Not sure about chickens but it is common for horses to have diarrhea when the grass starts growing in the spring. I think it is a combination of the grass...
Cattle do the same thing, so it wouldn't surprise me that chickens would get a touch of diarrhea in the spring when the grass starts greening, too. And you...
Hi all, I have a small flock of 23 hens that are a mix of Ameraucana's,New Hampshires,Gold Link's and California Whites. I got a couple of 3 week old Buff...
Minnesota is WAY too cold in the winter for silkies to be outdoors. They don't do well at all in really cold winters. When it went down below zero here for a...
I've had Silkies mixed in with my backyard flock for a few years now. Barb is right, the way chickens teach a lesson is with a peck to the head, and it can...
Hi fellow chicken lovers, I am posting this for those of you who, like me, live in Southern California and have an interest in exotic bird (canaries, finches, ...
Barred rock hens can be how shall we say it downright mean to other chickens that are more docile than they are. By themselves they're wonderful chickens, but...
Barb, I had the same experience with my barred rocks. One was sweet, and the other one picked on her sweet sister, on my beautiful Shawn, and would have...
Awww crap,no Silkies for us :0( I love them though,maybe I will set up another coop (Heated like my others)so I can get a few? Thanks everyone for the...
Hi everybody, I need some information.................We rescued a Bantie hen that had one leg ripped off by Raccoons? She is now healed and lives in the...
Lack of calcium is the usual reason chickens lay soft-shelled eggs. If your little girl likes yogurt or cottage cheese, both of these are good sources of...
Get some Nekton MSA (there are several Nekton products but MSA is the one). It is the only thing I could find to help my hen with a similar problem. I found...
Well, we had a lot of rain on Tues & Wed, and I didn't hear any calls at all. I went out and mimicked it (I'm actually pretty good at doing a Cooper's hawk...
Yeah, don't even click on the link. Lots of times stuff like this will give your computer a virus. Just delete it. Roberta & Dixie (Wise Chicken) ... ...
Thanks to those of you that sent a reply. I don't think I can get her to eat enough yogurt or cottage cheese to help, I know for sure she doesn't like yogurt....
The website http://mypetchicken.com sells it in ten pound bags but I imagine you can get it easily enough if you do a google for it! Deb ... expensive...
You might think about getting a Brahma. They are good brooders and can take care of themselves. They are also sweet natured and friendly. My Bantam Brahma was...
Woohoo! Fresh babies! :) I remember when my turkey hatched and he was just as little as the chickens. Next thing we knew he was 35 lbs! :) Banty chicks are...
I prefer not to stand behind a goose no matter what it's been eating and woe betide the poor sap who walks around the yard barefoot when there's a goose about!...
Another good way to get calcium into them is to take some eggs, scramble them with the shells crushed up in them and when they are cooled feed them to the...
I tried egg shells, cottage cheese, yogurt, calcium capsules, oyster shell dust in treats, the Nekton MSA is perfect and include the support ingredients for...
Alan, Is the Nekton MSA a form of calcium or just something that helps to assimilate calcium? Should I continue to try and feed her other forms of calcium...
Hi all, Thanks to everyone for the advice!! I checked out the Brahma's Deb,I really like them!!! They are so pretty and if they will set for me that would be ...
OK,were hooked on chickens lol!! I've been thinking about maybe breeding a specialty type of chicken(Not to eat or fight ect...!! :0) With the wonderful...
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