Hi, I have 4 month old pullets- what are the best treats to five them at this age before they are laying? I know they say not to give them too much protein. Can I give meal worms or no? and what about alfalfa?
Any ideas are welcomed- thank you so much!
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I got 4 month old pullets and one is always shutting her eyes but seems fine otherwise. I have noticed that their poop looks off. Some has red in it which could be intestinal shedding but I'm not sure how long that should go on for? And some has this yellow foam. Is there something I should...
Hi, My friend and I just got 4 pullets each from someone and they are about 14-16 weeks old. We are both noticing this red stuff- looks like blood- in their poops. It's not a lot but is speckled like this throughout.. Here's a photo- what should we do?
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She hasn't laid in like 6 months other than like 3 times- this is the most recent. The other two she laid were cracked and somewhat deformed. She's only 1.5 year- anyone know what's going on? She laid great the first 6 months of laying and then just stopped.
I only have 3 hens- she seems...
Hi, Thinking about introducing a few new laying hens to my existing flock of 3. I could introduce 1,2 or 3 hens- is it better to do more? Is 3 better than 2 or will there be issues regardless?
Hi, My cream legbar hasn't layed in the 6 monthss that we've had her and she is supposedly around 1.5 years old. We can't figure out why she hasn't laid unless something is wrong. Here is a picture of her vent. Does anyone know if those black things are anything and/or if she has a healthy vent?
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MY friends baby chicken just got picked up by a hawk. It dropped her and there is no blood. She's blinking and breathing but not moving. Trying to get into a vet- any advice on how to help her now?
HI, we've had our cream legbar who is supposedly around 1.5 years- she is not laying any eggs. The woman we got her from almost 5 months ago said she was laying. We thought maybe it was the stress of moving but everyone else is laing and she never seemed stressed - shes very comfortable here...
Hi! I just started fermenting. Once it's fermented if they don't eat it all in a day can I refrigerate the remainder and still feed the following day? Also do you set it all out at once in the morning or do I put it out twice a day? Can it be in a metal trough or should it be plastic? Thank you!
Hi! My Easter egger has layed 4 or 5 beautiful hard green eggs since she started eating laying in the last week and a half. But I’ve also seen a couple soft eggs with the shell separate under her roost. Is this normal for a new layer? It didn’t seem to be calcium if the other ones have been...
Hi! we have a new hen that was just introduced to the flock of 3- so now we have 4 total. we've had her almost two weeks. we had her separate but visible for close to a week. then when we finally let her mingle with the others, she got pinned down by our easter egger who is at the bottom of the...
The woman we got her from said she was laying and that she was approx a year and a half- but it's been 6 weeks since we've had her an no eggs. We can't figure out if she's older or younger maybe?
Hi, thanks to this website I just identified a young hen that was given to us as an American Gray gamefowl. Is it a bad idea to integrate her with my buff orpington, easter egger, and cream legbar? I just read that they can be super aggressive with other birds and wondering if this was a bad...
Hi! My over one year cream legbar is not laying that was laying previously with her owner. We got her a month ago and she still hasn't resumed. Will my laying hen influence her to lay or do they just lay when they are ready? Not sure why she still isn't laying!
Hi!! We just got two new hens (so a total of 3) and one of the new ones which is a cream legbar around a year old who previously laid, isn't laying and it's been a month since we got her. Could it really take this long for her to lay just because she moved homes?