oyster shell on the side. Mealworms and black soldier fly larvae and Bok Choy greens from garden as treats. I will post a poop as soon as she...

First off, one of my chickens got sick last week. I saw her one day sitting on the floor of the run in the corner and breathing heavy. Her comb was very purple. When I picked her she has light as a feather. I brought her inside and she wasn’t eating at all or drinking any water, she wasn’t...