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We have pretty bad predator problems, too. I had a flock of guineas get eaten by a pair of bobcats and a hawk, but this happened at night or at...
I really wish bringing them indoors was an option, but unfortunately it's not. We could put steel roofing on their tractor, though, and I can see...
We're entering our first heat wave in Tennessee, and I'm worried about my flock. We have our chicken tractor in an area where there is absolutely...
Thanks! Another great suggestion. Since I have so few chickens I could probably just buy most of the ingredients by the pound at my local food...
No worries. I appreciate the reply, and if I have to, I will probably use soy meal. I just didn't realize that fish meal would be so hard to source.
By "feed store" I meant farmers' coop. We have several of those in the area, but none of them carry fish meal, which I found odd. To my knowledge...
Oh, sorry, I meant fish meal! Thanks again.
Thanks for the link! That's really helpful because I couldn't seem to find it at any of the feed stores near us, and getting anywhere out here is...
Since I'm already using split peas in my feed, I'm wondering if using another bean would be appropriate. I would also prefer to do without...
Cultured dairy products are a perennial favorite in my flock--yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, clabbered milk...they go crazy. Then, bugs and chickweed....
I'm in the process of mixing my own chicken feed, and the recipe I'm using calls for fish meal. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it anywhere....
Two days ago, I noticed that one of my roosters was limping. After close inspection of the foot in question, I noticed no sign of anything being...
Last fall, one of my friends gave me several chickens that were about 20 weeks old. After a very warm, wet winter, all but two of my hens died,...
Thanks for the advice. After doing all that reading I was starting to think that keeping chickens was really complicated.
I recently inherited a small flock of chickens and I've had two die in the past four weeks, one from anemia due to worms and another from unknown...
Been raining like crazy where we are. We're in a valley so the water table is high anyway. Maybe I should start making some galoshes for my chickens.
I just wormed my chickens for the first time today. One of my birds looked droopy and was very lethargic, so I separated her from the flock and...
Thank you so much! I certainly hope this is what se's doing.
She definitely does it when I walk up to her. What exactly is the "squat?"
I have a 22-24 week old silkie who is acting very lethargic. She is standing up, but she moves only slightly and makes very soft noises--no loud...