..I just noticed a large amount of poop stuck to one of my hens feathers under the vent, do I need to clean this off or will she take care of it? I also saw some old poop stuck to anothers feathers....If I have to clean it how do I do that? Thanks
I figured it couldn't hurt with the DE and cayenne pepper, we still have quite a bit of DE left I do put it in their dirt bath areas.
Also, my dog likes to eat the chicken poop, will he still be ok?
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I did a search and didn't see anything under this topic. I have 2 ducklings around 4 weeks old got them at a feed store. I also have 5 chickens in the same yard, the ducks are in a smaller pen where the chicks can't get to them. I had one of my chicks poop beside me today and it has several...
I heard one of my making a hissing noise the last couple of days, my dog stays in the yard and he was walking by and one hissed! They are from the feed store and about 4 weeks old..I have heard a sort of quack when they get real excited but mainly peeps so far.
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Since you have never wormed start with wazine in the water then 10 days later follow with a second wormer I used safeguard paste last year a pea size on a piece of bread for each chicken. I don't know about ducks you will have to do some research on those. I think the ducklings are to...
I just had a chicken squat beside me and poop this morning and it was full of spaghetti like worms! EWWWW, sure is making it hard to get down my breakfast this morning...not eggs Oat Bran I haven't seen this in any other poop. I know I need to worm now. I also have a pair of ducklings maybe...
So much info here! I have a quick question about my coop and drafts. I have an A frame coop, wire on the bottom with 1 opening on each end, they go up in the top to roost and lay, I am wondering if I should 1) put plastic on the sides and 2) close the ladder at night so that they don't get a...
I had 2 yesterday one the yolk was laying on the roost floor. Strange thing is when they lay the soft ones they lay them in the roost not the nest boxes. I have had 4 good ones so I know they all have laid hard shells, I don't know who is laying the soft ones, my bet is its the 2 who just...
Thanks, they are on layer I had OS out in a bowl but I never saw them eat it. I have been giving them some salmon with the bone and they are eating that up.
HOpefully its just b/c it's their first eggs, the others have been fine.
I got up at 6 this a.m. and found 2 eggs! woohoo. One was very soft and squishy the other was harder but with very little effort I was able to dent it. I am pretty sure that these were from the 2 hens that haven't laid yet. The other 2 have had hard eggs and don't lay before 6a.m.!
One was...
I got 2 eggs from 1 hen in 4 days and today another one laid an egg so we have 2 on board, I am wondering if Trouble who laid the first 2 will lay again today....mine are laying early in the morning too.