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First and foremost you need to find out for sure if it is mites. If you are near a local avian vet you should check it out, or at least take some pictures and post to this site to get an opinion. From everything I've seen mites tend to look like salt caked on the chicken. However, you...

I have a friend with sexlinks and she had lower egg production, but it did not come to a halt. I have heard from people who have been raising chickens for a long, long time that chickens don't live much longer after their egg production has ceased. So when they have made all the eggs they can...

I just read all nine pages and almost cried at one point. It is AMAZING what we learn about ourselves when put to the test of our pets and kids. And with chickens they feel like one and the same. Thank you for sharing your experience and for being brave! Cynthia

My Gold Lace just layed her first egg today! She is around 25 weeks old. She was good and put it in the nest box, but for the last few weeks I've had a tennis ball in there. As far as the regularity - Even my older girls leave their eggs where they want. Usually the nest box, but sometimes...

Hey Oregonians! I'm in SE Portland, 20 blocks from downtown. I love my little city farm!

I don't have the right kind of room in my coop to have the nest box High, but not as high as my roost, so I have a box that used to be a deep kitchen drawer that works well. It gives them the definition needed to know that "Hey this is a safe place for me and my eggs" and a little privacy. I...

They lay at all different times of the day. Two of mine usually lay between 11am (this is early though for them) and about 3pm - rarely after three, but sometimes. I have heard that the average is about 25 hrs between eggs. Some friends of mine have eggs first thing in the morning and my mom...

If my toes are painted and I'm around with flipflops, they like to see if my toes are some kind of berries. And one likes to fly up onto my shoulder just before heading to roost - will also try to give certain colored earrings a taste too.... Some times they seem so smart, and then..... They...

Since yogurt is so good for them, and messy I totally go for mixing other things into it. If you have a small food processor you can make anything into a yogurt meal! Some ideas Carrots Squash Raisins Feed Seeds Just what ever I can mince in the FP, then I stir in some yogurt. I love this...

A little DE goes a long way. I put it in a flower sifter, but you could probably put it into a mesh strainer and shake it as you walk. Since I've been using it I've also noticed a cut back on the Flies:D!!!!!!!!!!!! When I say a Little goes a long way, I'm not kidding, I bought a 50# bag and...

I think I have a molting Turken. It's not a huge difference since she's normally a little low on feathers, but she has fewer around her shoulders and beneath her crop. How long does this last? Is there anything special I should do for her? Thanks, Cynthia

I had the same thing in two of my chickens. They seemed fine except for the couging/sneezing and some gurgled breathing barely less energy. I am lucky enough to live where there are two avian vets, and I called one for some advice. Which was to put saline up their nostrils - which I did when...

I've just started with my chickens and have found that they LOVE squash, carrots and olive oil. I put a clove of garlic into the mix just for the health factors. Not enough to change the taste of the eggs. I put everything into the food processor and let it go for a couple of minutes and it's...

I have to say, I had the tree trimmings and it was not a great idea. They all got sick after the leaves started to compost and make mold spores and dust. Chickens are highly allergic to dust and mold. It turned into a mycoplasma infection and $245.00 of a vet bill. Good luck Cynthia PS I...

Hi there! I don't know how many chickens you have, but I have 4. I used an old deep kitchen drawer. It is in the coop, but not under the roost. Everyone shares just fine! I have some Timothy Hay in the drawer and pine on the floor of the coop. I have girls of all different sizes and have...

All of my chickens are older and not raised by me. Two are just at the point of the big voice change and the other two are of laying age. I've had them for 4 weeks. None of them *like* to be held or pet. I have been doing the hand feeding and sitting on a chair with them in their day run...

And I should add to my typo to *unclog* the nasal passages! Not to add to the clogging;)

The massaging and olive oil are great ideas, also try to make sure they are not eating long stringy food items such as cut grass or clover vines. If you are giving them scratch you may want to hold of on that for a bit and try some other foods. If you have a food processer or a mini chopper...

I have been dealing with a slightly sick chicken. One that is nearly impossible to pet and just forget about picking up. The vet asked me to try to put saline on her nostrils to verify whether or not she could breathe out of them. This is what I came up with and it worked! Since she...

I have started to treat for gape. I found safeguard for dogs in a 3 day series. I bought the small dog package (10lb dog). I mixed a package up into some hummus and gave most of it to the sick girl and a small portion to the rest. Each package is 22% fen. Well see how it goes. I started...