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Red mites can infest your home and they can survive on human hosts. Become informed and spare your family an awful infestation of red mites. Check out the book The Year of the Mite by Jane Ishka This website is chock full of advice on how to rid your home and coop from Red Mites...

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My husband has way too much time on his hands. Check out the Singing Chickens doing Jingle Bells

We have a 5 month old pullet "One Eye Jackie" who was scratched in her eye by another pullet. The resulting eye infection almost killed her. I have graphic before and after photos. This eye injury and resulting infection has a happy ending and it might help other chickens who experience an...

We have being using crows to keep the hawks away. They attack any hawks that come near our farm. We feed the crows a little food every morning, I call them mutt & jeff and if I see a hawk before they do, I call them & they chase it away. This has worked for 2.5 years. Yesterday morning the...

How did you give the hens the VetRx? What was the dose? Did you add it to their water?

I am trying to avoid giving my hens soy. Read up and soy and hormones. We have a hen right now dying from ovarian cancer. Soy is often the number one ingredient in chicken feeds. Ovarian cancer is so prevalent in chickens that researchers are studying them to help find a cure for people...

Quote: Do you think that certain chicken breeds might be more prone to ovarian cancer? My black star hen started retaining fluida and the vet said it was a 50/50 chance of being ovarian cancer or an infection. The antibiotics have had no affect. My husband is also attached to our star and he...

Here is the link to the article: http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/chickens-fed-flaxseed-survive-ovarian-cancer

I have a hen losing her battle with ovarian cancer. I found this article that gave me some hope that perhaps I could help my other hens. Chickens fed a diet of flaxseed for a year experienced a decreased severity of ovarian cancer and higher survival rates. The finding is important...