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Hello, One of my girls has roundworm and while reading up on it, someone mentioned that a sand floor is better than dirt/soil b/c the worms don't (or can't????) live in the sand. Does anyone use sand in the bottom of their coop? If so, do you struggle w/ fleas or any other issues? Would you...

I have a shelf full of waterers that I've tried and didn't like and have now limited my waterers to two in the coop plus one pie plate in the yard for when they free-range (they have never run out of water). How many waterers do your chickens have access to?

A few days ago, my hen started walking backwards, in a "hunched down" position; as if she were afraid of me. It was bizarre. She still does it sometimes but not all the time. Any ideas as to why? She is very well cared for and has no need to be afraid. She has been the most social and most...

Fellow Chicken Lovers: If a glass waterer was available on the market, how much would you be willing to pay for it? We know that glass provides a clean, chemically stable, non-porous, non-reactive, non-permeable surface for drinking water, it has an almost zero rate of chemical interactions and...

Hello, I'm writing a paper on Backyard Farming as part of my MBA program. I can no longer find information on the number of Forum members present on BYC. Or maybe I forgot where it is located...I am trying to show growth / interest in Backyard Farming and since there is no substantiated data...

Hello everyone, I recently adopted a couple of hens and they turned out to be sick (yes, I'm new at this!). Anyway, the aviary vet sent out a mucus sample (from runny nose) and nothing major came back but high levels of Ecoli. After panicking, I read that all chickens have eColi and it's...