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She does have some bugs crawling on her I dunno what they are, we've never dusted any of them before. We read a chicken book that sound to burn some firewood and throw some ash in there for them to dust in..has anyone done this? I'm Leary about dusting them, I just dont trust throwing things...

Well she's still not eating or drinking or getting up on her own. There are no vets around that do chickens. We've been giving her water and small amounts of food and she takes both. We checked her for egg bound, she's not. Her crop is empty. Her feathers look fine and she shows no real...

We've now fed her some electrolytes and still no signs of improvement. I put her on the ground to walk and she bobbled around a bit. It also sounds as though she may be weezing a tiny bit. I tried to isolate her into a box, but she stands up and does not want to be in it. I put her back...

Hi, I've read through a lot of the lethargic chicken threads and am just not convinced our chicken has some of the issues previously posted. Anyways, our hen is a year old, always has been healthy never a problem. No other hickeys in our 8 chicken flock has any problems. 2 days ago she got...

Well heck I dunno, they all seem to be doing fine. I'm new to Chickens so maybe I'm just a bit paranoid, none of them died yet, they all are eating and drinking and sleeping, so I supose they are all fine.

Its not a poo smell, just a bad smell all over them. So then I have 2 questions. 1) If I give them an actual bath in soap and water, is that ok? 2) If it is Coryza how do I find out for sure? DO I take one down to the vet? I read that article and it doesn't make me happy because one of our...

I've done a search on here for the same topic and couldn't find any real answer, so here is my question. I'm new to chickens (1 1/2 weeks) and they are 3 months old (4 hens). When I pick them up to hold them they are really stinky. I keep them in a 4x4x4 coop and an 8x8x6' tall enclosed pen...

How much water do I squirt down her, how do I force her to eat or should I? She still hasn't eaten or drank and she is very very lethargic.

Well I found a squirter we used to use on our children for medicine and I held her bottom beak open and squirted like 5 squirters full, slowly letting it build in her mouth until she lapped it up. I also cleaned the run and the coop out, not with any chemicals or anything, just cleaned it all...

I posted about 4 days ago with 3 pullets (12 weeks old) that had watery eyes and 1 seemed to have a slight cough, but they were all acting normal. Well they all got better after giving them duramycin-10 until today. (5 days total) 1 of them has been laying around and as far as we can tell...

Just wondering if anyone had some further input. From what I read all over the web they could have any number of different things. All of our hens are still acting normal, but still have a watery discharge. If they do have CPD will it last forever, will I always have to treat them? Will we...

Thank you for the responses thus far I did not know the people, I met them through craigslist. he had about 20 chickens and I checked on them a bit ago and they are all resting in the coop, nothing out of the ordinary, they still look fine. I didn't notice any diarrhea but I didn't look in...

1) What type of bird , age and weight. Ameracauna, approximately 10 weeks, no clue on weight 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Normal behavior that we can tell, but the first one developed a runny eye (looks like spit bubbles) clear liquid and she seems to be sneezing Now it appears 2 more...

Squishy, I wouldn't think you'd need engineered stamped drawings? I know every county in Florida is different, but are you sure you can't just make the drawings yourself? Also look into wording it differently, smooth over the zoning department and find out if there is an alternate name you can...

That's a nice endeavor on that coop, challenging to build I'm sure, but it is a nice one.

Wow thanks for the help. Should I maybe enclose the nesting boxes with the hardware cloth then instead of hardie siding it or do the nesting boxes need to be more secure to comfort them? I do not plan on breeding, just hens for egg laying. That would give extra ventilation and should I make...

St. Augustine, Florida. I have 2 spaces at the top 6" x 42" long that I plan on making permanently open with chicken wire or whatever across it, will that be enough? They will be across from each other for cross ventilation. It is somewhat under oak trees, so I think the afternoon sun will be...

Well I started my coop yesterday and figured I could post a few pics of the framing. I want to say thank you to all of you for the posts you make on these forums and all of the information you have on this website, I couldn't have designed the coop with all of the necessities without you My...

Quote: Hi and thanks! I am a bit worried about the hawks and owls, will they attack when I'm in the yard? Or even on the other side of my house?

Hi there, new guy starting out and love the BYC website and all the helpful info I find on the message board here. You all are so nice, I'm glad to find this place. Anyways, I'm building a coop tomorrow and we will be purchasing our first chicks sometime in the near future. Doing a lot of...