Search results for query: *

  1. Debbie292d

    Deworming

    What did they use? My understanding is some products have no egg withdrawal, but some might. It's different depending on the product.
  2. Debbie292d

    Rare bantam breeds that are decent layers?

    Silkies by no means are rare, but you can create some pretty unique silkies through creative breeding if you want to get into that. They lay 5-6 days out of 7, and all winter long, but just half as many. We heat their coops to 40°F in the winter. You may want to look into Seramas. Someone...
  3. Debbie292d

    yellow skin

    A picture if you could show us might be helpful. Sometimes too much corn for treats can cause chickens feathers and skin to yellow. It's also normal with some hens after they stop laying. I can't see it in my silkies ever though. What's her poop like? Jaundice is also something that can...
  4. Debbie292d

    Green poop

    Usually green poop indicates a lack of eating. A chicken who hasn't eaten much in a couple of days will start pooping green. Is there a chance she's being bullied away from the feed? A lot of greens suddenly when they aren't used to it can also do that.
  5. Debbie292d

    liquid amoxicillan dosage

    Amoxicillin in any form is 125mg per 1 kg, twice a day. 1 kg = 2 lbs, 3 ounces. For my silkies, that's about right. Be sure to go the full 5-7 days with it even if she gets better in two or three days.
  6. Debbie292d

    BYC Store?

    I just realized I'd somehow missed saying 'welcome to BYC!' :frow We're glad you're here!
  7. Debbie292d

    Debbie's Silkies

    A whole lot of peach-looking chicks! Most are from the buff pen and a few red pyle. One of my latest ventures is to try to breed the cuckoo out of the buffs and get a good couple of good clean buffs. I have one purely buff hen, so I'll save a couple that are in that pile of fuzz that seem to...
  8. Debbie292d

    Newbie here!

    Any chicken that sleeps in the same coop(s) or is penned in the same pen with ones showing it. Just because they're feet may look fine doesn't mean there aren't mites embedded. They could have the start of it so doesn't hurt to be sure they're all taken care of.
  9. Debbie292d

    Hello!!

    I would put it where it can hear the TV or radio. That may help a little bit.
  10. Debbie292d

    Intro - I raise Muscovy ducks, various geese, and a few chickens in a "food forest"

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow If that were my goose, I'd take him to a machine shop-type place that has all the fancy tools for cutting PVC. I'd worry it could get caught on something even if he's fully grown and it won't harm him otherwise. I highly doubt they'd charge you as they'd love...
  11. Debbie292d

    New chick Mom

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow I'd post in the link above that @N F C posted. I can attest though that generic Prep H worked for us on a chick.
  12. Debbie292d

    New Member

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow It sounds like you're doubling down on the chicken math! Spectacular! Wishing you great hatches! We're glad you're here!
  13. Debbie292d

    Hello!!

    Hiya, Jas, and welcome to BYC! :frow So sorry for your losses. :hugs Congrats on the one that hatched! Hopefully more are coming! We're glad you're here!
  14. Debbie292d

    Intro

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow That's pretty neat you can get your "fix" with your friends' chickens. Maybe someday you'll have a few of your own, but in the meantime, that sounds like a great arrangement! We're glad you're here!
  15. Debbie292d

    Hello everyone- so glad to be here with you!

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow We're glad you're here!
  16. Debbie292d

    Newbie. Hello just going into chickens . recommend robust breed in tropical climate please

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow We don't have fire ants, but have a bunch of other kinds, and diatomaceous earth eradicates them. I go around our house a few times a year and sprinkle some in their mounds that I find. So I googled if it would work on fire ants, and it says it would, but...
  17. Debbie292d

    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    Try get her to take the calcium whole. Chickens eat mice and snakes whole. Hold her in your left arm like holding a football. Have the pill in your left hand, and with the right hand, gently pull down on her wattles. Her beak will open. Put the pill in and make sure she doesn't shake it...
  18. Debbie292d

    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    It could be that she's so emaciated her keel bone is protruding. She couldn't be egg bound this long. It never hurts to give them a calcium pill if in doubt though, and in case she's got a part of an egg or something stuck in her. If you have any calcium +D around 400 iu, that's what's...
  19. Debbie292d

    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    The scrambled eggs and mash, if she'll eat it, should help her get her strength back. You can google how to make electrolytes or here's one recipe: They're all pretty close to the same. • 1 cup warm water • 2 teaspoons honey OR molasses OR granulated sugar • 1/8 teaspoon salt...
  20. Debbie292d

    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    She was probably chased there by a rooster or some bullying hens. You can use a kitchen scissors to cut some of the mess off, then I'd soak her hind end in some mild dishsoap water and get the rest of it off her. You could trim more feathers back there if this is a recurring problem. We had...
Back
Top Bottom