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Bunny, I would love to have you join us on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/HighDesertHomegrownPoultryAssociation Also, the next physical meeting of High Desert Homegrown Poultry Association is October 22 at 6 pm in the Yucca Valley, CA area. More info on the FB page. We hold quarterly...

At my house, he would probably not have a chance to become a gentleman. Either he is one from the start or he goes into the stew pot for enchiladas or chicken and dumplings. I've had enough of bad-boy roosters over the years. There are so many nice ones available, the bad ones are not worth...

See how the tail feathers go up and then begin to bend downward? That is a great rooster indicator. CROWING is a sure indicator it is a rooster, though a few hens have been known to crow. Hens' tail feathers DO NOT curve over. I had a hen I was using for a breeder who had a comb and wattles...

I've used activated charcoal on a chicken with gangrene and healed it. I made a wash but not so thick it becomes a paste, a mixture of the medical grade activated charcoal from the health food store or pharmacy and water. I painted it on heavy several times a day with a small, soft brush...

I've raised chickens for over 30 yrs. My daughter refused to eat the meat because she 'knew' that chicken. I never named any, other than a few banties. I NEVER wash my eggs unless they are dirty. They come out of the chicken with a naturally protective film on them. My customers like that...

Than you. Is that Washington State University?

In April I got over 100 day old baby chicks from McMurray Hatchery. I feed Modesto Milling organic chick starter crumbles along with non-GMO alfalfa, when they are about a month old. The adults also get white millet, milo, black oil sunflower seeds, rolled barley (soaked) , sometimes sprouted...

I was away for a few days and got a call from my chicken caretaker that one of my SIXTY 5 1/2 week old pullets was down on Monday lying on her side and unable to walk. Tuesday AM I quarantined her until last night (Wednesday). Research showed that it is likely Marek's disease, as it appeared...

High Desert Homegrown Poultry Association of Yucca Valley, CA meets quarterly at Yucca Mesa Improvement Assn. on Balsa Ave. off Aberdeen Ave. We meet the 3rd Wednesday quarterly. The next meeting is January. Find us on Facebook.

Diatomaceous Earth is a natural lice and mite killer for dusting chickens or for making them an area that has DE spread on top of the dirt or in their dust bath hole for taking dust baths. There are MICROSCOPIC sharp points on the DE that kill soft bodied insects when the correct type is used...

I also live in the SoCal desert near Joshua Tree Nat'l Park. I use metal oil drain pans filled with water and change it 2-3x a day. The cheapest ones I found were on the DOItBest website. Several are standing in the water right now. I have an enclosed coop, but the run is covered with...

Well, if you like him so much, at least allow him to be a NATURAL rooster at someone else's house, but don't torture him by keeping him in the dark or caged so he can't stand, and for heaven's sake, please don't de-crow him by having his vocal cords cut! If you can't give him a humane life, eat...

The likelihood of the chickens eating enough walnut leaves to hurt them is not very high. The leaves have anti-worm, anti-parasite properties, so some should be beneficial for the clucks. I am an herbalist of 40+ yrs. standing.

Diluted chlorine bleach like Clorox...1/4 cup to 1 quart water with a bit of unscented dish detergent works well. Then rinse and air for a couple of days before using it. The automatic turner can go in the dishwasher or you can wash it well with the same solution.

Use only clean eggs going into the incubator. The less you handle them the better, as the oil on your hands can clog the pores in the shell through which the developing baby must get air. NEVER wash or put ANY chemical or detergent on the eggs to be hatched. The shells are porous and you will...

Coffee County is named for General John Coffee of TN, my great, great, great uncle.

Try to move away from genetically modified corn and soy ASAP. The Bt from the corn is passed through to human intestinal bacteria and the Bt pesticide is now thought to be being manufactured in human guts, not just in the corn. Other peas or beans can be substituted for the soybeans, most of...

Don't forget chickens need greens. In the desert I feed alfalfa every day and sprinkle it with water so it is more like fresh greens. Tucson has many wonderful chicken people. My husband and I visit Tucson for a week ior so each winter and have met several people from the local egg producers...

I grew up on a farm in south Georgia and have had chickens since the mid 1980s except for several years after a babcat killed 13 one night and 15 a couple of nights later. I have about 75 right now, mostly Black Australorps and Rhode Island Reds, that are in a chain link horse corral with wire...

Starting in January 2013, date still to be determined, a new Hi Desert Homegrown Poultry Association will begin meeting (probably quarterly instead of monthly) at Yucca Mesa Improvement Association's community center, 3133 Balsa Ave. just north of Aberdeen Ave. in Yucca Valley, CA. We are...