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Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?

Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?

I've been losing eggs to black snakes lately. Is Snake Away safe to use around chickens? What about sulfur? Will it hurt chickens? Also: how do you train guineas to stay at home? I've been thinking of getting some guineas for a while, and now may be the time, given my snake issue. But...

Just discovered this in the nest box. It was the size of an egg yolk, so I assume one of the girls laid a shell-less egg and the white got lost in the hay of the nest box? I cut it open, and a glob of something the pale yellow color of pus (not the color of any yolk my chickens have ever...

Thanks, Tamtam! I will try mixing the oyster shells in with the feed. :) How long was it before you started to see results?

Bumping the thread back up. Anybody have any suggestions?

Love those links, SouthernAlberta! Thanks! That's disappointing that they killed your lavender, Renegade. :(