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I have two nearly 3 month old Gold Sex-link chicks and I noticed yesterday that they both have little surface scratches here and there on their feet. The floor of their coop is wire with scrap wood and cardboard on top with some leaves and dried grass tossed here and there. A friend of mine...

I read somewhere that the beetles will live inside their crops and eat their food. But yea, that does seem like a silly rumor. After all, chickens are natural bug eaters. Mine have been foraging around an old leaf pile for weeks and I'm sure they've been eating mostly bugs lately. If any...

Maybe I should refrigerate some then. Do you think if I refrigerate them, it'll stop them from turning into beetles for a couple of months? Maybe that will help me develop different ages of worms. I only have 2 chickens, and I heard that a single beetle can produce up to 500 eggs! That's...

I recently bought 5k mealworms and am attempting to farm them. Problem is they are all starting to pupate. I'm quite sure I won't be needing that many adult beetles. Is it okay to feed the chickens the pupa mixed in with their worm treat? Or should I just refrigerate a bunch of the pupae and...

I went on natural progesterone lozenges, they're expensive, but they work. Doc says they prevent ovulation, but aren't labeled for use as bc. I take 50mg 2x a day and take a few days off when I get my period. Although, I can really tell the change in mood if I go off them but I figure my body...

Quote: I always ask the rooster if it wants a beer before I drop it in the cone. Since I can't get anybody at my house to help(not even to keep the water hot), I now skin half of the birds I butcher. You don't even have to gut them. It's quicker for me. I tie the legs apart on a low branch...

I'd do it young, especially if you haven't processed before. Seems like a smaller bird would be easier to butcher and the meat will be more tender. Although... I've never butchered before so I'm no expert.

I thought maybe the OP was mad that the guy was charging 40 bucks for them....

I wanna see the pictures!

Do you still have her carcass? If I were you I'd try to do an amateur autopsy, see if she was egg bound or something.

I have apparently trained my chickens! I have been giving them a mealworm treat when it's time to go in the coop at night to encourage them to go in on their own. I set up a new run area for them yesterday and was trying to herd them into it this morning and discovered that they are now...

I made mine by digging up some of the bad clay soil in the back yard, breaking it up and putting it in a cardboard box-lid. Sprinkled a generous helping of food grade diatomaceous earth that I picked up at the feed store. They were scared of it at first -guess they didn't know what to think of...

I go to the doctor but I often don't take the doc's advice. Last time I went they tried to put me on blood pressure medication. I was having trouble sleeping at the time because I had some major tests I was studying for, I'm sure that's why it was a little elavated, but it wasn't that bad. I...

I only have two chicks, and I can definitely tell them apart by sound. In fact, I named them by the different calls. Percy was a big complainer for the first month, and she makes a long whistle-like chirp. Pippy has a very quiet and short little "pip!" As they are getting older, they still...

My chicks do it naturally, they're only about 11 weeks old. I'd actually rather they didn't, but sometimes when I hold them they hop up. Pretty sure they think I'm Mommy. I hope they don't try to peck my eyes out!