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Hey everybody, I compost all the wood shavings in my chicken coop. I might need to dust my chickens with sevin, as a few of them are losing feathers and it might be lice or mites. I've never had to do this before. If I dust inside the coop and over the shavings, does that mean I can't...

Probably a "mutt," but I'm thinking maybe Welsummer? But it has more of a pea comb.... Any other thoughts?

Hi all, So a couple of days ago I noticed that one of my white leghorns has a very droopy comb. The rest of the flock (including two more white leghorns and 5 more mixed) are all fine. She is acting fine otherwise, eating, etc. But her comb has basically crumpled waaaaay over-- not like it...

OK, so it looks like I found a worm in an egg that I cracked open today. It doesn't look so much like the photos I've seen of roundworms in eggs; the worm-like object was very delicate, broke apart easily and was whispy and fibrous. It tapered off so much at the end you could barely see it...

I have three white leghorns who matured and started laying at the end of July and early August. After a bout with frequent soft eggs (they weren't eating the oyster shell until I mixed it with food), they were laying well and we were getting three solid, perfect eggs per day. Several days ago...

Yay yay yay! My leghorns are coming into lay. One has been laying for maybe two weeks (starting at 17 weeks), and another will start any day now, I think. The other day I went out to the coop and found these soft eggs: It was in the morning, and they were laying on the poop board under...

OK, so I planted 26 tomato plants this year, five varieties. 24 of the plants are doing great, but there are two, a roma and a grape tomato plant, that have something weird going on. I will attach photos, but the roma is stunted and the leaves are curled. It seems fine otherwise. It is...

I have three white leghorns, due to start laying in about 3 weeks. The rest of the flock are EEs and Barred Rocks. I am wondering what feed to use once the leghorns start laying? Should I switch the entire flock to layer feed, or keep them all on grower/something else until the rest start...

I'm wondering if this chicken is a rooster? I think it's an Easter Egger (though it was labelled Araucana at the store), and thought it was a hen but I'm starting to wonder...it has no real comb yet, but are those saddle feathers? I'm not too familiar with rooster vs. hen anatomy yet. It also...

Hey WYO folks! I'm a new chicken owner, with a mixed flock of eight. I'm also fairly new to this area, having been raised in Montana and also living in Alaska for five years. I am loving this site and my new pets! I don't know many folks around here, and would love to talk with others from...

I sent my husband to pick up some more chicken feed and he came back with a 50 pound bag of grower food for meat birds, which he says the guy at the feed store recommended. We have 7 and 10 week old layers. I wasn't sure whether to keep them on chick starter or switch to the next level-- but...

I have read through dozens of posts about using buckets and pvc pipe with nipple waterers, but I haven't come across the info I'm looking for: what piece do you use to connect the pvc pipe to the bucket?

Anyone tried it? Our local supply store carries Zeo but not Sweet PDZ, plus it's a bit cheaper, I think.

We are trying to decide what material would be best and least expensive for covering our chicken run. It's large- about 400 sq. feet. Deer fence is a bit pricey- any other ideas for inexpensive fence/netting?

Hi all! We are in the process of completing our chicken coop, which is a section of an old shed with a cracked concrete floor. The shed is insulated and has steel siding, but I think ventilation will be sufficient- 3 windows plus a roof vent and doors that can be opened all the way up to the...

I am a brand new chicken raiser, and I picked up four white leghorns a couple of weeks ago. They're now about four weeks old. Three of them look the same- all white, yellowish/pinkish legs, and obvious crests which are about the same size. The fourth is also white, but it's legs and skin...

Hi all, I have wanted chickens forever, and after several years, my family is now in a position now to be able to raise them! So, I just acquired four 2-week-old white leghorns, and I want to add a few more. On Friday, I will be picking up six two or three-day-old chicks (3 barred rocks and 3...