I would like to add one more thing which is not necessary but makes hive inspection so much easier for me. It's called a frame holder and hooks onto the side of the hive box while you are doing a hive inspection. I find it much easier to manipulate frames if I hang one or two on the holder first.
Hi all. I live near Houston and am new to chickens. Can someone who lives on the coast tell me what you do with your chickens during hurricanes/tropical storms? My husband has already told me he doesn't want them in the house. Is the garage ok?
My four month old EE Pullet was in the fenced in back yard with the other two chickens. I heard screaming and ran outside to find Nelda on the ground with a hawk right on top of her. The hawk had hit her so hard there was a halo of feathers on the ground. Thankfully the hawk took off when the...
I would just like to say to Davaroo that I really appreciate the historical perspective on space requirements. Those numbers were not something I had heard before.
My advice is to leave the hive alone for a week after you install your package. When I bought my first package, I looked after two days and they swarmed. All I saw was dollar bills flying around my head.
If you need more videos, Brushy Mountain Bee Farm has several on their website. I have...
It's completely snapped off just on top. My computer searches must be bad because I could only find posts about the whole beak missing or just the tip. This is about a quarter of an inch just on top close to the comb. Let me see is I can post a picture.
My chicken has somehow managed to break the top of her upper beak off. It's close to her comb and is not bleeding. The rest of her beak farther out is fine. She can eat and drink normally. What should I do?
I'm brand new but one of my chickens was Scalped by a hawk. She also refused to eat or drink while she was in the house. I got desperate so I moved her kennel into the run with the rest of the flock. She immediately began eating. She stayed in the kennel for a month while she healed and...