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I'm still trying to sex my Easter Eggers!! One of them started Crowing a couple days ago.so that helps some. but do the Roosters chest butt each other while puffing out their feathers and standing taller? If they do that would be so helpful. Someone please comment as these birds have been...

You can get Mealworms at Tractor Supply Stores, Farm and Fleet, Mills Fleet Farm, Live ones at pet Stores. The Mealworms at the other stores are all dead and freeze dried. Chickens LOVE THEM!!! And they're loaded with protein!!! A very healthy snack for Chickens!!

When I have little chicks I grind up regular Oatmeal into a fine, but easy to eat powder and chicks go crazy for it. offer it once a day only because it's not a balanced diet. otherwise they should be eating their Chick Crumbles. It's something different, and breaks up the bordom of always...

I have another Question about Ameraucanas. Some of my Ameraucanas have the classic greenish colored legs and the others have regular colored legs. Why is that? someone told me it's because Ameraucanas are just mix breed chickens and they throw any old breeds of Chickens together just making sure...

I thought Americana's and Easter Egger's were the same thing? What is an Auracauna then? I heard that Auracauna's are a rare breed and are completely different from Easter Eggers and Americana's. Also, My Americana's are developing ear muffs. I thought those were only found on Auracauna's? There...

Is comb sexing 7-8 week old Amaricaunas a good way to sex them? I know they only develop Pea combs. Some have no combs at all and no signs of pink at all. I believe those are Pullets. some have a visable but small combs that are pinking up fast. another one has a small but visable comb that is...

I'm looking for a Chicken Buddy nearby to share chicken care ideas and mayby some egg and bird swaping etc down the road. Let me know who's nearby. I have (pretty sure) 5 Ameracauna pullets and 3 Cockerals one of which I'm keeping so I'll have fertile eggs next spring to try my hand at...

How much Raw Apple Cider Vinegar to a 1 quart Waterer? and how much to a Gallon size? Not a newby but just been away from chickens for a while !!!

I live in Minnesota and I buy the Red Lake Earth. The Red Lake Earth is Food Grade and it is not bleached. it is mixed with Volcanic Ash and I was told by someone very reliable that using straight DE is hard on our lungs and I would imagine even harder on a Chickens lungs or a Dogs Lungs. thats...

I have my Button Quail in a big cage with my pair of Diamond Doves. can they eat Finch/Parakeet seed mix with Gamebird crumble with protein level of 17 to 18%? Will the doves also enjoy eating the gamebird crumble? How about a broiler feed with 21% protein? Too high?

Can full strength Food Grade DE be used for the dust bath? I have the Red Lake Earth brand?

Can this Crop issue also affect Diamond and Ringneck doves?

Every morning I turn on the hose and use my hand mop and wipe out my 2 1 gallon waterers good, add 2 tablespoons ACV to each and fill them to the top. I keep 1 in the coop and one in the chicken yard. Every morning they are rinsed out and filled whether they need it or not. I chose to have...

I put paper towels under the waterer and then elevate the quart size waterer on a big jar lid. no problems.

I buy a 50 pound bag of scratch grains and add things to it like, wild bird seed, cracked corn,oats and black oil sunflower seeds. They don't seem interested in the sunflower seeds though.

Every spring we bring in a pick up load of playground sand. there's no gravel under it. The nightcrawlers come out at night and crawl around and are constantly stirring it up. so by April every year it's time for a new,fresh load. It's pretty inexpensive here- $22.00 for a full size pickup...

Tyler, just want to let you know I'm still waiting for the catalogs and buisness cards to come in the mail. Thought they would have arrived by now !!! Laurie Matson.

Cook up macaroni or cut spagetti and mix it with plain yogurt like you would mayonaise. They will go APE !!!!