Recent content by NashChic

If you don't mind me asking, what does fermenting the feed entail? I make homemade cider and wine, so the process of fermenting isn't foreign to me, but I've never considered fermenting feed. I'm envisioning staggering chickens and "hard" eggs. Haha! Mine also free range from about 8 or 9am til...

I took almost the exact same pic of that price list yesterday! Lol! Are you feeding the layer that's at the top of the list for $8.25/50lb? If so, have you fortified or supplemented with anything. Just curious. They said it was a complete feed. I will openly admit I'm no expert on the dietary...

That's just the info I was looking for!! Thank you so much!

Good morning, fellow Middle Tennesseans! Just curious where you guys are buying your feed. I've heard from a couple people that they venture to Scottsville, Ky to Hoover Feed Mill or Mazelin Feed Mill. They're Amish, so there's not a lot of info about them online. Anyone buy from either of...

I've gone through older posts many times looking for "clues" to sexing different breeds. Often the threads are left unresolved as to what the bird(s) turned out to be. So for the sake of anyone stumbling across this thread in the future... both of the chickens in question turned out to be lovely...

Yes, hatchery quality. These are for my laying flock, so no showing or breeding going on =)

We have 2 Light Brahma chicks that will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. For the last couple of weeks we've been referring to one of them as "he" because "he's" noticeably more red in the face than the other one. I bought these chicks from a local hatchery when they were about 4 weeks old. They were...

Now I'm confused... Each day she has seemed to make small improvements. This morning her swollen left side was almost normal, her breathing sounded much better, and her nose wasn't really running. I've checked on her a couple times throughout the day and she seemed fine. I thought she was well...

Thanks! I will up the dose from 3/4ml to 1ml tomorrow. I realize we don't know exactly what type of infection this is, but if she's going to recover do you have any idea when I should expect to stop seeing symptoms? Also, is 5 days of Tylan a good course? And if so, what should I do if she's...

I have a 2 year old Barred Rock hen with what I believe is an upper respiratory infection, but I've had zero experience with that type of illness in my flock. She showed no signs of illness until day before yesterday (Tuesday morning) my DH came in and said she didn't seem as perky as usual and...

I don't know if Smoky73 is still on here, but I might be able to help... a little. I was the one who originally posted the thread. Later I did hatch 3 silkyX chics... The rooster was a buff silky & fathered 2 hens from a buff orp & barred rock, and also a roster from a RIR. All of my silk...

Okay, I put her in one of my large brooders in the basement. I was worried she would be too cold in the tractor alone with nobody to snuggle. As soon as she got settled in the brooder, the noise lessened and almost went away. She started drinking and eating crumble immediately. Then I fixed her...

I have a chicken tractor that's empty right now. Should I put her in that? How long should I quarantine her?

I have an EE pullet named Daisy. She just laid her first egg day before yesterday. I saw her on the nest box this morning, so I figured egg #2 was on its way. I went out a few minutes ago and, sure enough, her little green egg was in the box. But I heard a weird noise coming from someone and it...