Posts by SueBaby

My girls have fleas.    Many have told me chickens don't get fleas.  Maybe they're stick tight fleas, I don't know, but they jump and have a flea's shape- they're definitely not mites.  I tried using DE, but...

Went back and looked again.  They are jumping!  

One of my girls has what look like fleas on her wattle and around her face.  They are clearly visible (not tiny specks like what mites are supposed to look like).  They are dark brown (not light colored like lice), have...

Some friends gave us corn that they grew that wasn't "good", as far as human tastes go.  My guess is that they let it go too long and it was overly starchy.  It's all dried, on the cob, although it's easy to pick off....

I tried to find any mention of what's going on with my BR in previous forums, but didn't see anything.  I posted something the other day, but someone just told me to give my hen a bath.  I need more help than that,...

I tried to find any mention of what's going on with my BR in previous forums, but didn't see anything helpful.  So here's what's going on, I would appreciate any advice...   My hens are all over a year old.  I have 7...

Good for you!  

I have a mutt/EE hen that is about a year old.  Since maybe March or so it seems like every other week she starts to go broody.  I lock her out of the coop all day and block the nesting boxes at night to help her snap out of...

Your story bums me out, Shanachie.     I guess that just reinforces that asking for forgiveness later is usually better than asking for permission ahead of time.  My kids are at public school and no one would even...

I took my chicks to 2 of my kids' classrooms (2nd and 4th grade), plus a kindergarten class when they were about 2 weeks old.  I kept them in their big plastic brooder/bin and let kids come over to me and hold them one or two at a...