Posts by Oven Ready

What kind of antibiotics do you need - do you know?If you do know then find out what disease humans get that needs treated with that antibiotic, check out the symptoms and go to your doctor.While they are not supposed to prescribe...

I would go for 5 of 11 (although perhaps dropping one should make it 5 of 10).It's up to you if you want to count the infertiles that you disposed of or not.

96% is pretty awesome. None of my hens are due a hatch for a week or so, there's too many looking after chicks at the moment.I was hoping the August Hatch A Longers would chip in with their data too.

I have another vodka based vanilla recipe that stops flies bothering you.Take your three vanilla beans, put them in a drawer.Open the bottle of Vodka.Consume vodka (a mixer if your own choosing could be added) until the point when you...

The real name for the opening is cloaca.The term vent is probably used because cloaca is not at all an obvious word (it's latin for drain pipe I think) and 'venting' meaning to push or allow something out requires a vent to push/allow...

Sounds like they are reasonable neighbors who accept it was their dog without actually accepting it was their dog if you know what I mean, so perhaps give them and their dog another chance at being neighborly. But I wouldn't give them...

They should lay every 26 hours roughly, so seven from five in twelve or so hours seems odd.Is it possible that there were three eggs laid yesterday, somewhere close by, and one of the hens has collected them all together. They do like to...

As you are in Texas isn't it OK to shoot things that bother your livestock?Dogs are a pain once they've found the joy of chickens. They just can't resist.If you've got a gun I'd just sit and wait for it - if you've got a pickup sit in...

She looks bright enough; bright clear eyes, good color, alert. Do you know if she is an old bird?The black marks on her comb look like old peck marks that are healing. Does she get bullied by the others? Or do you have a cockerel that...

Quote:Originally Posted by English Hen Does anyone consider wing clipping.? Seems like declawing a cat rather they had their fun & risk the consiquenses. Any thoughts?Sorry, I missed this bit of your post.We don't do it but a...