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Contact a local tree trimming company and ask them to dump a load of mulch, near you. They have to dump their trucks many times daily. I use it many many ways .

Seramas are very docile and friendly. I have crossed them with frizzles and they are adorable chicks :-)

Loved it!! This is a dream setup for all us chicken lovers :-) this gives me great ideas :-) You may want to place some chicken wire on the ground around the pen, to keep coons from digging under your fence :-)

I bought a book called CITY CHICKS. It is great. She refers to pecking order and advises to put mean birds in isolation for a few days and it changes the pecking order. When you take them out of isolation, hang them upside down and make them face to face with the hen they pecked. It will...

I had a duck to do this. It seemed dizzy and couldn't walk. The others were cruel. I gave her a shot of duramycin. Next day she was back to normal! I don't know what she had. I thought she would die, so this was a last ditch effort.

She may just be sore and have torn muscles. Is she still eating okay? She probably just needs some time to heal. Could you get another hen to put with her? Chickens do not eat well if they are alone, boil an egg and mash it with some quick oats. A little apple cider vinegar in the...

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I haven't incubated in my bra ,but have definitely transported eggs and chicks in my bra. It keeps them warm. I found 2 goose eggs once, in a nest that a fox had raided on an island. The mother was gone. I took them home in my bra and they hatched the next day. A friend at work brought me...

try a tsp apple cider vinegar in 1 cup warm water. just give her sips with a dropper, or a straw.

Do you still have him?

It is a mineral deficiency that starts them to doing it, and then they like the taste. When you use eggs, save the shells and bake them in the oven. crush them and feed them back to the hens. It also helps to put some warm water with a little apple cider vinegar in it. This gives them...

Do you have guineas? They are notorious for chasing and harassing roosters to death.