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I am looking to buy 1-3 BANTAMS, preferably 1 rooster and 2 hens, but am open to other possibilities. I would like to get these ASAP and could drive a fairly long distance if needed. The buddy to our lone Welsummer hen just died yesterday and she is acting lonely and afraid. She could use new...

We got two new hens this week, and the one we named Summer has severe Bumblefoot. There is a huge hard bumble in her foot pad & smaller one on top of the foot between the toes. She walks on the foot quite well, so the infections have obviously been able to be isolated by her body thus far and...

I only have 3 chickens & I have spent a lot of money trying to help them. Two of my hens have an entrenched case of CRD (They had it already when I bought them last year, though I wasn't aware) & my rooster has caught it from them. I only have these 3 chickens & I have been doing all I can &...

There are policies being considered by the USDA affecting meat chickens & other poultry, about which I think BYCers' interest in & knowledge of poultry could allow them to contribute valuable input. I wanted to put a reference to this issue in the Meat Birds section, but a main thread about it...

Passing along a resourceful idea for options that may be useful in some instances-- Free or cheap alternatives to hardware cloth / wire: WIRE SHELVES from an old REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER or OVEN These are often FREE or very cheap and offer good, strong protection for window & ventilation...

LATER NOTE: Please see post # 12 for summary of what's going on currently. - - - - - - - - - I've given my 3 chickens some significant dosing with Baytril over the last couple weeks, which has amazingly alleviated their long-standing cases of Mycoplasma Galliseptum. My hens' combs are now red...

CELEBRATION!!!!!!!!!! My two hens that hadn't laid eggs in over a YEAR started laying again this week!!! And my rooster is finally back to breeding! (He hadn't much for months.) You can just imagine my surprised delight when I walked outside the other day and was greeted by "the egg song."...

His comb is cold & it's a cool night. I have him in a sheltered coop. Has anyone ever heard of a problem that causes the symptom of a chicken holding its wings out to the side (other than because of being overheated)? He is sick with either coryza or mycoplasma right now. I treated all my...

What do you think of using the Airborne brand (or similar brands) "cold remedy" herbal supplement as an immunity boooster for sick chickens?? There's a description of the product at http://www.drugstore.com/airborne-effervescent-health-formula-zesty-orange/qxp76905 . I've been taking it &...

There are GOBS of caterpillars crawling around our place right now. I think they are some kind of "armyworm" caterpillar or something. I've been catching them & feeding them to our 3 chickens for a couple days. When I pick up the caterpillars, a lot of times they squirt green slime on me. Some...

Someone has offered to swap me a huge set of sliding glass doors for the door I'd been planning to use for the big coop I'm building. I have to make the decision within about an hour. Do you think it would work okay? Too hot? The doors would face east and be about 10 or 15 feet from our house...

Is there an index page with a list of each contest's winners, & hotlinks to the designs?? I am getting dizzy trying to find a coop that I know won a few contests ago... Also, maybe it would be nice to add a 'Winner' designation to the top of each winning coop design's page?

More info on feed and UFPA show at: WWW.POULTRYPEDIA.COM $1 OFF PER BAG when you buy 2 or more! During sale, our PREMIUM layer feed is cheaper than most REGULAR layer feed! Our feed is exceptionally healthy! Using TRITICALE (hybrid grain of wheat and rye), these top-quality feeds make...

I've run into someone's chickens that have a problem I've never seen before. When you open their beaks, there is a line of crusted stuff inside on both edges of the lower beak, with a clear space in the middle where the tongue is. It is so hardened that you have to dribble water into their...

I haven't been able to find Oxine locally to use as a sanitizer for my friends' coops. She is battling Infectious Coryza in her chickens and I'm trying to help. I have found something called Biodine. I think it is what vets use to wash their arms when treating livestock, etc. Description at...

Large Fowl Ameraucanas for Breeding and Shows More photos & info at webpage: http://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/ameraucana-orders/ameraucanas-for-sale I am getting out of breeding Ameraucanas for shows. This is a rare opportunity for you to get Ameraucanas in Color Varieties that have...

To provide some explanation about why chickens aren't breed-classified by their pedigree— --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there aren’t organizations defining and tracking breeds, there can be no real...

I was following instructions to inject fluids where back of wing joins back in my emaciated hen. Now she is GURGLING! I checked diagram at http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x301/eggcetra_farms/chicken_anatomy.jpg and see her LUNGS are right there! I tried reinserting needle & siphoning while...

Is there a good vitamin & mineral supplement I can give my hen that does not have sugar? I have Poly-Visol children's liquid and Poultry Nutri-Drench liquid, but both list sugar as an ingredient. I have powdered Vi-Tal for chickens, but I'm not sure how good that is? Or if I can figure how to...

Here's my scoop (not the one for litter)... The other fellas around my barn don't like me (See picture). I think it's because I'm more manly than they are, but they say I have cooties (No--not lice or fleas. I don't have those. AND I DON’T HAVE COOTIES EITHER.). They stalk me & hiss. Alright, I...