Posts by laura877

Will chickens eat Earwigs.  I have them all over and could catch some when they come out.

Quote: Originally Posted by flyingmonkeypoop  I thought I'd let everyone know that we are back into araucanas! My family was at a show a couple weeks back and won a pair of white araucana bantams. Not the BBR...

Quote:Originally Posted by Wynette Like the one in the middle below? Its abt like that only darker. I have two of them in the bator.

I have 3 adult maran hens along with a bunch of mutt chickens.  Someone is giving me this most beautiful deep rose/mauve egg.  I think its coming from my light blue splash.  Does anone else get eggs that color?

Someone I know had to clean soemthing out of her chickens ear.  I wonder if this one has some kind of krud in there.

How did this turn out? I have a rooster that is starting ti shake and wobble too. Sitting in the dentist chair right now can't check his butt.

Look at their vent area and see if its all pink and inflamed. Thats a sign of lice. I was loosing hens too until I figured that one out.

Quote: Originally Posted by minpins99  Hi, all.   This is SUCH a great learning experience for me.  I'm planning on starting my small flock (approx. 6 laying hens) and because it's getting plenty...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crocket  So is it bad to add heat for the chickens? We are in CO and it is dry here... We have 7 chickens in a smaller coop and they all perch inside together. We have a heat lamp set up in...

Have you checked the chickens for lice?  I've had some chickens get thru molt in a couple of weeks and others takes 6 wks.  I have lights on my chickens for 14-16 hrs a day to keep them laying.  Most of that extra light...