Recent content by Junkybird

So, the following description from the "chickens with worms" recent post describes some of my birds: they might show loss of weight even tho they eat. they might look "out of condition" droppings can change color and consistency..such as foamy egg production might drop What a helpful post. I...

Okay, I've read the organic sticky note at the top, which is marvelous, btw, but I still have a few questions. I have two sets of chickens, one year olds and 6 month olds. A few of the one year olds have much feather loss and seems smaller than the ones that are half their age. They seem...

Oh no! So, I might have some naked chickens until the next molt? How many molts are there a year? Two? I have some chicks right now too, so tomorrow I'll give the adults some of the starter feed as well. Hopefully we'll be on our way to more feathers soon. Thanks again.

Great! I can do all that. About how long should it take to notice any difference? Thanks so much for your help.

Okay, protein level, I can fix that, right? What are some suggestions for increasing it? Eggs? More beans or something? Forgive me, but I'm just guessing I want to get on this right away. Thanks for all your help.

Thanks for the suggestions. So, if it isn't mites, you think it is feather plucking or a molt? I just want to be clear. I have 14 chickens and 5 guineas in a coop that is 12 x 8 feet. We use two 2 x 4's for their roosts and they ALL like to be on the top one together. The guineas roost on...

the Fox: I've never seen any mites, though I don't usually get that close to my chickens. I will go out tonight and see if I can. All my chickens were born last year in March/April. Here are some pics. I think. I'm gonna try this. It's my first time uploading . . . This is an EE hen...

I found a much smaller, brown egg in one of our nesting boxes yesterday. It was about half the size of a chicken egg. Our chickens have never laid an egg that small before, so I am assuming that it is from the only female guinea that we have. It was sort of cone shaped at one end, but not...

Sorry to hijack this thread. I was just getting ready to post a question about possible mites and saw this one. Several of my hens have lost feathers, mostly around their rears. Two (including a rooster) have only a couple of tails feathers, the rest are all gone. The exposed skin is...

Okay, thanks for the input. I will go ahead and put them out there. I have a red heat lamp and thermometer, so they should be fine. It is starting to warm up here (upstate SC) but still not warm enough for no heat lamp! LOL I can't wait to clean up my living room!!

Hi there, I have ten chicks inside in a RM box set-up. They are in my living room and the stench has started, as well as the feather dust. We have a brooder that we want to put in our barn outside. I would still have the heat lamp on them. They are four weeks old right now and have most of...

I have 5 guineas, only one of them is a hen. I had two hens, but one was attacked by a neighbor dog. So, this one hen limps a little, but it doesn't seem interfere with life too much except that she is a little slower. Could this be why my male guineas shoo her away from food, run up to her...

Thanks for all the replies. Our three acres is big, but the neighbors happen to live close to the edge where the coop is located. That is where the shih-tzu's come over at. And then the proceed to meander all over our property before heading for home. I took a huge tree limb out there...

A donkey will take care of those dogs! Haha, I wish. A donkey sure would be great. Around here people get livestock dogs to guard. Maybe I should just do that. What about those electric wires everyone's talked about? Perhaps just along the area where the yippers typically cross over? I...

Hi there, I need some advice. We already have 15 chickens and 5 guineas. Our neighbor dogs (shih-tzu's) are chasing our guineas. The chickens don't seem to be bothered by them. We can't afford to fence in our entire acreage (close to 3 acres) but want to keep those silly dogs away. Will a...