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My one Golden Buff has started a hard molt. Or in the process of it. Saw just feather shafts and no feathers on her wings. So I know they need extra protein. I need top figure out high protein foods to feed them. So they can grow feathers back. I figure she will stay on the coop floor because of...

My husband told me today. My run is all dirt. Because the first chickens I had killed all the grass in it. It now has holes in it where the chickens dug holes to lay in. His plan is to use our small roatitaller and to break up the hard dirt. To make the dirt flat again. I plan on buying sand or...

I have 5 chickens. My grass in my run is long gone. The chickensd I now have. Have dug holes in my run and lay in them during when it's hot out. The run looks like a war zone hit it chicken style. With all the holes. We are going to revise the coop in the spring. I want to work on the run also...

I have a Meyer hatchery book. I know what broody means. What I want to know under their broody it says infrequently or Occasionally. What does that mean in terms under broody. How many times does that mean. I'm really stumped on those 2 terms. Before I buy new chickens. I know you need a rooster...

Sorry Forgot to say these chickens are in a coop and run only

My girls are over 2 years old. I have 5 chickens ....The oyster shell and grit are free choice in separate chicken feeders The problem is one chicken has a really thin shell. I pick it up and it breaks in my hand.This started several months ago.. The other egg shells are just a little thin .Not...

I have five Golden Biffs. About 2 or 3 years old. Still laying. Lately I have been getting one soft shelled egg from one chicken. It can be wrinkled on one end. How in the heck can you tell which chicken is laying the soft shell?I feed calcium and grit free choice in the coop.in containers...

If I get a 10 to 12 pound feeder. Wouldn't that put a lot of weight on the ceiling if I try and hang it. If I sit it in a cement block. Yes the weight of it might prevent the chickens from knocking it over. My chickens are full grown. You say a 3 pound feeder is to small. I go out daily and...

Ilive in Ohio. Where I live in the country. In the country I live in a large open space and at times the wind is really strong. I have an old milk shed converted into a coop. With a cement floor. Covered by wood chips. I will have to redesign the insides. If I hang my feeder. I know the bread of...

I have 5 chickens. I did have 8. But, 3 died from breaking their necks. By flying in the coop. To the top of the coop and hitting the top. When I found them. Nothing seemed wrong with them. The 3 that died had picked on the others. By feather picking. The 5 I have now are fine together. Except...

I have a 3 pound feeder. Been filling it up about every 3 or 4 days. I have 5 chickens. When the feeder is filled in the morning. By nightfall the next day. Walk in to the coop and the feeder is spilled with all the extra feed on the ground. The feeder is usually un the ground. With the feed. I...

The application will be used to kill any bugs that are inside the chicken coop. The wall of the coop are made of wood slats that don't come completely together tightly. Their is a very small place that are with each board. My husband did insulate the coop. The insulation is behind the boards...

I figure to use these 2 things for my coop and chickens. To me they would be safe to eat the eggs. I would wait till the coop was dry after letting it dry from the Sevin spray. The chickens will be outside while the coop dries. I will be dusting the chickens as the coop dries. With the garden...

Prevention. They are over a year old. and I think I've seen a mite or two but not sure. Been waiting for warmer dryer weather to shut the chickens out to dust them. That way I can let the coop dry well from the s Sevin spray. Got the concentrated sptay so have to mix it up and finally convinced...

I believe on the bottle it says not to use it on egg laying chickens. Mine are still laying eggs. So what do you advise for egg laying chickens as a wormer?