Recent content by Chadco

Need help, this hen is getting scabby around eyes and on comb, she is isolated and raising Guinea chicks, some of the rest of my hens are beginning to have the same problem. I have had a couple die in the last 2 weeks, they seem fine and then they just fall out. Please give me some advice and...

Yes i use lighting, and i have around 25 hens that range in age from 18 to 30 months. All egg laying has stopped completely

My chickens started moult in the first of june and came out of moult in late August, started laying great, and know it appears that they are moulting again and stopped laying completely. Is this normal. If they moult for another 3 months that would be 6 months out of the year. Any suggestions...

I have added a light, so let's see what happens

Also noticed the roosters no crowing much at all

I always have kept oyster shell for the to have as they want it, i went out and caught a lot of the chickens today for inspection this morning, my laying hens all look and feel healthy and heavy with no mites or lice, my younger pullets were lice free but felt skinny and there brest bone seemed...

Their coop is 10x16 with 10 nest box. I have a high fence built that they can't get over and can't find eggs anywhere.we live in west tennessee, and just assumed by reading on this site that it sounded like molt

How do you get there calcium up?

They were all pretty much rasied together, they were all laying and then it stopped. I have wormedthem all with ivomec

I am new to raising chickens, and have built my flock up to about 30 chickens, i was getting 14 to 16 eggs a day up until May and then it completly shut off. Now about 4 months later i am lucky to get 2 eggs a day. I have read about moult, but didnt think it would last this long. My oldest hen...