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As a follow-up to my original post, I've found an almost perfect bedding material that I've been using for the past two years....Rice hulls. Just in case it's not obvious by the name, rice hulls are the outside hull (or husk) of a piece of rice....a byproduct of the rice industry. It is small...

Hello, Can any standard Houdan owners out there share your experiences with the breed? Are there any health issues the breed is prone to? And what about their personalities? Are they friendly/shy, calm/flighty, quiet/loud, good layers or bad? I love the look of the breed but am having...

My potential new mom is a 14 month old bantam Araucana (A full-breed)...This is the second time she's gone broody, which is pretty unusual at such a young age . But. Last time she sat on an empty nest for an entire month, so I think she'd be a good mom. But... she's a pretty wild one, so not...

Thanks! That's encouraging! Anyone else had the same luck?

Hi, Do chickens know how many days they're been sitting on eggs, and does that affect their maternal behavior (like how long they'll get off the nest. OR...Do they respond to the sounds of the developing chicks in the eggs and base their behavior on that??? I have a chicken that just went...

Who Knew??? (certainly not ME!) Thanks, everyone, for enlightening the clueless!

Do they have a yolk inside? (didn't want to break mine open in case I had a shot at "Ripley's Believe it or Not"...I guess NOT)

Must admit, I didn't consider putting "fart egg" in my forum search!

Is there REALLY such a thing?!? So I shouldn't be worried?

My silkie is around 9 months old and up until today has been laying normal bantam-sized eggs...Then today I found this in her nest: (Photo shows yesterday's normal egg and today's mini-egg) Is this a sign that something's wrong? Comments, please!!! Alys

One more question: The babies will be one week old tomorrow. I have been giving them GQF vitamins with pro-biotics in their water, which is recommended for the first seven days, and then once a week thereafter...Should I start the Corid tomorrow at 7 days, or should I wait until day 10?

SpeckeledHen, I had read that too, regarding moms providing chicks with some immunity. I hope that's the case, but still want to be proactive just in case!

LEMURCHASER: Thanks SO much for all of your research (and your math skills, which are clearly better than mine!!!) This is great information! I'm also so glad that Kathyinmo's post made me realize that I had miscalculated when I originally bought the Corid (almost a year ago), and that I had...

Thank You So Much!!! That's Exactly The Info I Was Looking For! Have A Great Night!

Lemurchaser, I hadn't seen your post when I submitted my last post. What you're saying makes sense. FYI, my chicks are not on ground, but they are with their mom who presumably has/had coccidia. She was one of my only chickens that never showed symptoms and was never affected by it, but I...

Maybe 1 tsp per gallon was the 21 day preventative dose... Since they do not yest show symptoms, which is the best way to build immunity? It seems like the weaker 21 day dose is designed to allow some of the cocci to live, but not to overwhelm the system while the bird has time to build...

You are right!!! I feel so stupid...So much for my metric skills!!! I must have converted 9.5 cc's wrong the first time I tried to figure the dosage out, and I've had 1 tsp per gallon memorized as the dose all this time! And no wonder my chickens never responded that well! THANK YOU!

Thanks Lemurchaser. Unfortunately the only medicated chick starter available within 45 minute driving range is MannaPro which also has a '...cycline' antibiotic if I remember correctly. Since I already have the Corid, I prefer using that, and not changing their feed. So would you recommend I...

I remember reading on the bottle that there was a lower dose for preventative...I think it was half or 1/4 the dose, but I can't remember for sure... the label is no longer legible. I prefer NOT giving them the medicated feed because it also has antibiotics (which they don't need) and a lot...

CAN ANYONE PROVIDE ME WITH THE CORRECT DOSAGE OF CORID 9.6 AMPROLIUM FOR PREVENTATIVE USE/ BUILDING IMMUNITY IN BABY CHICKS? I have healthy 6-day old chicks on non-medicated feed, but have had two bad strains of Eimera (coccidia) diagnosed in my older hens in the past, which has wreaked havoc...