I have 3 hens that were laying up until the 26th of Oct. I left to go out of town for 5 days and my son was
caring for them. He is usually the one that cares for them anyway BUT sometimes I do have to remind him.
Since I left town they have not laid even one egg.
At the sametime that I was...
Thanks to everyone for the ideas and input. The other day I saw one of the chickens picking something off one of the
dogs while he was asleep. Im hoping it was a tick. We are treating the dogs and hoping this takes care of the issue.
Thanks again!!!
I just found that my dogs have ticks. Will they get on the chickens as well? My girls are free to roam the yard so if I use poison to kill
the ticks on the yard the hens will get into it too. Anyone have any ideas? Will the hens eat the ticks.
Worried!!!
Thanks to everyone for all the great advice. The one I liked the most was to hit myself over the head with the chicken. That was so funny!
We are going increasing the height of the fence around the hens. We have also secured the gate that the dog got through to get access to
the chickens. She...
I have a dog that has been with our family for 6 years. She is Shepard/Lab mix. She does fine with other dogs but
not with cats. On Monday morning one of my hens flew out of the chicken run and into the backyard and the dog got it
and killed it. Any suggestions other than getting rid of the dog?
I read somewhere that the tomatoe plants are deadly to the chickens. But I just moved and have a huge
oleander bush that shades my chicken run. Does anyone know if they are poisonous to the hens?
Thanks so much for the help!!! I checked for the mites and didnt find anything. So maybe its just the roaster treading. But I will definately be keeping an eye on her. Im not sure about the snakes. We have only lived on this property for 2 months. Haven't seen any snakes but I'm sure thats a...
My hens were sitting on 5 eggs for the past 2 weeks atleast. Each day I go out and have 1 less egg than the day before. It disappears. Shell and all. We are now down to 1 egg. Dont know if it has anything to do with the egg eating issue or not but last night I did notice one of the hens has a...