Recent content by Cdur

please explain how they could be improperly installed

Thank you, at least now I know that it isn't my imagination. Last night I took a garbage can lid, turned it upside down on top of a couple of concrete blocks, put a five gallon pail in the middle, weighted it down and put a lid on it, then filled the lid with food, they seem to be eating it...

On Friday we put pinless peepers on my 56 hens. Saturday I noticed they didn't eat as much as normal. Today I noticed they barely ate at all. I normally fill their feeders when I check on them for the last time in the early evening, and close them in for the night. When I go out in the morning...

I think they have plenty of room, especially the six that are the worst. I don't see any evidence of mites or lice. I went ahead and ordered some pinless peepers. I hope they aren't as big as they look in the pictures, the part the goes in the nostril look awful big compared to the size of...

Thank you, what are pinless peepers? I have never heard of this before.

This is my second year raising chickens. Last year I had a variety of breeds 2 Black Sex links 4 Rhode Island reds,13 Brown leghorns, 2 buffs and 4 barred Plymouth. I bought them in late may and by October most of them had bare backs. I tried everything to correct the problem. Red light in the...

I feed my girls layer crumbles and as a treat I give them a mix of black oil sunflower seed and cat food. They always eat the sunflower seeds first and then they will eat the cat food. ( I heard that cat food is high in protein and will help when they are molting. during the summer I pull weeds...

Thank you very much, I will do just that. I have six other layers in a separate pen, (rhode island reds and black sex links) but they are mean to the two injured birds and I don't want to subject them to that after all they have been through. Thanks again,

A couple months ago, one of our dogs got into the coop and killed most of my chickens. Two of them were severely injured. I nursed them back to health and they are now laying again. Recently I purchased more chicks. I am not in a position where I can separate the 2 adult birds from the...