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I’ve loved chickens ever since I can remember. In 2001 my husband was transferred. One condition on our moving was that I would be able to have chickens. We moved and my flock started one month later. In 2002 I started using chicken math and joined backyard chickens. The rest is history. 2roos...

Does anyone know of a natural spider repellant? Well actually a web repellant? Any recipes? My coop is just filled with webs but the fall is even worse. I haven't seen the spider but the webs are horrible and not even pretty. I don’t see any spiders and no bugs in the webs just dirt. I am...

I just lost a hen to a red tailed hawk. I scared him off but will it come back to get her?

My 2 year old red sex-link hen won't eat. She looks at her food or treats but won't eat. I have tried scrambled eggs, moistened Layena, and green beans. She has been lethargic and stays in her nesting box all morning and into the afternoon. By around 3pm she starts to stand and wander...

This is the 2nd day that my hen won't eat. She looks at her food or treats but won't eat. She does drink her plain water. She has been lethargic and stays in her nesting box all morning and into the afternoon. By around 3pm she starts to stand and wander around. Her droppings have changed and...

I have 7 chickens between 4 mos and 8 1/2 yrs. I have never wormed them and had just been using DE, until finding a long worm in a poo. Sunday night I took away their water. Monday morning I gave them 1 oz Wazine in 1 gal water. I also gave them their crumbles mixed with water (I do that every...

I have a hen that was attacked by a dog today (she is okay) As I was checking her over another hen started to eat the feathers that had fallen. Why would she do that?

I had 11 shipped eggs that were due July 8th One was missing from the nest after about 10 days. On July 6th there was one out of the nest that had been destroyed and had a chick in it. One hatched July 7th and another on July 8th. Today (July 9) my broody went outside with the 2 babies and...

When I was searching Marek's disease I found 2 different homeopathic remedies/recipes at The Happy Hen House. I thought that it was worth a try so I have been using both to treat my girl. She is doing better after 2 weeks so I am going to keep treating her. One uses cranberry, brazil nut...

For 8 years I have never had a chicken taken by a predator but I have lost 2 in the past month. I hadn't seen a hawk in all this time (I think) until this fall. Now there is one that keeps sitting on the pasture fence. Of course I scare it away every time that I see it. We have a lot of crows...