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Been keeping a backyard egglayer flock for about 30 yr now, in urban Honolulu, HI. Have a new batch of 15 pullets hatched 6/01/20. Heard commotion today & discovered this wounded White Rock. Separated & applied antibiotic ointment. Vet friend said to apply Blu-Kote. Will pick some up tomorrow...

I have a lsmall flock of 10 hens (Silver Laced Wyandottes, Black Australorps, Ameraucanas, White Rocks) that turned 1 year old last week. They spend half the day in the coop & a few hours free ranging in my fenced yard. They return to roost and I lock the door after dark. I received 6...

Hey Chillin, The best product by far, I've found for keeping chicken odor down is pine pellets for horse stall bedding. Available at feed stores, they break down to fine sawdust when moisture hits them. Still, their odor-absorbing properties go on for MONTHS. I put 8, 40 lb. bags inside my...

Land O' Lakes is now called, Purina Animal Nutrition. I drive from Manoa to get chicken & rabbit feed. They do supply a lot of the other stores on the island & carry both Purina Layena & Hawaiian Grain lines of poultry feeds. I make the trip twice a month just for the price difference from...

I'm in Upper Manoa Valley, near the forest and raise rabbits & layer hens, but no roosters. Have had both occasional meat breeds but mostly layers for some years now. Started from the 80s when the State Farm Bureau Fair hatchery exhibit would give out chicks to anyone w/a container to take...

Thanks for posting this! I have one of 4, 2-yr-old Ameraucanas in my backyard, free-ranging flock, that has been like this for the last 2 weeks. I raise rabbits so do have an available "broody-buster" environment to try on her. A couple of days ago, I hauled her out of the rabbit nest box...