Posts by av8rwife

My batch comes if they hear a bag rustling!!  They are spoiled.  They look for a treat when I put them up - sometimes I will put in some scraps to help draw them to the coop when I'm ready to leave.  Then if they see me...

Well....................i purchased Tylan200(that's all our local feed store had) yesterday and gave a 1/4cc to all my chickens in the breast.  Hope they survive!  How often are you supposed to give them this for a...

Well...............some of them are also coughing/sneezing.  I had dumped a 50lb bag of DE in their coop - i'm wondering if they are having a reaction to it.  I just removed the majority of it this week and we'll see if that...

can you cook the eggs and feed back to the chickens?

I have 4 (out of 14) hens that are a year old that have bald spots on their backs.  I thought it might've been the roos but they were seperated out for a while and the hens didn't get any better.  I've also checked them for...

So far i've seperated the roos from the hens, haven't seen any lice or mites, the egg production is down.  What other things could be wrong with the girls?  

I'm hoping that someone will answer your questions as well.  I too have 4 hens that their backs are bare, some of the feathers are broken off.  I had seperated the roos so that I know that's not the problem.  I'm not...

Thanks for the replys.  I've placed a seperate feeder in the run with oyster shell in it.  I have given them crushed up egg shells before (uncooked) and they've eaten them.  I sometimes scramble the eggs and/or boil...

I have a 1 year old New Hampshire Red hen that has started to lay soft shell eggs.  They used to be a nice deep brown color, now they are a creamy color and feel like sandpaper.  Sometimes when I go to the coop her eggs are...

Thanks for posting this -- I'm having a similar situation.  I will also try the added protein to see if this helps my girls feather back out.