Ah you know... I honestly don't know haha. I dug down about 4-5 inches and covered the whole base of their run with sand. I was told that the worms cannot incubate in sand and so they don't do well with a sand flooring. However my chickens still free range everyday rain or shine, so whether or...
Thanks for responding even though its a bit of an old post!
Glad to know it isn't just my EE who is a lightweight! She is definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. I have started giving her her own feeding dish - even when they free range and I bring out cold snacks on hot days. She just...
I need a saddle that will protect the back but also under the wings a bit. Do saddles cover along the chicken's sides a bit?
My EE is getting her feathers ripped out by my mean girl RIR but I can tell when I separate them that my EE is a little lonely so I want them to try and be together but...
Our current run has a roof and if we move it back to its original spot there shouldn't be any area that it would get wet aside from erratic rain (which would probably mean a typhoon, which would mean everything outside gets destroyed ... our run will just be part of that "everything" no matter...
In a desperate attempt to keep my run dry and hopefully parasitic worm free, I was told to put 5-6 inches of sand in the run. We have a Home Depot and it carries a variety... which one would be best? Would any of them work?
Quikrete All Purpose Sand
Leveling/Paver Sand
Quikrete Washed Plaster...
Okay, I would prefer giving them mealworms but I don't have access to them locally (have to buy online). I can handle that, but if for any reason that didn't work out can I mix the broiler grower with layer feed? Will feeding them grower limit their egg production at all?
I have a semi-permanent type tractor for my 3 chickens... it is very heavy and kind of a beast to move around so I never really did and kept my chickens in one spot (but allow them to free range for an hour or two every morning/evening and most of the day on weekends). However, I've been having...
Not sure if you're responding to me... but I feed them layer feed, some scratch, and then provide treats every other day or so (meal worms, yogurt, fresh grated coconut, frozen melon, lettuce, etc)
My RIR hen Pearl is a fatty and also a bully. She wasn't always like this but over the past few months she has really begun to beat up on my EE hen Valentine. At first it was just pecking here and there and it has evolved into chasing my Valentine away from BOTH feeding dishes, Pearl won't...
I live in a fourplex so my green space is very limited (see photos). I have just 3 chickens and what I have is a tractor, but it is very heavy to move. I was using it's location as a permanent spot (next to the garden, you can see how brown and dead it is) but I've been having a big problem with...
*sigh* here I go again...
Is there an easier way to give them the Zimectrin? When I tried to give it on the bread last time they were VERY suspicious and wouldn't take it so we ended up having to shove the little piece of medicated bread down their throats which freaked me out... I don't want...
I also just read that you should rotate the wormers so the parasites don't become immune to the wormer? Is this true? Or is it okay that I use Valbazen every 3-4 months (in theory - if my chickens weren't full of worms ALL the time)
Alright, I'm mentally done with this... my EE just had a normal looking poo for the first time in forever and I was so excited but... there it freaking was... ANOTHER **** worm. Pretty sure it was a tapeworm. WHAT do I do now... I have wormed them SO many times in the past several months and I...
I have an EE hen, a RIR hen, and a RIR rooster.
My RIR hen is a fatty. She is pretty heavy so I don't have any worries about her weight. My EE on the other hand has always been very light and I have always been able to feel her chest bone. I've wormed a million times, so I don't think her...
Alright...
I tried fermenting some feed and ran into a few problems... guess I put too much in the container and the feed expanded out of the container and got the liquid all over some stuff in the closet!
I was reading specific "rules" on a website - said to stir it every 2-3 hours or as...
So my mom bought my chickens a bag of Cluckn Sea Kelp and I am really excited because I've read about the benefits of feeding kelp/seaweed to chickens.
However... it says to mix 1/4 cup into 11 lbs of food. If I do this, all of the sea kelp goes to the bottom of the bucket. And when I feed my...
Well... I am officially frustrated out of my mind. I didn't withhold feed before giving them the Zimecterin but I gave it to them around 5pm and only fed them in the morning around 7am. So that happened... I gave it to them on the 13th so the second dosage will be coming soon. I've examined the...
****... Ok well I fed them in the morning but nothing throughout the day or in the evening... then I gave them bread with the wormer on it. Had to stuff it down two of their throats because they were so suspicious of it. So they're bodies weren't totally empty when they got the wormer. Hope that...