I used DE while hatching, then put chicks under heat plate in a bin, washed my hen with soap mixed with teatree oil. Cleaned out the coop, dabbed teetree oil around the coop. Then sprayed garlic water around, added bedding. Misted the chick's with garlic water. I assume this will be an on going...
Help! My hen is sitting on eggs in the cracking stage about to hatch. I moved my hen to an isolated coop for her safey from some bullys. But I just found some sort of feather mites all over my hens inner feathers. I put dimostacious Earth all over her and then relized that may be harmful for the...
I sprouted some apple seeds and went outside to put them in pots. One of my hens follows me everywhere, i accedently dropped them and she stole one faster than i could block her to pick them all up. I read they are very poisness for chickens. What do i do? She is my favorite sweetest cuddliest bird.
Thanks this is good info. Could be stress. We gave away our rooster reciently. the hen that laied this egg is his favorite. I think she is having trouble adjusting without him. I will add some vitamins in the water too just encase.