on my flock, my process, tends to shorten that broodiness phase, i tried locking them up in kennels inside the henhouse, and I tried dipping them in cool water, it may take a little longer too work but how I do it but soon enuf they get the idea, on a separate question, what method do you use to...
oh boy thats a problem, have you tried using a dark hand towel over her head? I dont let my hens brood but it just seems like this time of year a few of them do this, particularly my Australorp's, I usually pick them up from the nest and put them with the rest of the flock in the run so they...
Forgot to mention that I had originally thought of adding horse manure into the pile but decided against it, I deworm my horses every 3 months and was concerned that the medicine in the paste would leach into the compost and wouldn't be safe to consume the vegetable crop....so i use it in the...
hello my experience, in my flock, ive seen those 2 symptoms independent from each other at separate times. The eye swelling ended up trying to turn into Coryza which is an upper respiratory infection in chickens, and sometimes Quails, Pheasants....caught it in time to keep it from infecting the...