Recent content by TNchickenlady

a FULL crop is not a sign its impacted! If the chicken has been eating it will show a large buldge, a full crop, and has a mushy feel to it! If it's hard as a rock, firm and the chicken isn't eating than there is a possible problem. https://www.cacklehatchery.com/crop-impaction-in-chickens/

she said she feeds them chicken feed also. I feed my chickens table scraps, along with their 'Commercial feed' and my chickens are healthy! They free range all day. I have some Americana hens that are almost ten years old and still give me eggs...only one a week or less for each, but they are...

Food to your chicks/chickens should never be restricted. Chickens are foragers and peck and eat small amounts all day long, so I suggest keeping feed and water available 24/7, unless you have a rodent problem, than take the food out of the coop at night and return it in the morning. Chickens...

just an FYI... If you buy bales of straw or hay, you will bring in rats and mice! They love to over winter in straw and hay bales! Everytime we have to buy straw, we always get an increase in rodent activity and so the poison and traps come out.I Just do not use poison or the traps Inside your...

If you buy bales of straw or hay, you will bring in rats and mice! They love to over winter inside straw and hay bales! Every time we have to buy straw, we always get an increase in rodent activity and so the poison and traps come out.

If you are using poisons, used it OUTSIDE the coop to avoid your chickens eating a dead poisoned mouse or rat! Use in conjunction with traps. Put poison bait under a cage, like a milk crate or sturdy laundry basket, with heavy weight on top...something the rats can get into to get to the...

if you're infested with rats that's a problem. but an occasional field rat is not something to gross out over! We not talking about disease laden city rats here! My chickens will chase down a rat, play tug of war with it til it's shredded, than proceed to eat the rat!

I have a large galvanized covered feeder that I hangs from the rafters of their covered run. It holds about 25/30 pounds of feed...pellets or crumbles. I keep it filled and food available 24/7 so my girls can eat at will and I don't have to worry about getting down to the co-op in a timely...

Chickens are omnivores and will eat anything they catch! Rats, mice, worms hornets, frogs, small snakes, etc. You do NOT have to discard your eggs because they ate a rat or mouse.

I have actually been with. BYC since. 2001, when BYC only had about 300 members. My user name was Littlelotchickenlady, but somehow I lost that profile and had to redo it, but could not use my old profile username.

I don't have a rooster and most of the eggs I get from my hens have that bullseye on the yolk! According to what I've read, that bullseye is not necessarily an indication of fertilization.

Hickman County-----Middle TN I have 10 Domiquers, Red, Gold, Black Sex Link, Silver Wyonndot,some mutts, RIRs, NHRs, Rouen Ducks, Pekin Ducks, a pond full of catfish, bass, carp, and perch, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 DH, 2 DS, 1 DD, and 5GKs. Been a member of this board since 2002, but couldn't remember...