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I've used pine straw (as it's known here) and not had any problems. I use it in the nesting boxes and on the dirt in th run. Throw scratch feed on it and the chickens will turn it and their poop. When it starts to break down, take it out and compost it or throw more pine straw, pine shavings...

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I hope the cedar shavings will cut down on the mosquitoes hanging out around the hay. I know mosquitoes will not hang around citrus smells as I spray my deck and surrounding areas with lemon scented liquid dish soap and lemon scented ammonia mixed with water and put in a hose end sprayer about...

It is so wet down here that many times the mosquitoes lay eggs and hatch in wet leaves or wet hay; they do not need standing water. I currently have hay (dry) in my nesting boxes and whenever I open the lid to gather eggs, mosquitoes swarm out of the nesting box. Not sure if I want to spray...

Mine just had the dry version on their combs and wattles,with no other side affects and no lessions in nostrils or mouth. I did have one that had lessions around her eyes and one eye got real swollen, but within a day (before I could cull her - I travel and my teenage son will cull if I am not...

Not if there are any other chickens infected within a few miles of you as the mosquito flies. Once the infected bird is bitten, killing the mosquito would be more effective than culling the chicken. It is really no big deal if achicken gets fowl pox. Looks bad for a few days, they build up...

Only on page 13 so I don't know if this has been addresses yet, but fowl pox is spread by mosquitoes and make scabs on the combs. It is only contagious if a mosquito bites an infected chicken then bites another chicken. Once it has run its course, the chicken is immune for the rest of its...

Question for the OTs: Is there a particular ratio of roo to hen that you try / like to maintain? 1 to 5? 1 to 10? 1 to 20? This is assuming no breeding pairs, breeding for specific genetics, or breeding for show. Just curious about a farm flock whether small farm or large farm husbandry...

"]Ok I have a newbie question.  I knew the hens needed grit for their diet since where they range doesnt give them access to it. When I went to the feed store to get supplies & asked for it they asked what kind I wanted. They had chick, grower, layer & another kind I cant remember.  I got the...

Amen, Beekissed. Amen!

Thanks everyone for your comments. The red is dirt and not on him now. I thought he might have been a Delaware but the breeder swears he doesn't have any Delawares. I will probably keep him and try to get some Delaware hens and see what the biddies look like. He is the largest one so far...

He will be 15 weeks old on Monday, June 11th. I've yet to hear him crow but he is the one the cockerel that alerts all the chickens when they forage and keeps peace when they are all in the coop/run area. The breeder said he was a Light Sussex but he does not have the white legs I have seen in...

Watch her to make sure the she doesn't begin to have problems with the other leg. I had one that started having trouble just after 8 weeks and the other leg went lame within a week. She could stand to eat and drink but was getting worse. She got bad enough that I put her down this past weekend...

Sorry, now see in thread description "day old" . Try getting it to eat and drink like nurse_turtle said to see if it can get some strength.