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We were painting the molting chickens that have had their new feathers pecked off. I lifted Olive's left wing and saw a large hole, the size of a walnut, in her skin. No blood, the hole was filled with a hard brown substance. See the pictures. She is acting normal, laying eggs, eating etc. What...

This information is very detailed. I find it very important to me as I have discovered this exact problem in my young rooster. His plaque is still the size of a small pea on the upper roof of his mouth. His beak is slightly scissored, but we have started trimming it and noticed what he can eat...

My rooster was fine with me, but I just returned from a 10 day trip and now he is attacking me daily. It seems to happen when I am carrying a container in my hand. I don't understand his behavior. Any suggestion?

Thank you!!

I have heard powdered sulfur drives them away from the area.

Her comb is small I say hen. Does she crow?

What was the brand of feed you used that was easy to ferment, Please? Thank you

I don't use a lid for this... the purpose is the let the scratch grains Ferment. A similar process to making wine, or sauerkraut (fermented cabbage).

I need information about why my fermenting feed is moldy after 2 days. The first 2 batches I made were great, during the summer. The chickens loved the food. The next batch, I changed the scratch grain and in 36 hours I had mold. I do know the difference. So, I used unused mason jars, washed...

I need information about why my fermenting feed is moldy after 2 days

No suggestions for the coop. However, I made roosts out of handrails bought at Home Depot. Then I asked the local bicycle shop to save punctured inner tubes for me. I prefer the wide inner tubes. I cut the inner tubes stem out and then made one cut the length of the inner tube and wrapped the...

Hello chicken experts I have just seeded my garden with crimson clover seeds. These seeds have an inoculant of clay and peat moss???. The seeds are white from the coating. Obviously the chickens will eat these seeds, so I need to know if the inoculant is toxic. I called the feed store and was...

Are chickens instinctively aware of the dangers of snakes? My chickens were raised by me not a hen. I just read this is the time of year copperhead babies are "born". I live in northwest Georgia.

I am a first time chicken mama. We brought ours home Easter Weekend, so I have not had them through winter yet. So in nature, the daylight hours are much shorter than the summer, so that means the chickens go longer without food and water? I realize that is how their daylight would be in nature...

Friends were teasing my husband about installing a dish for TV and a spa also. We did not considered the lights as fire hazards. He was trying to give the chickens and me, the best he could. We can use the electric to heat their water.

I posted 3 pictures of our coop

Here are some coop pics.

We live in north Georgia. It can get very cold, (16 degrees above zero), with a few snow days, during some winters. Our coop has 2 doors, on opposing sides of the coop. The doors each have 18 x 18 inch "windows". The windows have 1/2 inch hardware cloth built in to them. My question is; should...

This will be our first winter with chickens and guineas. I would like to hear and see (if possible) how you all provide water in the winter. Currently we have a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled in the sides. The water level is controlled by a toilet float. It works very well. The chickens just...