I'm pretty sure this is the hen that has been broody lately. We're cleaning out the coop so she's free ranging. Acting completely normal, but I noticed she looked "dirty" in the butt area. At first I thought she was injured. (A fox got several of our girls a couple of days ago) But looking at...
I've been googling and can only find info on chicken to human illness, so I thought I would ask here. I know this is silly, but I want to be careful. A friend of mine is bringing her daughter over. Her daughter has chicken pox. (yes, I know it has nothing to do with chickens) We are having a...
Hi, We have two Rhode Island Reds, Two Astralorps and two Barred Rock. They are only three weeks old and we are in the process of building their coop right now. Very soon they will be too big for their Plastic bin brooder.
I'm new here. (This is my first post) and I've been reading about DE for a while here on BYC. Decided to google it myself. I put in "food grade Diatomaceous Earth MSDS sheet" and fount this: http://www.diatomitecanada.com/fossil-shell-flour-diatomaceous-earth.htm
I am very very leary of...