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"Again, ladies, there are 4 nesting boxes. The two of you don't need to cram yourselves into that one box at the same time!" "Gotta get the eggs before we have a pile-up." (In grocery store) "wait, need to buy some tomatoes for the girls!" (Insert husband rolling eyes here)

Hi Everyone, It's ten days tomorrow since I treated the girls with Wazine, and I am planning on giving them Safeguard (the 10% paste) tomorrow. I've seen differing amounts referenced in posts in terms of dosage. I've seen some people say a "BB sized" amount per chicken, and others say a "pea...

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I know I said I had one more question last time, but I have another, LOL. I treated the girls with the Wazine yesterday and am off tomorrow and planning on cleaning the coop as thoroughly as possible. My run has a sand bottom. Should I try to dig that out and replace it will fresh sand...

Thanks cjsgrlsx3!

This may sound like a stupid question, but I know some things react with metal. I need to treat my chickens for worms and am planning to use Wazine 17 but have a galvanized metal waterer. Is that OK?

Hi Everyone, one more question. I decided to start with Wazine as it's the only thing I was able to find at the store today (and I have to go out of town for a few days and don't want to wait) and I'm pretty sure they are roundworms. I am going to follow up with another type of wormer like...

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate all the advise. My husband thinks I'm overly protective of my birds, but I can't help it, they're my little buddies :)

I separated a broody hen to a cage today to try to break her and noticed to my horror that there were worms in her poop. they appeared to be about an inch to an inch and a half long and were about the diameter of a pencil lead. I've been trying to find something online that would tell me if...

Ok, chicken experts. I have one hen who has been broody for about 2 weeks, and now another appears to be as well. I am planning on trying to use the cage method (putting in a cage with a wire bottom not touching the ground) to break them. My question is, do I need to put them in separate...

Thanks, howfunky! I'm going to give it another week but if she doesn't start to shape up on her own I may try the wire cage. Poor thing, I feel bad that she wants to be a mommy, but clearly it's not going to happen anytime soon! It's starting to annoy the other girls cause she's in their...

About 4 days ago one of my hens (about 10 months old) started spending all day and night in one of the nesting boxes and appears to have become broody. We don't have a rooster, so the eggs are not fertile. Now all of a sudden tonight a second hen is sleeping a nest box (I can see her on my...

I have 6 chickens, all the roughly the same age (but different breeds) that started laying about 3 months ago. All but one lay their eggs in the nesting boxes. The one that won't use the boxes lays her eggs in the corner of the coop on the floor. She also sleeps on the floor and won't roost...

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the comments. Yes, I'm in marshland, near a bayou in Southern Louisina. I'm new to chickens, and although I know that the primary diet for nurtrias is vegitation, it still seemed a bit menacing that he looked so intent on getting into the coop. Maybe the smell of...

Tonight I saw a nutria walking around the exterior of my chicken coop (with the infrared of my "chicken cam"). Does anyone have experience with this? Will a nutria attack a chicken?

Mine is my red sex-link, Rexy. She'd the lowest girl in the pecking order, but is always the first to come greet me, loves to be petted, and is extremely sweet.

My RIR and Barred Rock both lay eggs about the same size. They are big, but not giant like my Red Sex-link's egg. My Buff Orpington and SL Wyandotte aren't laying yet (still waiting like an expectant mother) so I'll have to let you know if either produces a giant egg as well :)

Hi Sawyerashton! Welcome from Prairieville! I'm only about 8 weeks into my chicken adventure myself. I started off with pullets though since I have to travel for work and didn't trust my husband to be as attentive to the little girls as I needed when I was out of town :) I have one Barred...

Hi Everyone, this may sound like a dumb question, but I'm new to chickens. My outside run is exposed soil and getting muddy, and I'm considering putting down sand. I've read all the comments above and it seems like the right way to go, but I'm concerned about the girls not having soil to give...

Hi Chris, thanks so much for the information. I'm not only new to chickens, I'm relatively new to Louisiana, so I just wanted to have resources in place should I have any issues. I only have 6 chickens and they are for egg laying (though I consider them pets too) and just didn't want to be...