Recent content by Matanah Meadows

Thanks for all that great info! If there is a choice about arriving during the day or arriving after dark, which would be the least stressful?

Thanks! How much jello would you allocate per chicken? Say, I have 5 chickens per dog crate for a 4 hour trip... Also, any special considerations or ways to reduce stress in transit since they are all laying? Just have a thick layer of shavings? Should I keep them covered or would it make...

Thanks! Great idea. What vitamins would you suggest? Also, would they be poultry specific or a general livestock type?

Hi, We are planning on moving our flock of 19 hens to an entirely different location 4 hours away. Is there any natural supplement we can give to help with the stress of the transition beside ACV and yoghurt? Thanks in advance!

Ok...she is now about 15 weeks (pullets in background are 13.5 and 15 weeks for contrast). This single red feather (mark of a rooster?) has me concerned as well as her upright posture. She is so huge compared to the others with tail feathers that are becoming prominent. :-( What do you...

I now have to do my final culling....still a girl? She is almost 8 weeks.....

Great ideas! Thanks! Also on the crooked toes...we had a little chick when they were 2 day olds that went around pulling really hard at everyone's outside toes and really bent them up. I would assume this crooked toe thing would not be a genetic, right?

Thanks for your help and thoughtful answers!

I was hoping for $20 each since that was my cost (chick + travel + feed). Is that unrealistic for these roos?

Technically it is legal, but.......if a neighbor deems their crowing as "offensive" you have to get rid of them. We have a neighbor who played dirty with our last rooster. We thought (and bought it) as a guaranteed pullet. It turned out to be a rooster (Jersey Giant) and was the coolest...

Hi, I am new to hatching eggs and getting straight run chicks. So, of course we have beautiful roosters that we are not sure what to do with. I have a place that will take them for free but they are so pretty and for me, these chicks were hard to get. Of course to me they have great worth but...

I can't see the mites, but from other posts I think that is what it is. So gross! Without sifting through the hundreds of posts...what should I do? I don't like all this crud all over my garage, but the mealworms need some protection...

Ok, sorry I don't have time to sift through 570 pages on meal worm farming! But, I was hoping someone might know what is going on with my worm bin. I'm not sure if it is fungus spores or what but outside of the bin (as if kicked up in the air) is almost like a dryer lint and is almost like...