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this is their second batch - the first didn't hatch. But it does mean they've been sitting for a long long time! A lost a chicken earlier in the summer, and noticed then that she was covered in lice - she had lost a bunch of body mass as well, and I'm hoping that I'm preventing that with these...

The hens have been looking quite pale- they've been broody most of the summer and aren't taking good care of themselves and I think they have mites and/or lice. I powder them with mite and lice powder but I still worry about them. I'm hoping the nutridrench keeps them healthy enough until they...

Hi All, I have a few hens nesting, and I've been daily giving them a squirt of nutri-drench in a spoonful of yogurt mixed with feed. I also make a plate for my other hens & roosters to keep them from eating the nesting hens' treat. What are your thoughts on this? Is it ok to be giving it to...

Well, if I can't get a home for them (and I'll give them one more month) the boys will be sent to freezer camp. I wish there was an alternative! I posted flyers, posted on craigslist, asked at the humane society, the vet, and the farm store.... Never again will I buy day old bantams! This...

Your cochins are beautiful! I'm still looking for homes for mine. Even if I keep one and put up with the crowing, three roosters are too many for my poor girls (6 hens).

I would love it if it was, it just looks so different than the other developing chick!

What does a dud egg look like? Can it be dark all the way through apart from air bubble? I have several broody hens and when I went away for a long weekend three weeks ago, they started sitting on eggs. I let them have them for a few days before candling them. Of six eggs, one showed obvious...

Hey thanks for your input. Unfortunately my poor Biddy has passed away. I gave her SMZ by hand (and gave it to the whole flock of 10 as well, in their water) in case it was cocci, but I think it was too late for it to have an affect. Also, as I was holding her to give her the medicine and...

All three of my bantam cochin chicks have turned out to be roosters. They were hatched mid-April. All three are crowing, but only one, the black one in the back of the picture below, is showing affection to the hens (Just now learning the dance!). I am worried about the neighbors, as the...

Thank you for the response! We do have calcium available to them with oyster shells and ground up egg shells (I edited above to include that too). She hasn't laid an egg in a while; it is hard to keep track of who is laying, but with 5 laying chickens we've only been getting 2-3 eggs. She...

I'm sorry, I'm up in middle eastern shore. Also, I have decided to give it a bit longer, as my neighbors say that they aren't bothered by the crows YET. If they change their mind as the crowing gets louder I will repost! These guys are so cute to watch running around with the girls =)

Hi All, My chicken has been quite listless lately. I first thought it was the heat, but I'm no longer certain. I first noticed something was wrong when she wouldn't sleep up on the roost but instead would sleep in the nesting box with the broody hen (she isn't broody). Then, on a hot day...

Two of my bantam cochin chicks have turned out to be roosters, already crowing at 2 1/2 months old. I am worried about the neighbors, as the roosters crow for about 1/2 hour at 4:45am, but the cockledoodledooing is fairly quiet and only in the morning. Anyone on the eastern shore with some...