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So my chickens have been goin throu a molt and not laying. Every thing else has been fine health wise so I went to tsc to find some vitamins. I settled in roster booster. I mixed it like the label said. I went in to the coop last night and I saw jet black weird poop. Any one have this problem...

so like the title says my hen went threw a molt about 5 mounts ago and she still looks really ratty. no bald spots but just looks "unkept" she is very healthy, eating and drinking and always out with the other ladies. she is also laying as normal. I checked her over really good for lice or...

so one of my girls is about 2 years old and very healthy the other day I noticed a lot of poop around her vent. I washed It all off and I noticed that her vent is a little prolapsed, not too bad just like the size of a large grape. it dident seem like anyone had been pecking at it so I found...

so over the summer I built a 5 gallon bucket with horizontal nipples on the sides and the chickens love it. my plan for the winter was to just drop in a very small submersible aquarium water heater like 20w (its for a 15 gallon aquarium). the lowest temp setting on the heater is 66 F. will the...

So I think a Chicken of mine has fowl pox. Not bad at all just some black specks on the comb. Is their anything I should do? Or just let it run it corse? I have 8 birds and every one is very healthy

so I have a barred rock with a tall pointed comb and last week I noticed some black scabby things on the tips. I thought it was just dirt at first but then I got a hold of her. It couldn't be frostbite cus the lowest it's got is like 43f. So I thought it was from a pecking. But now about a week...

alright so my girls are a little over 21 weeks and 2 of them just started laying I am about to run out of grower feed and I am gunna go to the feed store today. should I just switch to layer or keep them on the grower till they all start laying?? I have been offering oster shells free choice...

So like the title says. Is 8 weeks too soon to switch over to flock raiser?

Like are they totally blind or can they see a little bit. Or can they see like people, once their eyes get adjusted to the dark, you know not very good.

So are the black oil sun flower seeds that every one gives their chickens the same stuff that we buy for the wild birds??

So I built a big coop and run for my 8 ladies. My problem is that the coop gets pitch black before it gets dark outside and they will not go in to bed unless I turn the light on and then they all run right up. Is it ok leaving a low wattage light on all night or should I put it on a timer of...

So my birds are about 8 weeks old and I have been giving them grit for the last few weeks. I usually put some in a bowl and they go crazy for it. Like they like it more then treets. I fill only fill the bowl up once every few days but when I do it's gone in like 10 min. And I only have 8 ladies...

So my chicks are about the right age to start giving them treets so I will also have to start giving them grit. How should I offer it to them? Should I just put it in a bowl in the brooder and let them have as much as they want or is their another way?

So I have be told that for chicks it is a good idea to put a layer of paper towels on top of the pine shavings so that they don't eat the pine shavings. When do u guys think they will be old enuff to remove the paper towels?

So what's better for wire for my run construction coated galvi wire of just plain galvi. I can get a really good deal on the coated stuff that's why I ask

So my run is gunna be 8 x 15 an I'm gunna be using pressure treated 4x4s with 1/2 hard whare cloth. But I am wondering if I can just set the fence posts in with packed dirt of should I use concrete?

So I am building my run. I wanted to set 6 pressure treated 4x4s in to the ground for the wire mesh to attach to. Will the pt kill or make the birds sick??

So I am getting my chickens soon and I want to make a nipple watering system beacuse it just seems like less to maintain. I was wondering how you train your birds to drink from them? Do u have to train them as chicks or do they kinda figure it out if u show then a few times. I am only getting 5...

So I purchased my first home a wile back with my girl friend and we are goin to be getting chickens in the spring. I have built a large coop and run with plenty of windows and ventilation, coop Is 8x6 and run is 15x8 and I am only going to be getting 5 or 6 birds. I plan on using the deep litter...

so I was thinkin about painting the inside of my coop with exterior house paint so that I could hose it down when clean. would this be a problem for the birds like will they eat it??