Recent content by Brandy2512

I’ve used it and liked it. Smells like a calming cup of tea, lol. I just sprinkled a little around the coop & nest boxes. The girls didn’t complain. I would probably buy it again if it wasn’t so pricey.

I walked her to the coop last night. She was able to jump up to the roost by herself but the other girls were a little too interested in what was going on with her vent & were picking at it. So I ended up putting her in a dog kennel in the garage for the night. She’s still there now and made it...

She’s still in the same spot. There seems to be more pale yellow/white & some clear discharge. She’s still puffed up with her neck kind of tucked in. It’s almost time to roost. If she doesn’t make the move to go back to the coop on her own, should I just pick her up & put her on the roost?

She is still leaking some white/yellow discharge/poop from her vent. I crushed a calcium tablet, mixed it with about a tablespoon of yogurt in a syringe and squirted it down her beak. Her vent doesn’t seem to be pulsating really fast but I can definitely see her contracting some. I guess I just...

Hi, My girl Sunny has a stuck egg I think. I noticed just this morning that she was acting strange, more standoffish. Then I saw some light yellowish white green poop or discharge coming from her vent. She is walking around but definitely not herself. She is a little over a year old ISA brown...

So we are getting a ton of rain right now plus it is cold (35F) and windy. My girls are not amused. They are hanging out under their coop instead of in it. Does anyone else’s chickens only go in their coop to lay and to sleep?

My girls’ pecking order is rather subtle too, so not advice from me. Just wanted to say that your girls are very pretty!

I’m in DE as well. While I got my girls at TSC, I will ask around. Might try some of the 4-H clubs.

Way off the original topic, but, although soy does not contain gluten, most soy sauces do. Just FYI from a gluten free girl. :)

Maybe she was just practicing? :):):)

As someone who lives in area where chicken houses are everywhere, I can certainly understand & appreciate your desire to help. Driving behind a chicken truck headed to the processing plant is disturbing and recently lead to an educational conversation with my son about the differences in those...

Sorry I didn’t see this until now. How is she this morning?

I also only have 2 nest boxes for the 6 hens. I know this should be enough, but I do see some chickens kind of pacing & squawking when the nest box they want to use is occupied. Could this be causing issues? Should I try adding another nest box?

I think they are eating the OS, but I am trying to keep a closer eye on who is & who isn’t. I have stop treats other than a small handful of scratch that get for coming home to their run at night. For the calcium citrate with D3, do I just buy tablets? I want to make sure I get the right thing. :)

So I have had at least one soft shelled egg in the coop or run every day. I also had not one but 2 egg bound girls last week. A warm bath & a veggie oil butt helped them each lay a soft egg. I feed them Nature’s Best Organic layer pellets & always have oyster shell available. They also free...