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So I am confused about where to use the deep litter method, is it the coop or in the run? Our run is 4'x20' and has a four inch layer of pea gravel for drainage purpose- I was planning on using straw for the run but ppl say it wont break down fast enough and can harbor mites- I cannot image...

I have a 4 week old that I believe was pecked around the eye. She was keeping it closed but it got infected. It became red and started discharging- I could tell because there was crustys on her wing where she had been rubbing her eye. She is on her 2nd day of duramycin-10 and the eye isnt red...

This morning I went to check on my chicks and one had a mass of dried poop on her. I had been worried about her for some time- never the most active gal. She wasnt pasted up but when I went to pick her up she didnt give any fight. I had been weighing her daily and she hadnt gain but hadnt lost...

I gave my gals a little bit of smashed scrambled eggs today and was thinking about adding some yogurt to their mash tomorrow. I dont have any chick grit on hand and I am wondering if I need it for those two specific treats. They have had nothing but chick starter other than the scrambled egg...

Hello, I have just notice some threads about raising meal worms. My feed store has dead ones. I assume you feed the ones you farm alive? What are the benefits, I am also assuming cost is one but maybe not the only?

I have a little Blue Laced Red Wayndotte that I am worried about. Last week my other little guy of the same breed died without symptoms, so maybe I am over thinking about this one. She is smaller that the other chick of the same age and her breed is bigger in general but maybe that doesnt matter...

Hi, I want to start off by saying I know it's not cecal poop. It was a dollop of yellow frothy poop with a small part of regular poop. It was true yellow- no mustard tone. On the poop page it matches what is labeled symptomatic of worms- how could my little chick have gotten worms? She is on...