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hay guys, thanx for the info on the Rooster Booster, I've been reading about it due to the loss of a couple hens, mainly respiratory. I did notice another wormer someone had mentioned that is organic I think? Verm-X,,, has anyone used this and can it be purchased in the states? its been a...

I noticed mine eat very little this time of year, is that normal? eat less, poop less. although they still relish the tidbits I give them late afternoon. A bag of feed is lasting twice as long.

hay hay and thanx, I too think there must have been something besides the impacted crop going on with the chicken, she wanted to eat, it just wasn't getting through, I do wish she would have just gone to sleep like the little chicken with the respiratory thingy, if they were not so secretive...

Those who have performed crop surgery, can you tell me how you knew your chicken's crop was impacted? Did you feel something in the crop, or take a guess that it was impacted? hay hay, My little chicken's crop stuck WAY out and was hard. I compared her to the other hens and theres would...

i kept my hen on yogurt and pureed stuff for a couple days, then some soft scrambled eggs, she got bored with it and refused it yesterday, Plus the cage indoors is not big enough for her to move much, so yesterday I put her in the little chicken house under a brooder lamp. I did wet the pellets...

Hay guys...I'm looking for after care on crop surgery .. we ended up stitching ..wrong super glue I guess..wouldn't. Stick. I put a thin sock over her head.worked great,plus it was late evening. I be had her indoors for three days now. I think she is getting tired of her soft...

Sorry of the same issue. Mine have semi merged but keep going back to the little temp Chick house to roost.do I just close it and they will roost in the big house? They all lay in the big house. I need them roosting together by winter.in Mississippi that means I still have a couple months even...

hay thanx people, great info , I had so much fun with the chicks i got last year, i finally bought 3 more last week, Im missing them badly today at the office, i need a web cam maybe. LOL, i must have checked them 100 times are more over the weekend, they are in the bathroom. SUPPOSED to be all...

Yesterday was 73 High/Low was 57 collected 2 eggs from 3 black sex link so far today is 78/ low to be in 60s (storms moving in) not sure how many eggs yet, still at work. Yes, very warm weather for January, but its Central Mississippi.

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Hay hay.I'm semi new to chickens also but have fallen in love with my 3. I generally let the more experienced answer questions. I thought I would never get eggs but I do and in abundance. I use golf balls in the nest.I did put them in around 15 weeks or so.but they acted like the nest were...

hay hay , i don't check in as often as i should, but there are some great tips to be found. I only have 3 for about 6 months or so now, but i really have fallen head over hills in love with my chickens. they look kinda straggly with all the rain lately though

when you go out to see the THREE of them everymorning at 4:15 to take them a snack in the pouring rain, and even though it warmed up for 3 days, the snakes came out of hibernation and you watch one cottonmouth spit out a baby while eating a frog and two other frogs scare the bejeebers out of you...

when you would rather stay at home on Christmas day and not go to the family dinner???????? LOL and HO HO HO from Central Miss. sorry, I have not visited much , between working and my critters its hard to spend a lot of time in one spot. I only have three Black sex link hens, but really love...

I also have an electric wire around the run, since i used chicken wire, Im now reading about a mouse trap that can be attached to the electric wire and zapps them!! Merry Christmas from Central Mississippi three well spoiled Black sex link hens, laying their happy hearts away, in the market...

WOWO,i sure am glad i saw this thread and looked at pix, if my chickens had done this , i probably would have knocked them in the head for fear i would catch it, I had no idea chickens moulted. thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for the info.

Same here, mine are only 6 months old, just started laying really good, Love the critters, lost two though, newbie, killed them with kindness maybe? anyway, do they molt the first year? its still fairly warm especially during the day in Central Miss. THEY are getting friendlier and chatter away...

ohhhhhhhh, mine love their sand, and i continue to add some here and their, they especially love it right after i sprinkle some diamateious earth on it. I love watching them fluff and roll about soon as i sprinkle it fresh!! i just buy a bag ever so often and spread it about as when i scoop the...

im learning by trial and error a good bit, i just saw this articl about sand, I have already put sand in, those birds were scared to death to come out of the chicken house into the side yard where the sand is it took them a good little while, I think one accidently fell in and decided ok, not so...

there are not words, hay, newbie here, but the following versus from John 14 helped me when i lost 3 family members fairly close together. John 14 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Comforts His Disciples 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in...