Recent content by Lindarelle

I just discovered this thread, great ideas. I have a broody GLW and I gave her 4 eggs. She's been sitting them 4 days now. What's funny is that the other chickens will come and lay beside her, lay their egg, and leave. She snuggles their eggs with hers. I have four nesting boxes that are...

Can the eggs be fed back to the flock? Or to my dogs?

I have a Buff Orpington that has started developing a wheeze yesterday. No drainage from eyes or nose. I started her on Tylan 50 subcutaneously along with Nutri-Drench in the water for everyone (total of 11 birds). My question: will my sick bird even lay eggs?

Thank you. I found out on another board that because I did a test run on just one bird, the others couldn't resist. So, I'm going to band all of them at once and see how that goes. Thank you!!

Hi, I am a new flock owner and I have six white Leghorn hens. I want to be able to tell them apart! I tried putting a colored zip tie on one of them last night, and the others nearly pecked her to death! They are going on 8 weeks old. Is it too late for this (because of the pecking?) I...