She and the other broodies do have mites. Have been letting her outside and gave her a dust bath with equal parts lime, diatomaceous earth and ash. Still have two broodies sitting and they and their eggs are covered with mites. Any advice on that?
Hi there, it is our first time hatching chicks under a bird and our new mama hen, a red Cochin, just Hatched out her first batch of chicks. About every 15-20 minutes she will freak out and scratch in the bedding endlessly, digging holes up to a foot deep. She seems to forget about her chicks...
Hi there, it is our first time hatching chicks under a bird and our new mama hen, a red Cochin, just Hatched out her first batch of chicks. About every 15-20 minutes she will freak out and scratch in the bedding endlessly, digging holes up to a foot deep. She seems to forget about her chicks...
So, we got two turkeys in May of 2018 and were butchering them today,
10-7-18. The first one we butchered was a female and completely normal. The second turkey, though was a male and lighter than the female. We thought- whatever. We pluck the turkey and we see it’s body shape and a odd looking...