Recent content by KrisH

New Hampshires are growing up! Have gotten three eggs out of 6 hens so far. They are big chunks of chicken for sure! And a little Thanksgiving picture for good measure! Sorry for the poor cell phone pictures RobertH

What a problem to have!

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New federal guidelines are for the birds, or actually against the birds. Check out http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-11/pdf/2011-20281.pdf Federal Interstate Movement Traceability Rule designed to trace birds from egg to plate. supposedly to protect us, but to move birds across...

Really? just going off info from sources such as the NPIP calss we attended and other sources such as this http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/answers-from-chicken-vet-on.html and others. Edit: here's another http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757475 But I'm NOT in immunology, so I try...

Our neighbor is too, and they have 6 sheep, 4 ducks, 13 chickens and 6 turkeys. RobertH

can you keep them separated? What kind of dog? RobertH

and let us know! RobertH

If a hen were hatching them I'd say yes, but I would not be comfortable without "adult supervision. it's getting cold and they need to start out at about 95 degrees without drafts. I vote NO RobertH

You will LOVE them. But beware of "Chicken Math" Look it up if you haven't heard of it. RobertH

We use "Blue Kote" for that too mostly breeding wounds from spurs thay have not been trimmed. I prefer the pump spray bottle. but be careful it will stain your cloths and hands until it is dry. gloves and barn cloths are helpful. isopropyl alcohol will get some of it off of you though...

We have removed the spurs with pliers before We found the bmall sliding jaw pliers with open center worked the best for me. (picture below) just enough pressure near the base of the spur to hold and twist. Grasp the leg with fingers on both sides of the leg and to support the leg and not to...

you have to be careful too. once they are vaccinated, they will always shed a modified version and can infect non vacinated birds. the general rule is everyone vaccinated or no one is. if yours are not vaccinated, never bring in a vaccinated one, or one of unknown origin. if you sell or...