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    Feeding chickens only sprouts

    I was wondering some of your thoughts on feeding chickens only sprouts, I’m relatively new to all this, I have been giving layer feed but I wanted to switch to sprouts only and I will be providing vitamins/ minerals and oyster shells, but my question was, will my chickens continue to lay the...
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    What’s wrong with theur

    I’ve had chickens for a couple months now and they haven’t been lying that much but recently they started laying a little more and I noticed the past two days I’ve got three eggs that with no hard shell on it almost like the eggs that we did in school where we soak them in vinegar that’s...
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    Are chicks feet supposed to look like this ?

    I just got this chick from rural king and I noticed it’s feet looked odd, is this normal ?
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    How many deaths is normal for raising chicks

    I have 40 chicks in a very good sized brooder with plenty of space and 3 heat lamps I have a thermometer so it is kept at the right temp and they have plenty of room to move if they get too hot or cold , but so far I’ve had about 5 chicks die and I was just wondering if it’s something I’m doing...
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    Can baby chicks have a white light on all night

    My brooder is outside and it isn’t quite warm enough and I’m going to put another heat lamp in there but it is white light, will this affect them if left on 24hrs ?
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    Someone please help urgent!!!!

    So I’m relatively new to chickens I started out with 12 now I have 30 and about two weeks ago almost all my chickens fell ill with what I believe is mycoplasma it start with one and slowly almost affected all of them, so I treat him on antibiotics for two weeks and they all looked great, but...
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    2 month old chickens head is jerking

    My chickens head is jerking she doesn’t do it all the time but she does it quite frequently, I am new to chickens and I made the mistake of feeding them layer feed with my bigger hens, and from what I’ve researched it says that had jerk and can be caused by a nutritional deficiency, and I can go...
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    Questions about fermenting feed

    So I ferment my chicken feed in a 5 gal bucked and by the third day it’s almost all gone but what is left is hard to g out without dumping the water my question, is it okay to instead of dumping the water to just add more feed and more water to the water and feed that is left over and then keep...
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    How do you administer oxytetracycline

    I’ve read where it can hurt them by doing IM injection, can you administer orally ?
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    Please help ! Chickens are all getting sick

    So I’m new to chickens and a couple days ago one of my Hens started putting its neck forward, opening its mouth and making noises and violently shaking its head , then the next day it’s eyes were closed and it barley moved and didn’t eat or drink , now it has bubbles in its eyes and I have...
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    Someone please help ! , chicken is sick

    So yesterday my chicken had every symptom of being egg bound and I tried and tried and last night I got the egg out, (well she did) after using petroleum jelly and giving her calcium, it’s the next morning now and she is still acting the same, eyes closed won’t eat or move but now I noticed when...
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    Emergency!, I think my chicken is egg bound

    My chicken has every symptom of being egg bound and I’ve done the baths and nothing has worked, so I’m trying to manually get it out , when I feel around in her I feel a egg shaped lump but it’s not egg feeling it feels like wet and like I can squeeze it, it is to the left once you insert your...
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    Chicken won’t leave coop

    this hen, I believe has gapeworm it had all the symptoms, and yesterday I treated it I researched and came up with what I thought was the best thing to give her, it’s the next day now and she hasn’t been shaking her head or opening her mouth but she won’t leave the roost, it’s been a couple...
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    Bad frostbite, what do I do ?

    I’m relatively new to chickens and I just saw that my chicken has pretty bad frost it on her comb, what should I do, it’s 16 degrees out, thank you
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    Is this egg color normal

    Hello, I’m new to chickens and I recently got 11 bovan chickens and my first few eggs were darker brown then they started to all be a whiter brown, all the chickens are acting normal, is this color normal?, thank you
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    My hens eye is completely covered and she is acting weird

    I’m relatively new to having chickens and I have 6 and I noticed one that doesn’t move much at all, it will leave the coop but sit in one spot for quite a while, it won’t jump on the roosts either just sleeps on the floor, but she has stuff covering her eye and she can’t see out of the right...
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