My silkie hen just hatched her first eggs today!
Unfortunately, she has a very bad case of poopy feathers all over her butt and it's getting all over her chicks.
I have no experience with broody hens; should I try to give her a quick bath and blow her dry and put her back with her chicks, or...
Going back to birds looking brassy-
Will washing them regularly keep the brassiness from happening?
What about whitening shampoo, will it get out brassiness?
It is probably near impossible to get away from corn completely. Unless you mix your own feed. It's one of the main ingredients in most animal feeds at local feed stores.
I have just stopped giving cracked corn. I heard the cracked corn make brassy birds from a judge at the poultry show at my...
I just started feeding mine Manna pro gamebird diet. it says it is good for showbirds. You are supposed to mix it with a maintenance diet. I haven't used it long enough to see a difference.
Also I believe cracked corn will make the lights, or any white bird for that matter, brassy. I stopped...
I did the same! I have such a mix, but it really works out great! I have an easter egger, lavender orpington, bantam salmon faverolle, a big brahma, a porcelain silkie, and 4 faverolle chicks all guarded by my teeny tiny serama rooster. It took me a while to get my collection but I love the idea...
I don't have answers for all of your questions but I can answer some! I use collars that you can buy for dogs for my pygmy goats. It works fine, goats can be pretty stubborn when you try to walk them though lol.
One of our friendliest goats was raised completely by her mother. Her mother was...