Recent content by kenhansen

I am confused. I have 42 hens, which were giving me about 14 dozien per week. This week I am finding about 6-10 eggs per day, The feed is the same, It has gotten a bit cooler but still in the 70's during the day (Central Florida). The layers are all about 11-12 months old and are RIRs. I...

I also took Illia's advice and it worked great! I put the broody hen in a separate pen for two days. No nesting material. Just food and water. When I brought her back to the hen house I banded one of her legs with a colored plastic wire tie so I could easily tell her from the rest. She goes...

Weirsdale, Florida. 45 hens, 2 roosters.

Oh yeah, Duramycin (tetracycline) is an antibiotic. Just like with us humans, it only works for a short time to rid an infection. If overused the "bug" can develop it's own immunity to the drug.

Chickens will eat just about anything. Like the previous post about iron content, beware of what you give them. In a pinch my chickens love cat food with their scratch. My preference is scratch, sweet feed and oyster shells. I have "free range" and a hen house for the egg layers. The best...

Problems with a Lab and a Boston Terrier. That sounds familiar. Actually my Lab catches the hens when they get loose. She brings them to me unharmed. She should, she is a champion retriever. Her full time job is a service dog. My Boston, on the other hand, can be a problem with the birds...

Wow, you got a lot of answers here. I have Duramycin and was also confused on the conversion at first. I use 1/8th tsp. per gallon when I use it. I currently have it but don't use it. A few months ago I brought in 13 hens that were not well cared for and the weather was getting cold. I used...

I lost 4 to fox, then the fox wound up as road kill. 3:30 am today I woke to losing a free range hen to a hawk. The free range that are to young to roost safely are penned tonight. The .22 is also ready if needed. I guess I should be grateful I don't have many racoons around and I haven't...

I use 1/8th teaspoon/gallon. Like the previous post, they shouldn't need it, but it won't hurt them to run a few days with it. If the mix your using is in metric, Google the conversion . The brand I got from the feed store works out to 1/8th tsp per gallon.