I just want to make sure my chickens are okay and that its alright to eat the eggs. I have found tiny little blood spots inside the egg located close to the yoke. Is this normal? It doesn't happen on all eggs just a few. Is this because my hens often lay eggs with double yokes?
Help, thanks.
I have a banty that is almost finished molting and she shuffles backwards. This was the first time I have seen her do it. She is 3-4 years old and the skin on her legs are curling up a bit. Is this normal? I hope she is not suffering from anything that is making her do the moon dance.
Any...
I have 2 banties and one is a silkie and she is broody and very commited. The last time it happened to both my chickens I had to put them in a separate dog crate and give them water and food and kept them in a spot they couldn't see the nest. I had to keep them confined in the create for 5...
I think I have mites. I read on a site you will see specks of pepper on the roost. I can see it and I am trying to get rid of them. I have dusted with louse powder, but it doesn't say it gets rid of mites. I have cleaned the coop and sprayed every where with soapy water. I can't find the...
thanks for all the wonderful responses. The bugs are tiny and have a round body. Kind of like the lice but the bottom of the body is rounder, light brown kind of see through. I don't have a magnifier but I will try my best to describe them later.
My chickens do have a large covered pen and...
what does lice look like? I too am dealing with bugs, but don't know what they are. I can see them on the roof beams, but don't see them on the roost. If you put oil on the roost will that help to keep bugs away from the chickens.
I am at a lost. Help!
The louse powder is made by the local coop in nova scotia. I got the poweder from the feed store and they said that this was the stuff that all the poultry farms use.
I just don't know what to do. I love my chickens but it freaks me out. Does anyone know of a bug site that would show pics of...
If you can get a hold of old palletts you can slap it together and sheath the out side with your sheets of wood. I made mine with palletts and other discarded items. I even used log poles I gathered from the woods as material because I had it around. I even stuffed styrofoam from packing...
I didn't use hardware cloth but something that looked like chicken wire but it was 1/2" not 1" and so far I have had no problems. We couldn't afford the hardware cloth and this stuff was almost as cheap as the 1" chicken wire. Don't remember the name but it wasn't called chicken wire. Maybe...
I keep seeing small tiny bugs about the size of a speck of dust, light brown in colour. I cleaned out the coop a few weeks ago and put in louse powder on the coop and walls, I even loused the chickens. Instructions on container said to do it again and that would solve the problem. I did louse...
I had 4 chicks 2 meats and 2 layers. I kept them in the dining room for the first 2 weeks and then it got stinkier and I moved them down to the reck room I didn't coodle them too much. My kids and I would pet them and feed them treats but I never left the light (40watt) on for heat too long...
I had only 2 meat birds and I heard usually 8weeks however you can keep them larger for a few weeks. Once they have trouble walking should be the time you should do it. Mine free range a bit in a pen and we did in it at 10 weeks because they free range and were smaller. We raised them with...
Thanks for everyones help. I did the deed and they were large birds 6-8lb, very heavy. The worst part was the removing of the feathers. The smell was awful, even after I showered I could still smell the feathers. I think it was in my head because I could smell it everywhere I went. I am...
I am confussed about DE, my local feed store sells DE under the brand Insectigone and they say it is safe on pets and to eat. It only list DE as the active ingredient, I search on line and it says it is all natural, yet it doesn't say it is food grade or anything. Any help in clarifying this...
Hi Jos, I live in NS too, in HRM. Do you live close. I need to expand the number of chickens but I don't want just any breed. I have banty silkies, and specked hen and 2 regular brown layers.
What do you have?
I think the bugs are mites or lice. They are really tiny. The bigger bugs don't bother me, but these bugs are really tiny. I have seen a few on the birds and that bothers me. I want them to be comfortable.
About this orange oil. Its not wood cleaner is it? Sorry, if that's a dumb...
I have tiny bugs in the coop on the beams and stuff. I think they are mites or lice. I have seen a few tiny bugs on the chickens. The feed store recommended louse powder because that is was what the poultry farms use. How long do you have to wait until it is safe to eat the eggs? Luckily my...
I processed my 2 meats, one tuesday and the other wednesday. It was hard to watch them bleed. I had to go into the house till it was done. It wasn't any easier the next day. But the hardest part was the plucking, perhaps the water was not hot enough, but I managed to get it done. They were...