I'm trying to avoid buying two types of feed. One for 6wk old chicks and one for layers. I've been using a non medicated grower that is 18% or 20% protein and supplementing layers with oyster shell. Seems to be working fine; no reduction in egg production. Is this healthy for the birds?
Also...
I found a white egg in my run about a week ago.
All my girls are brown egg layers- Dominique, Wyndotte, BCM.
The run is fenced and has wire on top. It is also inside our fenced backyard.
Anybody have any ideas?
Our neighbor has one black bantom who does fly over their fence occasionally.
I...
So, I found bugs, not sure if they are mites or lice but I treated my birds with permethrin powder today. I will clean and treat the run/coop in the next few days ( can't get to it any sooner).
How long do I have to throw away the eggs. I read I neeed to retreat in 7 to 10 days. I may use a...
I discovered today that my three week old chicks have bugs. I saw them during the day so guessing they are lice and/or Northern poultry mites.
I read a few threads to try and figure out what they have but mostly I just want them gone!!!!!
I prefer to use natural methods, but they had alot of...
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I have nine 10 day old chicks. They are of different breeds some being bantom. They have been on nutridrench in their water since day 2 and non-medicated feed (crumbles). Meant to get medicated just noticed it is not. I have 4 hens total and the chicks are seperated right now with the mother...
I had seven biddies hatch yesterday under my broody hen. She sat on the nest all day and night. I went in late this afternoon to see if we had any more babies. Still seven fluffy butts but two eggs still in the nest. Mama is no longer on the nest. One egg has no pip, no chirping. The other one...
I had one egg in my incubator which has now hatched. Still wet. Does the chick still need the humidity or should I take out the wet rags? When do I offer food and water? Anything else I should do.
His siblings hatched with the mama hen yesterday. This little guy came from an egg she left out in...
This is my first hatch. Broody hen abandoned this egg two days ago. I put it into my homemade incubator(very primitive but temp. holding steady). There was what I thought was a pip early this afternoon. No peeping. Just went up to check on it and pip was not broken all the way through the...
Dominque henn about 1 year old shes been brooding for a while but wont sit on nest at night .
has diarea for a month but eats well and otherwise seems healthy:) what to do????