Anyone have a few large breed chickens that are great large egg layers? I would love to have a Black Star but I am not picky of breed or color...Just needs to be healthy and youthful. I am not looking for stewing hens. I have about 17 of them now that I can not kill. I would be willing to trade...
I am not sure about anyone else but I believe that a lot of that comes from poor saddle fitting or issues in their back/hips. I have a horse that sometimes has issues when I ride but not when I am off of him. Come to find out from an Equine Chiropractor that he was locked in his back (between...
If anyone has any advice...I would sure appreciate it. I have 17 lovely ladies that I just adore. They started sneezing about 3 weeks ago. I started them on auremycin and had them on that for 2 weeks. They still have it. My vet knows nothing about chickens (according to him) and I am at a loss...
I wanted to peep in on this subject because I do feed SOAKED (for hours) beet pulp to my horses and sometimes I have a little left over. I throw the leftover beet pulp outside on the ground for the ladies...the have NO interest in beet pulp. I hang a head of cabbage and heads of lettuce up with...
Hi everyone,
I live in northern Illinois and lately it has been soooo cold. I woke up 2 days ago and the temperature was 27 below 0.. and the wind chill was 47 below 0 ...YIKES I had to ad another heat lamp in the coop. Now there are three. It seems that the 3 heat lamps works for them. They...
I recently got 17 new hens (and an unwanted rooster or two ...I think) I now have 15 Barred Rocks (plymouth Rock) and 2 leghorns How long will it be till they begin to start laying again ? I need to add a couple more nesting boxes for them. I will then have a total of 4 boxes. If anyone has...