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hi all… I recently let my girls out into the part of the garden where my pepper plants are, thinking that they would not eat the leaves because (I have read) they don't like them and that they are toxic. But they are eating them. Should I be concerned? Thank you!

I love the deep litter method I am using in my existing coop. It has a dirt floor. We are moving and I am purchasing a 10 x 12 shed and upfitting it for a coop. I plan on putting linoleum on the floor. Can I use the deep litter method with this set up? If so, can someone please walk me through...

hi all, I’m building a new coop at my future home and would like to use the deep litter method like I have in the coop that came with my current home. It was built in the olden days on a dirt floor. has anyone done this? What all do I need to know to build it this way? Does anyone NOT recommend...

hello. my ginger has an impacted crop that i massaged today for over an hour while giving her water through a syringe until i felt it break up a bit. when i put her back in the run she immediately pooped out grains. good sign. she's drinking vinegar water and kefir but i've read i need to not...

I am getting my coop (run) reinforced. I wanted to put hardware cloth over my existing chicken wire but cannot find hardware cloth anywhere. Tractor supply, southern states etc. does not carry it. The guy that is going to do the work on my coop uses a 2" x 2" 14 gauge wire. That seems like a...

i just thought i'd let you all know that i have 2 confirmed reports from friends who have witnessed a black snake constricting and killing their hen(s). they try to swallow their heads, but can't. you will know bc there is a slime left on their heads. this is important information as i have...

just saw about a 5 foot long black snake in my coop. I have some new girls who are about five months old and they were just walking over it. Can it hurt chickens? The girls aren't laying yet. How do I get rid of him? How do I keep him from coming back? what do I do? thank you. Signed...

while I was on vacation my chicken sitter found one dead hen a day until all four were gone. She said she looked around for entry, but she didn't do a very good job. I found it right away when I got home. The chicken wire was cut or I guess chewed through right at the base, at ground level. (it...

I have treated my Gretel for external parasites but she is still not doing well… Feather loss, lethargic, losing weight. She is still eating and drinking. she must have worms, although I haven't seen any in her poop. I have fenbendazole safeguard for goats and have looked for dosages on this...

oh my. mites. help please. so many questions*...i've just noticed one of my girls balding and acting strangely, so it must be mites. i am going to submerge her in warm salt water as soon as it warms up outside, bc she also has a poopy bottom. salt will kill baddies, (got rid of flystrike that...

hi! My young mutt who started laying a couple months ago has all of a sudden stopped (3-ish days?) and is constantly on the nest. She seems healthy, eyes open,. when I shoo her off (by merely petting her...She is quite skittish) she will scratch around for a while with the other girls but then...

hello all. i hope it is ok that i post a link to a blog i read this morning. the blogger needs help with her sick hen and i thought it would be easier to paste a link to the blog post rather than retype the symptoms. please click on the link, read and help karen and cuddles if you can. you can...

new chicken owner here, i have a 6 month old americauna/red sex link, gretel, that is (still) laying beautiful eggs daily for almost a month. 3 days ago i noticed a blue tinge to her comb and wattle and the area around her face, and an incresed shaking of her head. no other symptoms. yesterday i...

hi all, my coop and run are almost finished and i'm excited at the prospect of getting 3 chickens. although i have done a nit of research i am quite new to this and have some questions :) i was thinking of getting one super layer, like a golden comet, and 2 heritage breeds, so that the...