Hi All,
I could really use some help with this. We have a flock of about 60 chickens, three of them are roosters (one is a bantam). The oldest rooster (he is 4) is a Rhode Island Red and he is in charge. The other is an Appenzellar Spitzhauben and he is about 2 years old. They have gotten...
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I use bag balm a lot for chicken's combs in the winter to keep out frostbite. When I don't have any of that, Vaseline is a great substitute. I am sure it will work for leg mites, if that is your problem, since the bag balm or Vaseline is mainly just to suffocate the bugs and keep them...
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We always give our chickens food like that. I know some people are very picky about the food they give their hens, but all the meat in your poultry stock is wonderful protein for them! You do have to be careful with bones, as they can attract predators to the coop, but if you pick them...
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I have a White Phoenix hen who just hatched 8 chicks this past weekend from different chickens in our flock. I also have 7 chicks I bought at our feed store, so a total of 15 chicks. They are all under 5 days old.
We have 5 black ones and the rest are brown or yellow. The problem is...