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A moment ago #8 Carolyn252 Mother of Chickens New Thank you EVERYONE ! I went to amazon just now and ordered the ivermectin paste 1.87% for horses. It will arrive day after tomorrow. I'll put a quarter-of-a-pea sized glob in her mouth and hope for the best. Am wondering: is the one dose...

I've soaked her bottom in a deep dishpan of warm water with blue Dawn liquid soap. Many maggots came out in the water. After rinsing her off, I set her on the patio table. Sitting next to the table, I was at the perfect height to see her raw quarter-sized wound where the maggots had eaten...

Hello, fellow Long Islanders and surrounding areas. I haven't been on this site in months and months. I just heard about a relatively new breed and am thinking about getting two point-of-lay or started pullets: WhitingTrueBlue. They lay blue eggs, but they grown chickens come in a wide...

In an effort to boost their nutrition while they are molting and have stopped laying eggs, I looked at some cans of cat food and cans of dog food at the supermarket today. Only 10% protein. Instead, I bought two pounds of raw hamburger meat. Chopped meat. Beef. 90% lean. It's 22% protein...

Are they still available? Have they been vaccinated against Marek's Disease? I am in Freeport, in Nassau County; where are you located?

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Leftover health salad from the deli store. Ok to offer to the hens ?

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I've seen crumbles and I've seen pellets, but what is mash? And what is it for? Is drench a liquid that chickens drink or do you bathe them in it? And what's it for? Thanks.

FYI, it turned out to be her rear toe with the nail broken almost completely off. I snipped it off with a quick snip of a scissor. It was at the middle of an overly long nail, just where the blood vessel begins. I found a tube of plain triple antibiotic ointment and used that. The toe is now...

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Just noticed a drop of blood on the doorstep of the ChickArena as my cream legbar stepped out for the day. Am in the house gathering stuff to clean and treat it and bandage it. I'll bring her indoors to bath it in a basin of warm water and epsom salts. Will then be able to see the wound and...

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Slowly, slowly, we make progress. Can open it at will: HennyPenny, LittleWhiteFrizzle, BuffOrp, BigWhiteDelaware,EE. So, five Einsteins; two clueless.

Well, one more genius has figured it out. HennyPenny bravely has stepped up to the plate and mastered the dilemma. She can now open the feeder at will. So, three Einsteins and four birdbrains. We continue to live in hope.

So far the Grandpa's Feeder is winning the IQ test. http://www.grandpasfeeders.com/ Five of my seven hens would rather starve to death than step up on the treadle. (I think that the movement of the lid is what's spooking them.) However, two of my seven have had the lightbulb moment and can...

Yes, the wind taught us many lessons. Panels flew up and off into the shrubs, and up and off onto other parts of the roof, and up and off onto the lawn. Each new windstorm had us hefting the panels back up into position and weighing them down with yet another "clever" idea. Free weights from...

Need advice on retrofitting a sloped roof over my existing ChickArena. The sloped roof that we’ve used for the past five years is not at a-large-enough pitch for rain and snow to readily run off. We need to replace it or somehow redesign and build and install it so that it has a much greater...

Roberta ChickenFairyGodmother: So now I'm hoping to add THREE point of lay pullets in the fall. If you have 'em, I'll take 'em. I'm still going to give away LaVerne and her sister Shirley. They're sweet, but not laying anymore. -Carolyn252

One of my chickens crossed over the Rainbow Bridge late last night. Found her this morning in The ChickArena; I'm sure it was the heat. She was one of my most productive hens; an EasterEgger. I called her Smoke because she was feathered in a rich medley of browns and rusts. Gave us such pretty...