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I'm looking into making my own chicken feed and have run into an issue. From what I've read, a mix of 30% corn, 30% wheat, 30% field peas, and 10% combo of oats, flax seed, and various spices to aid in flock health would be sufficient. However, I am having trouble finding field peas sold in my...

I'm looking to give my chickens dewormer, I was at TSC and they told me that Durafend 0.5% pellets will work. On the back they have dosages for turkeys, but not chickens. Is it safe to feed them dosages for turkeys? Or do I have to cut it down? If so, how much? My math works out like this: mix...

I went into my coop and found one of my hens laying on her side. I noticed her being less active the past couple days, but she still came running when I brought out food and acted normal then. Now she's just laying in a ball with her eyes closed. She also wheezes every now and again when she...

I had a flock of 7 hens and 1 rooster, and all was great until a couple months ago. My rooster who was 8-9 months all of a sudden got very aggressive. He began attacking my family members, friends, and he even attacked me sometimes. I tried to work with him, and some days he was better than...

I had a flock of 9, 2 roosters and 7 hens. All was great until the dominant rooster (#1) got severe frost bite and started bleeding all over the place. I separated him from the flock for not even 24 hours and the other rooster (#2) already assumed control of the flock. I tried putting rooster #1...

I have a flock in Mid Michigan and as the temperatures have dropped, I noticed the tops of my roosters comb getting purple. I don't know how to help them. I have tarp up on the side of my run to block the wind and they have access to their coop all day. I also have a coop heater coming in the...

I have a flock of 7 (2 roosters and 5 hens), 2 of the hens I introduced recently and one of them hurt a younger hen I originally had. So I separated the injured hen for 3 or 4 days. I brought her back and now the roosters will not leave her alone. They keep chasing after her and the dominant one...