Hello BYC Friends: I have not posted in a long time and usually just read the great information on this wonderful site. However, I really need your help today and hope you can give me some suggestions.
My chicken background is that almost seven years ago now I bought two 8-week old chicks. They...
Hi, I don't get to visit the BYC website too often but I really need your help. My 5 year-old Barred Rock hen (Gertie) has recently made a change in not only her routines but I've also seen some changes in her egg laying and in her "poop" (for lack of a better word). She is not broody and not...
Hello BackYard Chickens Community: Can you please help me with advice???Please
I live in FL and tonight we are going down to 30F so I went out at 9 PM to bring my two hens in to the house for the night (I keep them in the laundry room when we go below freezing). It was quite dark outside and...
My two hens usually settle down at night in their coop and sleep on the highest roosting spot all year long. I live in FL and the mosquitos are especially bad this summer. We have had lots of rain over the last month and the canal behind my home was also drained this week. The drained canal has...
My most consistent egg-layer, Gertie, a one-year old Barred Rock has not laid an egg for the last four days. She appears to be okay, is eating alright and also going to the bathroom. I noticed tonight when I went out to the coop that her crop seemed a bit rounded, so in the daylight tomorrow I'm...
Hello Fellow Chicken Lovers...I come to you again for your knowledge of these wonderful birds.
My Scarlett has somehow injured the top of her beak. It's a split right down the center, maybe just under 1/16" in length. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, as eating & drinking is not being...
Hello All. I have begun using Sweet PDZ in the coop and run to control odors and moisture. I will also begin using Food Grade DE today as it has finally arrived! My girls are eating some of the Sweet PDZ and although it says it is non-toxic it would make me feel better to hear from the folks on...
Hello All. I've been reading a lot lately on BYC on keeping the coop smells under control as well as how to deal with ants and flies. I live in central FL and we've been under heaps of rain lately. As a result, the coop & run have been an absolute mess. A good solution seems to be a combo use...
Hello to All. This is only my second post to the site and I want to thank everyone for all of the terrific information, inspiration and advice that is offered on BYC by its members! I look to the site almost daily now as a new chicken mother. I am hoping for any insight you can offer on some...