Recent content by Marius Raaths

Hey Aart. Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the slow response, busy on this side. Sorry, did not get to take a pic of the land but it's just a level piece of land with basically just grass which has after the winter almost disappeared. I do have a few sheep on the same piece of land. I'm quite...

The egg shells are quite hard, harder than the eggs you buy at supermarket. I think more calcium will make it even harder

What is in the oyster shells that might help?

No chance. It's a fenced of camp with very good visibility

Hi folks. I have 150 Hy-Line hens which are a commercial egg laying breed. They are now 7 months old and they are free ranging on a piece of land about 2000sqm. My problem is that I only get about 70 eggs per day no matter what I try. I've changed their laying feed between different brands and...

Hi folks. My name is Marius and we live just outside of Johannesburg on a smallholding. We have a little camp with a dam and a few animal which the kids love. I want to take the "chicken hobby" to the next level. I want to breed certain ones and then have a few egg laying hens separate for daily...

I've vaccinated the chicks and the rooster looks a whole lot better. I could not find the two pronged instrument so had to use a normal needle instead which I think did the trick.

Thanks, much appreciated

Thanks for the speedy reply. No other chickens are infected at this stage. I've read up on Google and I think you're correct with the fowl pox. I've read that this can be prevented with the fowl pox vaccine which is done by wing web stab. Is there not a drinking water vaccine available for this yet?

Hi folks. I have a Sussex hen and rooster which I've had now for some time. I saw now the rooster's combe is severly infected with some parasite or pocks. How do one diagnose this correctly and how do I treat this effectively. Thanks, Any help is greatly appreciated. I did recently acquire about...