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Thanks...at least she is one of my catchable hens, not sure how she will like a bath though.

..I just noticed a large amount of poop stuck to one of my hens feathers under the vent, do I need to clean this off or will she take care of it? I also saw some old poop stuck to anothers feathers....If I have to clean it how do I do that? Thanks

I have the Wazine, the dosing is for 100 chickens I have 5 they won't drink gallons of water in 10 days. How did you figure out how much to give them?

I figured it couldn't hurt with the DE and cayenne pepper, we still have quite a bit of DE left I do put it in their dirt bath areas. Also, my dog likes to eat the chicken poop, will he still be ok? Thanks

Ok, thanks!

I did a search and didn't see anything under this topic. I have 2 ducklings around 4 weeks old got them at a feed store. I also have 5 chickens in the same yard, the ducks are in a smaller pen where the chicks can't get to them. I had one of my chicks poop beside me today and it has several...

I heard one of my making a hissing noise the last couple of days, my dog stays in the yard and he was walking by and one hissed! They are from the feed store and about 4 weeks old..I have heard a sort of quack when they get real excited but mainly peeps so far.

Quote: Since you have never wormed start with wazine in the water then 10 days later follow with a second wormer I used safeguard paste last year a pea size on a piece of bread for each chicken. I don't know about ducks you will have to do some research on those. I think the ducklings are to...

I just had a chicken squat beside me and poop this morning and it was full of spaghetti like worms! EWWWW, sure is making it hard to get down my breakfast this morning...not eggs Oat Bran I haven't seen this in any other poop. I know I need to worm now. I also have a pair of ducklings maybe...

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So much info here! I have a quick question about my coop and drafts. I have an A frame coop, wire on the bottom with 1 opening on each end, they go up in the top to roost and lay, I am wondering if I should 1) put plastic on the sides and 2) close the ladder at night so that they don't get a...

Thanks! I had to go out of town and they laid all good eggs while i was gone and have continued to do so...whew.

I had 2 yesterday one the yolk was laying on the roost floor. Strange thing is when they lay the soft ones they lay them in the roost not the nest boxes. I have had 4 good ones so I know they all have laid hard shells, I don't know who is laying the soft ones, my bet is its the 2 who just...

Mine lay very early, I go out between 6-7 am and usually have an egg or two, then another lays after 7.

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