My older hens are 3+ years old. There combs are not as red as normal and their egg production is about 1 egg every three days from 6 hens. They are lice and mite free so I was contemplating worming them. I found Wazine 17% at Tractor Supply. Is it an all around wormer? Or should I use something...
I just picked up a 50lb bag of Home Grown Layer feed made by country acres feed company Brentwood MO. I have always used Purina Layena crumbles. The Home Grown was about $3 cheaper. Any one here like or dislike this feed?
All of these chickens were hatched April 1st making them 5 months old now. They all developed into large birds with the exception of the EE. Is this typical of this breed? Is there such thing as an EE bantam? Here is a picture so you can see the size difference.
6 of my 7 laying hens didn't give us any eggs for a 24 hour period after hurricane Irene passed through. Would the very low barometric pressure from the storm cause them to not lay for a short period? They are all giving us eggs now but I found it very odd. They were well protected and showed...
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I have a 10x20 dog kennel run with a 4x6 coop inside the run. It was used for my hens but they are moved to a new and bigger coop and run. So now that I have the free space I was thinking of getting 25 Jumbo Cornish X Rocks from McMurray. I would brood them in the coop until they feather out...
This is one of 4 new chicks I got from MPC. It will be 7 weeks old Monday, May 23. It is a Speckled Sussex and is supposed to be pullet. But I am concerned it may be a Roo. The comb is red and is starting to develop wattles. It is the only Speckled Sussex I have so I can't compare it to others...
I have a friend whose wife has 25 freedom ranger eggs in her school room bator. I was offered as many as I would like. I have 6, 2 1/2 year old RIR hens one 1 year old Polish RIR mix hen and a Polish RIR mix roo. I also have one of each 4 week old Speckled Sussex,EE, Bufff Orp and a Barred Rock...
Great news for the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. They will be getting the Space Shuttle Enterprise. I can't wait to take a trip down to the city in 2012 and see it first hand. Very exciting!
One of my 8 day old Barred Rock chicks has a very full crop. It has been this way since about day 3. It is firm to the touch. It seems to feel like it may be full of pine shavings. What would be the best way for me to clear her crop? I was thinking about olive oil and massaging the contents up...
Well my small order of chicks from MPC is due today. I took off from work so I can get them quickly into the brooder. Well it's 0845 and no call from my local PO yet. I hope they come today. On a brighter side while at the buss stop this morning my neighbor inform me they ordered 25 chicks from...
Not sure if I am going at it the wrong way but to clean up and delete some of the posts I have subscribed to takes a long time. I go to my subscribed posts then go to the post I want to unsubscribe from, click on the unsubscribe link then use my browser back button to continue to unsubscribe...