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my husband calls me and tells me that my White Leghorn roo is relentlessly chasing the guineas and HE is all bloody! I have 10 Rhode Island Red hens, 1 WL roo, and 7 guineas. They have a 12x14 barn and connected is 7x24 run. I don't know roo's age but he's not a big chicken, maybe 3-4 pounds...

I started my chicken flock on 7/1/09. Since then, I have watched 5 die and now my Penny (fav hen) is sick. She's lathargic, not eating much, puffed up feathers, and her chest feathers look like they have dried mucus on them. No other signs. I've done regimens with antibiotics & antibacterial...

I have 7 guineas that are just about all feathered out (with the black & white feathers). They were just a few days old when I bought them on 7/1/09. So that would be about 9 weeks old, I guess. They are in the chicken coop & run with my 14 chickens. They are all doing well and getting along...

I'm new to raising chickens and I do want to experience the fullness of raising chickens from chick to table. I understand why culling is necessary- especially for health reasons. I know this is part of farming chickens but I'm having a hard time facing it. I have a little RIR that needs to...

I sure would like to work from home. I don't have any degree. I thought about chicken farming large scale, but hubby said no. I'm 35, mom to a four year old. I have 12 acres paid for. I'm pretty good with a computer. My problem is I work for the hospital so I'm the one who carries all the...

I'm thinking about going into the chicken farming business. Maybe turkey. Like the big commercial houses. Anyone out there doing it? Got any advice? I want to work from home.

Yesterday me and my little girl was our at the hen house to visit our chicky's. We love to hold our chicky's! Guess what was crawling on her arm & mine...something that looked like a louse, very small straw colored louse. It was just one bug on us each (that I seen) we stripped and showered...

Do you have to use a knife to cut the neck arteries? Can I take my big limb sheers and take the head completely off in one whack? I can't do the knife thing...hurts my tender girl feelings. I want one of those mechanical chicken pluckers, but all the pics I see still have the head on the...

OK experts! Newbie needs your help. Duramycin 10 label uses milligrams per gallon of water. I don't have anything that measures milligrams. And it is apples to oraganges comparing mg's to tablespoons. What are you all using to measure Duramycin with? I put in 1/8 tablespoon in their water...

I love to catch grasshoppers for my 12-14 week old chicks (RIR). They get so excited and jump up & down at my feet for it! I take them so many treats (other than grasshoppers) too. Some of them seem to be getting quite "pushy" & pecky for treats. I put my hand down to clean, pick up trays...

I bought 4 hens on 7/19 that are supposed to be already laying. They are in the hen house and seem to be very happy. I am feeding them laying pellets. I figured there would be a little "down time" for adjustment to a new home & space. But.....how long should be expected? I thought I'd have a...

I have 8 keets that are about 4-5 weeks old. (I'm close but not exactly sure) They are in a brooder box inside the hen house. I take the best of care, hold them, feed them grasshoppers as treats. With all this attention, they still seem to be "wild". Will they ever tame down? I don't want...

I have 10 Rhode Island Red chicks that are about 10-12 weeks old. I am keeping them in a small coop inside the hen house. They are not fully feathered out. In the hen house I have 8 other chickens. Since one started crowing this week, I know one is a cockerell (W. Leghorn and he seems to be...

Hello to all! I have 10 Rhode Island Red's (possibly 1 is a Rooster, they are about 10 wks old) I have 1 Barred Rock hen, 2 Araucana hens, 2 White Leghorn pullets, and 3 Cinnamon Queen hens. With this mix flock, any suggestions on what breed of Rooster I should have? I want to keep my...

Can you tell if an egg is fertilized? If a rooter has a group of hens and they lay eggs, I assume they are fertilized. Can you eat these eggs? Is there a time you can not eat the eggs?

My very first forum post ever. I guess all I wanted to say is hello to all my new chicken lover friends! I live in Arkansas and I have new family members: 8, two week old keets (guinea's) & 10 Rhode Island Red chicks that are about eight weeks old. I am having a blast raising my new babes. I...