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One of my coworkers who buys our eggs developed a rash on his face after eating them. This happened at first last year, but he eliminated mayonaise from his egg sandwich and that did the trick so he was able to continue eating the eggs. Now this year, it is happening again with just the egg...

We had 19 chicks hatch the first week of July and knew we couldn't keep them all - we waited until we knew the roos from the hens and just chose from there. Two went to new homes a couple days ago- they were good strong roos but did not stick out as overly friendly or overly crabby. I brought...

I'm so sorry that happened :( Ours were very skittish with dilated pupils for quite a few days after coyotes took half the flock. I agree with the previous post that you should get another hen for her - they are very social little animals.

I found some really good threads on this site and online with detailed, step-by-step instructions for butchering a chicken. Unfortunately, I got too attached to the bunch we have now not knowing which were hens and which were roos when they were born and we can't keep all the roos. I found a...

There's an interesting article from Mother Earth News about the nutritional value of free range chicken eggs vs. commercial eggs. Some of the differences are suspected to be due to the fact that they are out eating bugs and greens and such...

That's a great name:) Very cool looking bird!

RIP Max - can't find my picture of him as an adult, but this was our handsome roo. He died a brave death fighting for his ladies. These (except for the black/grey ones) are his offspring with our Easter Eggers...sadly some roos have to go to new homes tomorrow, but can't keep them all...

I've always wanted to make it to the Iowa State Fair - I grew up near the Iowa border. It took me 30 years to make it to the MN State Fair! Our roo who had bumblefoot was a houdini and made it out of every wrap, even vet wrap, that we put on him. I hope the rest never get bumblefoot, but if...

Thanks again to you all! Those roos are so beautiful, I wish we didn't have to get rid of some of them-in the sunlight their dark tail feathers shimmer green! I was also worried that I was mistaken that they were all roos. I know that having that many roosters a few months from now would be a...

Thanks for your help!

We have to get rid of most of our young roosters before winter and we just found out tomorrow is the day. We are pretty sure we know which ones are roos (we know the two black ones with big wattles and combs are), but its our buff cochin/EE crosses that have us doubting ourselves. Here is a...

I learned of a good remedy for bumblefoot at one of our local festivals this year - emu oil. We had a roo with bumblefoot, but unfortunately a predator got him before we were able to try it. I am planning on purchasing some to use on any future cases in our flock. I picked up their card so I...

Ours stopped for a couple days after our rooster and some of the hens were killed by predators. I assume some of that was from the shock since they all witnessed the attack. They have been laying, but sporadically, since. One of my friends told me that if you put your hand on their backs and...

Are there plenty of spaces for roosting and perching? Ours liked to stand on their feeder and waterer, but once they we added more areas for them to stand on, they seemed to quit standing on their food and water. We also got a sturdy waterer, put it on a solid block, and that has helped.

One thing we are going to try to ensure our poor picked on hen is getting enough food is put in a rain gutter for a trough feeder. I have ice cube trays dedicated to the chickens treats - I put yogurt or cottage cheese in those so they each have their own little feeding section

I'm way behind on this thread again...I need a night of reading! I am looking for something I can safely put on a pecked hens head and neck. I am nervous about spraying anything because I don't want to get it in her eyes. We have one hen who is a bully. Our momma hen that hatched and raised...

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss - its horrible to lose chickens:( We lost six of ours last spring to coyotes, but it was because we couldn't get home before dark to close the coop and it was storming like crazy, so we didn't want to bug the neighbors to do it. Turns out, coyotes like to...

He is very good with them and quite an amusing dog and such a lovey! He was about 7 years old when we got chickens. We had the baby chicks in the basement and brought him, our other dog and cat down with us to visit them. He was always especially excited to visit them. At first, he tried...

We got a heated dog water bowl - it's about one gallon. There's a thermostat built in that shuts it off if its 40 degrees or higher. For our 12 chickens, it was enough water for them until we got home from work. I did not wash the bowl daily with soap and water - we usually head out to the...

Thank you for this thread - I'm way behind, only on page 16 or something, but looking forward to trying to catch up! One question I have, and I'm sorry if anyone else has asked this already, is is there a difference nutritionally in giving green tomatoes vs. red tomatoes? Just curious because...