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I would like to know where one finds the meal worms to raise? I want to try it but don't know where to get some to start my own batch. Thanks! 🤨

I have two Amerucanas, lost my Leghorn (pictured) last fall due to age. Daily I go out, give them a meal worm treat, check their water and food, refill as necessary, change and replace straw and pine shaving bedding with a little diatom. earth sprinkled in, check for eggs and shovel out the coop...

I have come to the conclusion that my Blondie has hit "Hen-O-Pause". She is now 7 years old and has been such a great egg producer, but all good things come to an end. She laid very large eggs and on nearly a daily basis. She has earned the right to a happy retirement and is now a happy pet for...

When setting up my coop I read to have one nest box per every three chickens...well...I have only three girls and have found two trying to get into the nest box at the same time and often if two, or all three, are wanting to lay, one or two will lay her egg in the straw by the roost. It's safe...

I have not had this happen, but you are right, you have too many shavings in the nest. About 1-1/2 - 2 inches, or enough that it's not as tall as the eggs, is what I use. You can see the eggs in the shavings, or straw, or whatever you're using. I check my nest several times a dayi, especially in...

I brought three eggs from the nest today and one accidently fell out of my hand onto the ground. One of my three ladies pounced on it as I quickly tried to scoop up the shell and as much of the raw egg as I could. The other two came running, too, and I dashed for the gardent hose to wash up the...

I really enjoyed this article as I have three ladies and one, Jane-Amerucana, always comes running up to me to have me pet her. She sqats down, puts her wings to the side and lets me pet her back while I talk to her. The other two ladies, Blondie-Leghorn, and Samantha-Amerucana, have started to...

I have discovered my leghorn, Blondie, the one pictured by my name, had blood on her chest and now on her forehead. I noticed her wattle was a bit bloody and today it seems her comb is bloody. I hate to think one of my Amerucanas is aggressive and picking on her! I don't have anyplace I can put...

My girls are four years old, great layers and great pets. This is the first time I've had this happen, but thanks to the link above, all my worries are gone. It's just a one time fluke. I also read in the same article another situation I encountered - deposits on the egg. Rough, grit-like bumps...

I have a Leghorn and two Americanas, the Leghorn will lay her nice, strong dense, large eggs in the coop, outside of the nest, if one of he other girls is occupying the nest. I don't have a problem with that, it just strikes me funny. One concern is that one of my Americanas has had "bumps" or...

My Amerucanas lay two eggs in a space of three days, have done so the last two years, but the Leghorn is consistent and lays daily. About the time I was asking this question, I went out to feed the chickens some scrambled eggs and rolled oats, a favorite of theirs, and just out of curiosity...

What I'd like to know is what is the longest "dry spell" that is normal? My two Amerucanas molted in late October, have not laid since then. My Leghorn molted in early December when it was so bitterly cold, and has not started up yet. I know our cold winter for thee months, colder and more snowy...

I have three chickens, two Amerucanas and a Leghorn. The Amerucanas stopped laying in end of October, when they were molting. My Leghorn slowed down but then right after Christmas, in fact when we got home from our 4-day Christmas visit to family, she looked as if she'd EXPLODED in the chicken...

Once a week I will scramble an egg and add a handful of rolled oats, maybe a little shredded cheese, and my three love it! I keep hearing pros/cons of feeding dry kitten food to them, haven't done it because I printed out from Backyard Chickens a list of what you should and shouldn't feed them -...

I love it how they come running to me when I go outside, Blondie, the Leghorn, especially. She seems fascinated with whichever pair of shoes I wear, she pecks at them. She is also starting her molt, I saw her picking at her feathers last night, so now I'll have three naked birds!! Glad we...

My three chickens, two Amerucanas and a Leghorn, don't lay during molt - the Amerucanas would lay two green eggs over three days, the Leghorn laid her jumbo white egg daily, but right now, the Amerucanas are molting and I get few green eggs now. They have stopped completely the last week or so...

Ready made egg and cheese omelet in the shell --

Not too long ago I printed a five page listing from a link that I found on Backyard Chickens that gives a great list of do's and don'ts - and I read it often when I'm not sure what is safe and what isn't. The scraps I give my three girls is mostly raw vegetable scraps, but not corn while the...

Poor little chickie! I hope she recovers and does well, she's a cutie!

The picture on the link you sent that says "watery" is exactly what it looks like, so am thinking she's in the range of normal. As to eating, they all three eat well, love vegetables and are not acting ill, so I'll keep an eye on them and just, for now, consider it normal....for them. Thanks...