Recent content by thisnthatfarm

OK, now i am intrigued. I hope she passes the egg. I have never experienced this before with any of mine, never thought to look either. So this is informative and I am anxiously awaiting the results. I know I would be in a panic. Praying all goes well.

To answer your question about why one wing.... when we first started raising chickens we knew nothing about them at all. My grandfather was our teacher by phone. I was having problems keeping my chickens in their fenced area and asked him what to do.... mind you I tried the mesh over top of...

In Ohio we pay 12.00 a 50# bag of starter feed. Not sure about shavings for bedding because we pay $5.00 a truck load from an amish neighbor. But it is incredible how much starter feed has gone up. We paid 9-10.00 last year for the same bag.

We actually feed no corn at all to our older chickens. They are completely pasture fed except in the winter months when they would have difficulty in doing so. Our hens still lay 3-6 eggs per day between the six of them without additional feed or suppliments and they are extremely healthy as...

Yes, the olde chickens will kill the babies. I was told by a much wiser chicken farmer that until they are the same size not to put them together at all. And even then you may have to separate them somewhat because they will establish the pecking order quickly with young chickens.

I finally found some solumet at a local feed store this morning. It was $9.50. its 16 fluid ounces so it is fairly affordable. I also talked with a vet this morning. He told me that the medicated feed will help if the chicken will eat at all but his best recommendation was to put solumet or...

I also have the same problem. I had 400 chicks and had them on medicated feed. I went to a different feed store due to price difference in feed and did not notice that the feed was not medicated. They were off this feed for about 5 days when the problems started. They are now back on...