Recent content by Becki78

One of my six girls is being bullied so badly. One eye was pecked at really bad, it was swollen for a couple of days and now is getting better. I am finding her feathers everywhere! She is not bald in any one spot so I think they are just grabbing her where ever they can. And now the past...

Wow thanks for all the good advice! I think I am leaning towards metal now. Any suggestions on how to protect the sides so no one gets cut?

I have slowly but surely been building and improving my coop over the past few months but can't make up my mind on which roofing material to use. It is 4'x6'. I don't really want to do shingles as they can be heavy and we plan on moving in a year and want to be able to easily transport it. I...

I just gave some to them. Boy was that a hit! I never knew they love that stuff!

Thank you for advice. I have lots of raw garlic on hand and will start with tonight! I thank you!

We recently had a dramatic change in tempature and lots and lots of rain. I let the girls out in the yard today for the first time since the rain stopped. . When I picked one of them up i noticed a small wheeze come out. She didn't make another wheenzing noise until a few minutes later. After a...

I would feed them to the chickens or my husbands snake right away! Either way i would make sure they don't grow up to keep reproducing around my or my chickens house!

I can't get over all the advice and first hand stories available on here! It's so great! I live in Denton, about 30 minutes north of Dallas and have six 9 month old girls. Right now two have a case of bumblefoot that I am treating but in the meantime I am making plans to prepare the coop for...

I am really interested in the changing to sand in both the coop and run. I was wondering though, what are you using in the nest boxes? Sand or do you still use shavings/hay?

P.S. I noticed you said how much do I feed them... I just keep the feeder full, oh and I mix crushed egg shell in the feed for added calcium. Sorry if I am being so specific but since I am new new at this, I'm giving full details. I guess I am a little worried I'm not doing something right...

I feed them pellet and they graze the backyard every other day. I did start adding vitamin supp. yesterday and put a frozen water in the tub each day since it we are having 100 degree heat in Texas right now. I also give them lots of srcrap fruits and veggies, dried worms and corn. I did a...

I am a new chicken owner as of just Feb. this year. I have six chickens, one black, three brown and two white. The two white ones who happen to be the smallest of the bunch have bumblefoot and I am having a heck of time treating it. Here is a run down of treatment so far. Since I am new at...