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Thanks glad to hear it should work How often will I need to apply to take care of an existing infestation?

I have a rather large flock. Some hens have scaly leg mites, some do not. I know eventually all of them will have it if I don't do something. I'm looking for a convenient way to take care of this. I read any type of oil should work. So I purchased a gallon of veggie oil today and put some in a...

'd like to go ahead and treat my hens for lice/mites etc. using my poultry protector spray I bought at the farm store. Its been awhile since I've treated them. They are molting right now. Does anybody see any problems with treating them while their molting? Thanks.

One of my hens was spooked off of her roost and landed hard on the coop floor. After she landed she was not moving at all and was panting very heavily. This was 2 days ago. She has stopped panting by now. Her whole body is just collapsed and she lays on her side. She can move her head and neck...

My broody hen just hatched seven chicks yesterday. I have some Purina Start and Grow that I bought a year ago, it was opened a year ago but it has been stored in my barn and its all dry. Is the feed still good and okay to feed to the new chicks or do I need to buy new chick feed? Thanks.

Protein is like 17%

Can you just solely feed laying chickens whole oats? I just bought a 50 pound bag thinking I would use it as feed without evening knowing if it's ok. I would also feed them crushed egg shells as a calcium supplement.

I usually give mine a scoop in the morning. They don't do much though, their kinda lazy and just lay in the shade.

I've been feeding layer feed to my 14 week old hens. Is this to early for them? Does it harm them? Should I bother to go get some grower feed? They've only been eating the layer feed for two days and I have them in a chicken tractor so their able to eat bugs and grass stuff. Thanks for the help.

We live on a small Christmas Tree farm in the Willamette Valley. Recently we acquired three 14 week old Rhode Island Red hens to start our first chicken flock. We spent the last two weekends building a huge chicken tractor that could probably hold about seven hens. I'm really looking forward to...