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So, I saved my chicken feet in the freezer from last year. I haven’t mentally gotten to the point of using them as people food yet, but it seems such a waste to chuck them in the woods. My idea was to dehydrate and give out as fancy dog treats, as I had seen this online. I had clipped the nails...

So I have a large walk in coop, like big enough to be a tiny home. Cleaning out the pine shavings is a huge undertaking, and potentially a dangerous one, since I still breathe in dust despite wearing double masks. And I don’t get to do it very often. I’ve got plywood floors. And at the moment...

Just curious about a behavior I have been seeing. At one point we had an old rooster at least 8 years old, and three hens about 8, 5, and 3 years old. They are/were all healthy and the hens are still laying, at least occasionally. I got into a chick craze and eventually ended up with a new...

So I hatched some Silver Double Laced Barnevelder and Chocolate Silver Laced Orpingtons a few days ago. Obviously way too soon to determine gender. I was wondering if there was any sort of coloration differences between males and females that may start appearing as they feather out on laced...

I will probably raise a few cockerels for the freezer again this year. I’d like to try canning chicken this year also. I’ve done the stock/broth. What would be really awesome is some sort of recipes to can that I could just pull out of the pantry at night after work and more or less have a meal...

Hello hello! I have an Amberlink hen who is a little over a year and a half old. Noticed her preening her bum a little more than necessary while roosting one night, so went to look for lice or something … nope no lice but there is a definite bacterial infection smell emanating from her vent...

So I still have more roos to take care of - assuming I can mentally do the deed - that are about 7 months of smallish various non-meat breeds, as well as the old 8+ year old rooster that hadn’t taken to being usurped very well. I’m concerned that based on breed and age, the 7 mo olds are going...

So I thought I might try hemp bedding in one section of the coop (approximately 9’ x 14’) instead of the usual TSC pine shavings. From what I’ve read about it, I’m hoping that I can get it to last 3-4 months before needing to clean out and therefore cost would roughly be the same as buying pine...

I have only one broody breaker set up and three hens that literally went broody at the same time. My breaker cage is something like 3x2 foot or so. I think they would get along okay together. Or would it be counterproductive for breaking? I can certainly just do one at a time, and keep chucking...

I thought I generally had it figured out, but then I had to go and get some breeds that I’m not sure about. I would like to find out definitively or know what to look for to know for sure and around when, as boys will go to freezer camp. 1) I somehow ended up hatching a Silver Double-laced...

(Please skip to second paragraph for the actual question, if you don’t want to read about my whining situation …) So, my flock has been sneezing for a little while now, with some hens sounding congested sometimes. No nasal or eye discharge or eye bubbles. Maybe a little wetness around the...

A friend (or 2 or 3, but counting on 1) and myself will be butchering 12-13, 3.5 - 4 month old cockerels of various breeds at the end of the month. Probably gonna be super hot!! I’ve got a cheap tent, and can hook up a box fan or something. I will not be doing the actual deed, as I haven’t...

I have a small jug of elector psp I got to treat chicken lice early this year. Worked well! This stuff is expensive, but a little goes a long way, so I’ll have some sitting around forever. I definitely prefer the spinosad active ingredient over other pesticide options. What I am wondering is if...

Just curious for any info, anecdotes, or pics of Hoover Hatchery’s “Easter Egger” chickens, new for 2021? https://hoovershatchery.com/easteregger.html I am well aware that Hoover’s is sneaky and has “Americana” which confuses so many people and these are not purebred Ameraucana chickens...

I’m sure the answer is somewhere on here ... Just saw a roundworm in some chicken poo! Not surprising - I suspect the soul around here is littered with dormant eggs. Last fall I treated with Levamisole when I saw roundworms under the roost, in water. This was before the majority of pullets were...

As long as air cells are attached, is there any issues with switching between incubating upright to incubating on the side? I have a DIY incubator wherein the eggs are positioned upright in egg cartons and tilted back and forth. I also purchased an NR 360 this year that positions the eggs on...

I think I saw a louse and nits around the vent of one chicken last night (in the dark with a small head lamp). Need to confirm in daylight. I do not want to use permethrin. Elector PSP sounds great, if expensive. As far as I can tell, it is not actually listed as treating chicken lice, though...

(... mainly about vaulted skulls in breeds other than silkies and polish) So this summer I hatched a SFH from a variety “pack” of eggs from eBay. The first chick to hatch was this SFH and it had a strange “bump” on its crown. I was freaked out about this deformity, but learned from BYC that it...

Processed nine cockerels of various non-CX breeds and ages 3ish to 5ish months. Had the wonderful help of a work colleague/friend, who did the actual killing and helped process after. Skinned all. Parted a couple bigger ones, left two whole, spatchcocked the rest. Used loppers and a cone for...

https://hoovershatchery.com/mysticonyx.html Hey, I remember reading threads here and there from last year or so about people getting mysterious but cute black-skinned chickens from their feed stores that carry chicks from Hoover’s Hatchery. I can’t remember the breed name they were being...