Posts by roz

I dont think I answered your question...I'm not sure what kind of worms...dawg53 mentioned what kind they might be...they were only a 1/2 inch or so and skinny....apparently not round worms like the first ones, so my girls had more than...

I had a sick chicken towards the end of June (one died before that for reasons that are still unknown).  I gave her molasses water, acv water, a couple of warm baths and out popped a load of round worms after she expelled a shell...

Hey blueberrrychickens!  Nice to hear from someone else close by...we are in Westborough.  I would love to put grass clippings in their coop, but I am so afraid to now!  We have had worm issues ever since we started...

Oregon Blues...you are right...I need to think ahead about the winter.  I tried to tarp the run last year, but I was unsuccessful!  I need to find a better way.  I did at least fix something in my coop.  We have a 4x6...

Southern desert...I would love to!  Would you like the humidity as well?  This is crazy!  The few months of warm weather we have and we're getting jipped!  My husband and I are contemplating moving to NC.  I'm so...

my run unfortunately is dirt with a few remaining wood chips.  They decimated it a while ago.  It's a bummer that the ground is wet though because they notoriously drink from dirty pockets in the dirt (mud at this point),...

My poor girls!  I feel so bad for them today.  We are in MA, and we had some really hot days a couple of weeks ago...now we are having torrential downpours today (with heavy winds) and yesterday.  My girls are...

Hopefully your feed store will have it. A lot of people think Corid is best to use because it is gentler on the chickens.

I don't know about whether the birds are bad or not, I know they carry parasites, but if you want to keep them out without a roof, you can use hardware cloth. We have it all over our run. We have a corrugated roof too, but the 1/2 inch...

not to make light of the situation though....