I use the food grade DE in my sheep stall and coop, good for drying things up and keeping the smell down. Seems to help a lot with the flys during the warm weather because it dries up the poop real quick. Not sure it's good for much else tho there are a lot of claims about all the miraculous...
A beat down? Really?
As a professional dog trainer and one who has 8 dogs, 7 sheep, 2 barn cats and 30 free ranging chickens even when my dogs are out in the yard with them I would suggest recruiting the help of a professional.
As some have stated here there are too many variables, there is...
Been lurking for a while. Got my first chix back in May, never would I have dreamed I would be so fascinated by chickens, they are lots of fun. I know we have 6 White Leghorns, my older ladies that lay anywhere we get 3 to 6 eggs per day, they seem very happy. Then we have 24 other chix that...