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Here in the PNW oyster shells don't cost this much. Walmart has two different kinds. I only buy the little bags when I need them but, I have only four hens at the moment. The small bag I have right now I bought last year. We have them at wilco our farm store in town.

Y'all I wear gloves inside and around the crew. I have five pair's of gloves that I wash all the time. Someone will laugh but, I wear my four year old shoes that is coming apart on both sides of the shoes. Yep, I know I need new ones but, someone hasn't fixed my car after he had a accident with...

Thank you all. We were thinking about that. I just thought maybe something wrong with her legs and feet. She has been a great Grandma to a few of the new girls the last few years.

I have a question ? My senior Wyandotte had a problem getting up off the ground in the run two or three days before the end of February. I told hubby about her so he would know. Anyone know why she was having a hard time getting up off the ground in the run? She finally got up and went into...

Sometimes the white is a little too much on the eyes. I have dark mode on three forums, facebook, and Mozilla has dark mode also. Anyone that has never used this mode I can't bet you'll love it. Some people I know is just the opposite.

We had a bully a short time after 2012. I was so busy protecting the one getting hurt all the time. The bully took out all the australorp girls. Don't wait too long. We put the bully in another area two weeks at a time, brought her back in and the cycle continued for over several months. After...

I sleep really good as soon as my head hits the pillow. Don't think of anything prior to sleeping. Try a nice warm cup of tea or a peanut butter sandwich. Sometimes going to sleep keeps people from sleeping if they are hungry. I do this every night with tea, sandwich and milk sometimes. Don't...

I trained our young stud last year. Make him think you are taller, take anything with you all the time around him. One thing that helped me train our guy is he was interested in the new chicks so, he became the chicks babysitter at the time. I use to carry a tall rod with me. Don't get trapped...

Possum come out right about sundown or after. In our case the young possum got into our coop. Now, the crew is locked in at night. Possum was little and young. Hubby thinks the young one was looking for eggs. Fooled it though. Most are molting right now. All of them were on the floor behind the...

We get Purina flock raiser in crumbs. I have oyster shells on the side Ones that need this will eat them. Oyster shells I have a funnel. I fill the funnel twice a day for the chickens. I used to just throw them to the birds but, now I go into the run and hand out seeds to all of them. I make...

Yes to your question. Chickens can talk to you. We picked up a sex-link when we first picked up our ms chicky from a woman that did not want her. She was a talker that was mostly around a little boy every day. She was about three months old. The enclosure she was in she could not walk around...

She looks like a lovely lady. I too have Welsummer. Most of the time she has speckles on her eggs but, not always. I have a Welsummer Rooster and a mixed Australorp/Welsummer Rooster and Hen. You can blame hubby. He wanted to see if mama Australorp could hatch some eggs. She was our brooder for...

We use Purina feed in the crumble form We only use pellet if the farm store doesn't have the crumble The reason for crumble is because squirrels will take the pellets and stuff their mouths and take back to the others. I we use a serving tray for their feed and oyster shells. I have different...

I will say be mighty careful. My Roo years ago trapped me in the coop behind the laying boards. All I could do is yell for my husband at the time. After that we started training the Roo's. As of now they don't bother us at all. Don't run in run that is what started them going after me. I started...

We live in rural in OR. Skunk will dig under the fence. I remember this day the smell was bad for months. I could not wet the clay dirt because it made the smell worse. It was in the coop and all chickens and Roosters come running out at 4 am. in the dark. All the outside lights on the coop...