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I'm reading what I can on the subject right now. Seems if any birds ate any pellets they are likely to get sick. Seems maybe I can just watch the flock, throw out any eggs for say, 30 days, and cull any sick birds. Does that sound like a bad idea?

I could do that. It could suck going the next 5/6 months with no fresh eggs. I wouldn't mind changing the breeds I have though. I wanted broodies, I got them, but they won't cooperate with me.

I'd imagine that for what it would cost to x Ray the flock it m would be cheaper to butcher and start all over.

Any one have information ibn this? I have a target that I use for shooting air rifle in the backyard. It's a plastic bin filled with dirt. I guess the dogs thought there might be food in it and knocked it over and got the lid off. The chickens tore through the dirt and scattered it around. So...

New problem, new broody.... So now I have another hen gone broody, been broody for about a week, I'd say. Only problem is, I have a three part nesting box, and she's been switching back and forth which nest she's sitting in. She'll be on one for two or three days, and then switch. I've been...

Rat traps. Lots of them. Just clear them all out.

She was confined, sort of. I set the pen up around the corner of the yard where the gap was. I used the bin with the nest in it to block her out, along with some hardware cloth. The pen was low, about 28 inches high, but escaping the pen just took her further from her old nest spot. I got...

So it's been about 2 weeks now, and I got something set up for her. I was going to leave her, but now we are getting a bit of rain, and I really didn't want her hatching those eggs back there where I can't get to them anyway. Too many cats, too much crap that the chicks don't need to be around...

Sitcom, why are you trapping rats that way? Use a proper rat trap somewhere where the dogs and birds won't get but and get the rats that way. Then you can throw them out or do what I do and let the dogs have a treat.

So I went back there again to put some boards against the fence to block out some wind and rain, and I notice her egg is kind of sticking out behind her instead of being under her. I tried to move her to tuck it under her and discovered that she has a number of eggs in there. Guess she was...

I can't climb the fence to get at her. I can get at her through the fence, I cleared the brush back, but she is between two fences and there is not enough room for me to get through there. howfunky, you are right, it's probably time to block that area off. I kind of forgot about it, since...

I'm not going to spray her, it's not getting warm enough around here to be comfortable with soaking her like that, she probably wouldn't dry out decently well before night time. What happens if I get the egg away from her? Does she keep laying a spot with no egg? Find a new set of eggs to...

I'm not too sure about the live trap just because I am not able to get out there and check things as much as I would like... What kind of box should I be looking to put together for her? 2x2x2? Bigger? I'm not entirely sure how to go about it if I'm going to try to trap her in there so she...

So I'm pretty sure I have my first broody hen. I went back to check on everyone, and I was missing one of my hens. (Buff Orpington, under a year old, so I guess technically a pullet at this point). So after looking around awhile I finally found her. Next to my property is a ponding basin that...

Are you really running ac off of solar? How much did that setup run you? I just ran misters this last summer. The chickens seemed to like that just fine, much cheaper than trying to cool with fans and or a.c. units.

This sounds like a bad idea to me, let me explain really quickly here. Solar may be a good idea if your coop is far from your house and you don't want to run power to it. However, if you can run power, or already have power run, and just want to save money, solar for just the coop isn't a...

Or you go to a doctor, and they do a culture, that's going to take three days (According to them) and then prescribe you antibiotics and never tell you if you had something viral or bacterial. Seems like doctors will prescribe antibiotics for anyone who has a little fever or sore throat or...

The point is that aside from the potential harm that can come from vaccines, those who look into vaccines often find that vaccines can be far less effective than the medical establishment would like you to believe. Polio was already in decline when the vaccine was introduced. Another thing to...

Something tells me you don't really wonder, you just like to make snide comments. First, I doubt if many people believe that vaccinations are a CIA mind control plot. Probably about the same number as believe that chickens are a Russian mind control plot. Second, if you really wondered about...

I disagree that cats can't have any plant material, they do eat the contents of stomachs in the wild, which largely contain plant material. It's an important source of a number of vitamins.