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Sadly we are down to one lonely hen. I started with 4 almost 2 years ago and lost one to a respiratory infection but the others stayed healthy. We made it through winter and molting but two hens have disappeared. One was during the day a month or so ago (feisty BR, Bea) and one was taken from...

I was wondering the same thing but evidently so. My RIR started moulting in Oct. and is looking better but my black australorp just started last week and it's been COLD here - single digits. They are pretty grouchy. My barred rock isn't moulting and is running around in the snow like it's...

I free fed when we gave them pellets but they seemed to waste a lot plus the mice got into it so now we feed them 1 cup total feed plus the yogurt or whatever in the a.m. when they're let out. Sometimes they gobble it up right away but usually they come and go but it's always finished. They have...

I probably should have read all the responses but didn't so I hope I'm not repeating something. I've been feeding the Cascade from Azure for some time now. I switched from a local (Zamzow's) feed that was all natural but not organic so who knows what that means. I was concerned about waste when...

Hmmmm, so maybe it's a heat thing. Of course, in the heat we've been having I can't imagine how hot she must be with feathers AND extra broody heat. She seems to have snapped out of it for which I'm glad; she's my most consistent layer with the largest, most beautiful eggs of all. Too bad I...

Lovely! Aren't fresh eggs the best?!? I've seen double (although not from mine) but never triple!

When I lost my BO, I figured that was the one hen that would have gone broody....wrong...my RIR went broody in the spring and now she seems to be again. Thankfully, she's a sweetheart and only verbally protests being pulled off the the nest. So, how often do (can) hens go broody if they are so...

That's one of the reasons I bought it - no corn or soy. Most of both of those crops are GMO and I've read that even many organic crops are cross contaminated from GMO crops. Ugh.

That's what I've been feeding mine and they love it. It is mash which I wasn't expecting but we mix some water, or whey or yogurt with it and there is no waste. I figure it's way cheaper than pellets because of that. I also slip their vinegar in and they still gobble it up. You can smell the...

It works great for roses - time released and all!

What kind of a person can resist day-old chicks?

Diatomaceous earth (DE) is the remains of microscopic one-celled plants (phytoplankton) called diatoms that lived in the oceans and lakes that once covered the western part of the US and other parts of the world. These deposits are mined from underwater beds or from ancient dried lake bottoms...

After losing Hazel to a respiratory infection (sure miss seeing her run after the others flapping those big yellow wings), I'm suddenly worried about the rest of the girls and started doing more reading on worms. I want to stay as natural as possible but also want to treat as necessary, if...

So sorry; I lost one yesterday too and keep wondering if I could have done more. Here's to it not happening again.

Sad news - Hazel, our buff orp, died this evening. She had seemed about the same till today but when I got home from work, hubby said she had been keeping to herself but that she had laid an egg (her 2nd one). He had found her sitting in the nesting box when he checked her. When he told me about...

Thank you. Is it problematic or dangerous if I do treat her for gapeworm and that isn't the problem? If so, should I also treat the others even if they're not showing symptoms?

Do chickens get laryngitis? Right around Christmas, Hazel (1 of 4) started sounding raspy. I gave her colloidal silver and apple cider vinegar and she started sounding better. She's been acting fine, no discharge or other symptoms but while she sounded like Darth Vader for awhile now she just...

Thanks, Robin. I hadn't been too concerned because she seemed better but I hadn't seen the open beak behavior before. They love yogurt so I'll give her more and keep an eye on her.

Anyone???? I was just out locking up the coop and saw that she is eating pellets but when she gobbled up some scratch from my hand she kind of coughed it out. She seems to be opening her mouth a lot and just a slight hissing sound comes out. She doesn't appear to be in pain but not sure what to...

Do chickens get laryngitis? Right around Christmas, Hazel (1 of 4) started sounding raspy. I gave her colloidal silver and apple cider vinegar and she started sounding better. She's been acting fine, no discharge or other symptoms but while she sounded like Darth Vader for awhile now she just...