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You mention kitchen scraps the chickens won't consume. I was wondering about that. There are lists of things that they say you shouldn't feed to chickens, like onion, green potato peels, avocado peel or pits, coffee, tea bags. These are things that go into my composter. What do you do with...

This is quite a science! Sounds like you have studied it well, and have learned by trial and error. I gather you're in West Virginia. I did a comparison in temperature and rainfall in winter. I see your temperatures are on average just a bit lower than ours in BC, and your precipitation comes...

Thanks Beekissed. Very helpful response. Have you thought of writing a book or an e-book? You communicate very well and respond to questions very succinctly and thoroughly. When you say "DL has some humidity and warmth to it...so removing those is key..." what do you mean there?

Thanks, Beekissed and Daisy8s, for your responses. I appreciate it and it's good to read the varying perspectives and the rationale you each provide. To clarify, the floor isn't overly wet, but damp enough that the shavings get noticeably moist when it's raining. I did have a problem with...

I'm planning to start the deep litter method in one of my two coops. This coop is small, and has a concrete floor which for some reason has been getting quite damp this year, possibly due to poor drainage underneath and tends to be smelly. The other coop is dry in comparison and doesn't smell...

Thanks for this enlightening bit of information!

Thanks for the advice. I prefer not to jump to antibiotics or other drugs too quickly as that contributes to the very real problem of antibiotic resistance. I would encourage poultry owners and other animal owners to be more cautious about resorting to antibiotics at the earliest signs of...

I have a Wyandotte rooster with 12 hens. There were 15 hens but three have died in the last few months, and now it seems another one is dying. I'm starting to wonder if it's due to over mating. The ones that have died were all Orpingtons, and so is the one that's now dying. They were only about...

I'm still wondering if this is a worms issue. Can anyone tell me - have you see chickens with pale faces, and was it worms?

I have about a dozen young chickens ranging in age from 16-20 weeks with pale faces. There is also one hen that's over a year old, with a pale face and comb and she's been moulting. I noticed that this hen and some of the young birds were opening and closing their mouths, so I suspected worms. I...

I'm hatching 8 eggs on a hobator because the broody abandoned them after a week. Haven't done this before. I had the humidity between 45-50 and yesterday it had increased to 55 so I covered part of the water tray. This morning the humidity is almost 60, and the water tray is dry. The temperature...

But... #3 hardly has a comb. And #1 had a bigger comb right from the get go, and is one that I often see doing the little boy fighting stance. Doesn't that mean anything? Are you mostly looking at the combs? Does the colouring and lacing mean anything? Any Wyandotte experts weighing in on this?

Can anyone tell me what the features are that would distinguish the males from females in the BLRW chicks? These are 6 weeks old. Going by the comb, and the little fighting dance, I suspect I have a few males. I have a total of 5 but it was a challenge to get them all on camera, so I'm starting...

I've just done a bit more searching and found a few comments at other sites, stating that typically, if roosters are on their own, without hens, there is little or virtually no fighting, as there is no competition for hens. They typically fight more when going for the same hens, and gang up on...

Can anyone tell me if you've tried or currently have roosters living together without hens, and how that works? So far they have been living together with hens. I know I've read to separate roosters from hens if the hens are getting too much attention, so I assume it's not uncommon practice...

I have three roosters, and two coops, each with separate runs. There are two roosters living in one coop with hens right now, and they are getting along fine. The other rooster is in the other coop with hens and young pullets. He's the older guy, and was the alpha rooster, but the two younger...