We have a three-year-old hen that has looked terrible all summer. She is a low-order hen in a mixed-breed flock of eight hens. The others look fantastic. She has been checked repeatedly for mites. They have all been wormed. We usually feed 16% layer mash but in August added 20% mash to support...
We are two recently retired old geezers, who moved to eastern Idaho about a year ago. When our travel plans were unexpectedly curtailed this spring, we decided to join the throng and get a small flock of cold-hardy laying chickens—a lifelong item on our bucket list. We have a mixed flock of 10...