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WOW, 25 goats! Want 4 more??? LOL I just don't know an easy solution for this dilemma with the goats. I have board across the door going this was and that and the idiots squeeze themselves through the tinniest of area. I tried putting the food up on shelves that are about chest high (I am...

I am having trouble with my goats getting into the chicken house and eating their food. I have put it up to where the chickens have to fly up to eat but the stupid goats will still get in there and jump onto the shelf and knock everything down. I have tried putting boards at different angles on...

Hello Andrea, I live in southwest MO. Marionville, it is about 25 miles south west of Springfield and an hour north of Branson. You are going to learn a lot on here. WELCOME! Deb

kimisfishing; It is straight down 55 from St. Louis if that helps you. Next to Petersburg I think.

Can anyone tell me what causes and what it is when you crack an egg and there is a white glob of something inside. I thought it was nothing at first but some of the others eggs are the same thing. I collect the eggs daily so it can't be that they have set for so long that they are growing a...

Well, as of 9:45 this morning my chicken is still alive. Went down twice to check on the girls and she was up on the milk crate that I use for a nest box the first time and just a few minutes ago she was on the ground beside the food and it container was swaying like she had just pecked in it. I...

JustDawn, Thanks for the well wishes. I hate hearing about anyone's chickens dying. Wish we all had a magic wand and could keep them all healthy. They don't ask a whole lot from us, just food, water, & safety from predators. I do feel that mine are more than just egg producers. I have one I...

I was told by someone else here in town to do that. I think that might get some of the stuff moved from her crop but not sure. She was acting fine when I went down to shut them up for the night. I didn't see her eat or drink this time but I did leave a light on close to the ground so that she...

I took mine back down to the chicken house and on the way I held her upside down and shook her. When I put her in the front pen she went to the food and pecked a time or two and then went to the water. She was walking around pecking at the straw on the floor. Guess time will tell if this one...

If you hear anything back I will be interested as to what the cause is. I have a hen that is doing the head shaking like she is trying to get something off her and then closes her eyes and sleeps most of the day. I have her in a cage here in the house so she can get up and move around but is...

This is the poop. It has dried some and was more yellow. She is acting fine sort of now. When I open the cage she will get up and squawk at me like she doesn't want me to touch her. Still isn't eating or drinking though.

They are about a year old now. Sorry, forgot to add this to the last post.

The one I have in the house, her droppings are a yellowish mixed with green. One of the chickens did get snatched by a chicken hawk two days ago. One of the same breed as this one. Is she missing the other chicken? She was fine two days ago and yesterday a little stand offish and last night...

I have been loosing a hen a month and then went for a month and a half with no deaths. NOW I have another hen acting strange. By this I mean she stands a lone in the corner, not egg bound. She is doing just like the others did before they died. Her comb is pale and she is just standing around. I...