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Mites and hen lice are tricky to get rid of because of their life cycle which is like 21 or 28 days can't rember exactly maybe someone can elaborate. My vet told me to treat once wait 2 weeks treat again then wait for results, for some reason the lice eggs are not affected by dusting as much as...

Quote: Maybe different breeds fledge a little early? Mine were fully fledged at 4-5 wks. Maybe the exposure to the outside causes a little acceleration for this stage? My chicks went outdoors @ 1 week under an outdoor brooder where they can enter and leave the heat from the lamp as they...

here, check out my setup its cheap and quick to set up and the little fuzzy ones love it. It houses 14 banty babies as of now but this will be the last hatch till spring for me, It consists of an upside down wooden box aprox. 2ft x 4ft x1ft deep with 5" legs. It has a hole in the top for the...

here is my brooder i like the glass so i can see what is going on. Its a 29 gallon fish tank with a dimmer switch hooked to my brooder lamp works like a charm and is super easy to clean and disinfect. here is my latest clutch of bantys.

I had a mink take a 4 month old RIR pullet left me 2 feathers and 2 drops of blood, there was no sign of struggle. I got the mink today, after she killed 3 of my broody banty hens along with their chicks. What a sad sight i was really looking forward to some new fuzzybutz.

hi i was checking on my broody bantys last Pm when i noticed that one of the little black hens that was not broody was sneezing i suspected kennel cough maybe but coop is fairly clean. My buddy returned this Am to open coop door and found her dead on her back with feathers picked off her belly...

hi all I'm new here on the chicken scene. i started my first clutch of 24 redchicken eggs on june 1st @ midnight. I candled @ 7 &14th days and removed about 50 % that were not fertile or development had stopped. I have been turning 3x daily manually and stopped on 18th day Here I am on day 21...