Robin - web searches will give some suggestions on what to use and how much. When In doubt...less is more. Here is a link I used when starting out from the Chicken Chick Spruce the Coop http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=Spruce+the+coop. I started using herbs to keep away flies...
Looking to rehome a silky rooster. On the south shore. Hatched 6/5/2013. Preventative deworming 8/18/13. Feed Blue Seal poultry food and excess garden vegetables. Very friendly, handled since born. Take or trade for hen any color.
In a group of 5 hens. To Rhode Island Red mixes, and 2 Cuckoo Marans. Introduced with the Marans when the roosters removed and Silkies add to coop. Welsummer at the bottom of the pecking order, often the hen left behind. When she gets separated from flock she gets quite vocal attempting to...
Not quite 3 months old, born several days apart. All three stick together and do not mix with the other hens. One silky is definitely the leader. Watches out for the other two and explores first.
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