Great article! I had no idea honeysuckle was bad for chickens...! Is it the flowers? Leaves? Or both? I keep these planted around the property for the hummingbirds and bees.
Looking for home
Easter Egger Rooster
6 months old
Raised as chick from Meyer Hatchery
Mareks vaccinated
Good to hens
Has been known to attack people if he feels his hens are being threatened
Nice vocals
Gardnerville, NV area
Here they are all enjoying the lightly salted water. I’ll repeat this in a day or two for a max of three times is all it ever took to stop the feather picking.
I had feather picking problems in the past and looked around quite a bit for answers on how to stop it. The solution that has worked best for me was from an article that suggested sodium deficiency in a chicken’s diet and to put another free choice, small waterer out with a teaspoon or less of...
@aart Very interesting article! Have you ever experienced a new pullet laying an egg (just one) and stopping? We have a black copper Marans (our only one) who laid just one obviously dark chocolate colored egg on 4/17. To date not another egg. I’ve never had this type of experience before, so...
Eggs in a basket is one of my favorites! This morning we took the leftover fajita meat from last night and made an omelette. Hope you enjoy your meal!
this one was made with some small fairy eggs from new layers.
Thanks! Interesting Post! We had a weird one today from a new layer. I had to crack it to see what it looked like inside. No yolk at all...!
What do you think caused this abnormality...?