Recent content by Ericasl

I do not have a rooster, but I do have some very bossy hens! I hate having to go down first thing in the morning to uncover the boxes. That was the whole reason I bought the automatic door. I just want them to stop. There is plenty of roosts they do not have to sit by me bossy hens

I have a few questions?? I have had chickens for years....all of the sudden I have two hens that are not broody wanting to sleep in my nest boxes at night! They were hatched by a Mamma and she taught them to roost in my hen house when they were little. For the last month or more I have to go...

I do not see them on any other of my hens. My broody is in her own little house not by my other birds. I am cleaning everything in the morning going a little bit crazy!

They are red bugs running everywhere!!!!!!!!!!! My poor hen I feel like the worst chicken Mother ever! I do not know where they came from? I have been giving her water melon daily poor girl sitting in this awful heat! I would think I would have seen them before!? What are red wood mites? How the...

I am sorry to post again another mite question!! I have a hen hatching eggs as we speak and she has mites!! The red ones. I was shocked to see them today in the daylight. It has been so hot here 107, I have been checking her and the day her eggs are hatching I see them. I moved her and one chick...

I am ready for spring, very cold and foggy here in Idaho. I am ready to be outside and plant my garden:(

I have been reading about some of you have trouble with hens sleeping in your boxes. Well I had trouble in the fall with my new layers, it was a real mess and a pain going out with a flash light to toss them out and put them on the perch. So I brainstormed and came up with am idea that works...

24 eggs out of 35 hens

I also do not get very many dirty eggs, but when I do I spot wash. Well I did have some of my new layers that wanted to sleep in the boxes!! YUCK drove me crazy no matter how many times I went out and moved them. I was so mad so I went to Wal mart and bought some dark cheap fabric and stapled...

I could not find the frontline spray in my dirt water town but i did find the permethrin 10%. Anyone have any good info I will follow the directions. It also does not say anything on egg withdrawl. I know all of you have so much better info. Thanks

can you eat eggs after using it? Or is there a withdrawl time? Will it kill mite and lice both?

Hello I have a question, I just got the new Murray McMurray catolog and it has an egg washer pro that is organic. During the summer I get very few dirty eggs, But with all this snow mud and ice I am getting a few more dirty eggs. Does anyone have a home made eggwasher that is good. I thought...

That my question, I am already planning on what kind of chickens I want to hatch in the early spring. I feel like I have been waiting for my buffs to start laying FOREVER. What breed starts to lay the early? I have 36 hens and half of them are molting and the others have not started to lay...

HAHAAHA Well see what I get for trying to do math in my head... Well I am glad I was wrong, it makes me feel better.

I sure think they are warm enough, the coop is fully insulated, no drafts. They seem so snug and bugs in a rug.