She is now in a nest 2 ft off the ground sitting on 13 eggs at various stages of development, and there are some that are within a few days of hatching. I’m assuming that it would be pretty hard to switch her to the floor once the chick start to hatch. So could I put them on the floor after...
The eggs are at various hatch time. Can I put her on a nest in a cage now on the floor? I’m thinking that won’t be very easy😬 and I would like for her to hatch as many as she’s willing to.
2nd question how do I get them to sit on eggs on the floor to begin with? My .chickens are austrolorp...
I have 30 hens that have been wearing them for 45 days. They were used to stop pecking at the throat area at night on the roost. The chickens look to be healing and growing back feathers. I was wondering if I could remove them now ?
Thank you
Connie
I have 30 hens and have a pecking problem! It’s happening at night on the roost as best I can tell. We put up more roost length so they all wouldnt be fighting for the one roost. Pecking is mostly the neck area and seems to be spreading to more hens. I think the stress is also affecting...
I recently bought a Vevor automatic chicken feeder. I am having a big issue with sparrows, so I thought that it would help.
My question is, how do you train the chickens to use it? How long does it take to train them?
I have taken out the feeders that I used and replaced with one of these.
If...
2 yo hen she poops and it hangs on and forms a big blob! She seems to act fine. Should I be worried? Is there something I can do to help her?
thanks
Connie
Found her this morning. Half her face and her neck and her butt have been eaten
first is one side of head ,then the other side,and third is her hind end
didnt realize she had molted so much
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I had one chicken that had the congested cough. And I notice now that they eyes of several birds look buggy. And this morning more of the chickens had the sneeze cough thing going on. I give away my eggs should I stop that? What should I do
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connie
I had to throw 30 cups of tomatoe sauce :eek:because the strainer is eating up the plastic spiral:mad: it’s like it’s to tight and rubbing against the screen mesh. but it’s the spiral that came with it.
I can’t find anything on internet as to why or how to resolve. Could use some help,if...
I am deworming my 40 Chickens and have to clean out their coop and the run. I was wondering if I could add the bedding that probably has roundworm larvae in it to my compost?
thank you
Connie
2-125ml Safe Guard for Goats
1 ml on a piece of bread for 5 days
disposing of all eggs for 19 days😵💫😭😭
Heres to hoping🤞🤞🤞
Thanks for all the info that’s on this site.
Took a little from here and a little from there
put them all together and came up with this👏
Thank you
Connie
and how do I treat a flock of 40?
I have read a small piece of bread with medicine on it and that seems easier than by mouth with syringe. We’ve had a lot of rain so in the water wouldn’t guarantee they would drink it. Also I sell and give away the eggs so I won’t be able to do that for 2...
I noticed it a few days ago and it looked like it was old so Ive been treating it with spray and antibiotic ointment.
‘I tried to wrap and that didn’t work and I noticed today that she was sitting a lot so I looked and it was bleeding. I assumed the other chickens were pecking on it.
I know...
My chickens had lice and tonight I’m giving the second dose of permithium The first dose seemed to get rid of lice and their poop seemed a lot better but now this😢
Is it normal or not
Thanks
After first treatment with permithin
The lice are gone but the nits or eggs On feather shaft remain
April 30 is next treatment so will the eggs hatch by then?
And is that why you treat 3 times?
I have a flock of 40 hens and I found lice on two of them today. I know that I need to treat all hens and the coops. I have the permethein to use.
so questions are:
what do I do with all the bedding I’m going to dispose of? Can I put it in the compost or should I burn it or just put it in...