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Is there any kind of wormer that you can use to worm your laying hens and continue to eat the eggs? I have used DE as a wormer but would like to use something else to make sure any worm problem is taken care of!

Had a good turnout for the first swap meet at the UPI stockyard in Little York IND. Looking forward to the next one on June 25th!

Like I said this is a first for me! Tomorrow should be the big day, haven't seen any movement out of the eggs yet. I am using a Brower Top Hatch incubator and have just one question right now. From the instructions, I have removed one of the four plugs from the top since day 3! Does this...

Thought I would let everyone know that there are 3 different locations of swap meets starting in May in the Kentuckiana area. 2nd Saturday of each month at the United Producers stockyard in Irvington Ky. Contact: Carolyn @ 270-872-8354 3rd Saturday of each month at the United...

Thought I would let everyone know that there are 3 different locations of swap meets starting in May in the Kentuckiana area. 2nd Saturday of each month at the United Producers stockyard in Irvington Ky. Contact: Carolyn @ 270-872-8354 3rd Saturday of each month at the United...

My pullets are just now becoming of age to start laying good. I have one that has started which I have picked up an egg from about every 3 days for the last 2 weeks. My question is will hens lay more eggs with a rooster in the flock or not. I've heard some people say yes and others say it...

Today was a great day! Walked in the coop this morning before we went to church and found our "first egg" setting right inside the coop door on the floor. Our pullets are only 17 weeks old as of yesterday so we really weren't expecting any eggs this early. The nest boxes we build are still in...

Here's the story! I ordered 10 EE, 5 BR, and 5 NN's and received them from the hatchery on May 8th, so they are almost 4 months old. I have a 3 tiered roost, with each tier one foot high and one foot away from the one below it (which makes the top tier about a foot from the wall and the bottom...

I have 10 EE, 5 NN, and 5 BR's that are 15 weeks old. Just wondering when I should start feeding layer feed and what the pros and cons are of feeding pellets vs. crumbles. I am now feeding starter and grower which is crumbles but it seems so powdery. I thought maybe the pullets wouldn't be as...

I was watching my 3 month old pullets today playing keep-away. One picked up a feather about 4 inches long and took off running with it while others chased her. All of a sudden she stopped and swallowed it down, is this normal?

I'm getting ready to put nest boxes in the coop! I have 10 EE, 5 NN and 5 BR. I would like your opinions on size, would it be OK to make them 14 inches wide and 12 inches deep or is that too big? There is a 14 inch spread between the studs and I think that I can find milk crates that are...

What is the dosage? Everything I read refers to "100 chickens"! I only have 21! Is the dosage still 1 oz/gal.

Chickens won't roost!!! They are around 11 weeks old now and I put them in a brand new coop about a week ago and they have yet to get up on the roost. It's only 33 inches off the ground (lower than the window and they fly up to it all the time) set up ladder style with poo board underneath...

I have chicks that are now about 11 weeks old, my question is when do I start worming them? Also, what do I use to worm with and what is the dosage? Their poo is somewhat runny on some of them and then others are fine. But I can't say that there looks to be any blood in the poo. They are on...

My chicks seem to all be doing well and feeling good, but their breast bone is very sharp (just seems as there is no meat on them). They are not meat birds, I got them for egglaying but I just wondered if they are normally this way. This is my first batch of chicks so I am not sure what to...

I'm getting ready to build the roost inside my coop and have a few questions. Thanks for any info you can give me! 1. Should all the roost be the same height and if so do you build a ramp for the chickens to get to them or do you build a ladder type roost? 2. How much space do you allow...

I'm getting ready to build my nest boxes inside my coop. 3 questions! 1. how many hens do I figure per nest box? 2. what dimensions do I use for each nest box 3. how big should the entrance way be into the nest box?

My chicks are going on 6 weeks old and doing very well. I'm just about finished with the coop and will put them in it by the time they are 8 weeks old. My question is, the run they will be using is has a total rock dust bottom to it so I'm thinking they will have all the grit they need. I'm...

I have read in different places where the correct size for a chicken house pop door is 9X12, but that looks small to me. My chicks are only 5 weeks old now and they are about 6 inches wide and 10 inches tall. Got my coop up, just finishing some painting and getting ready to cut in the pop...

I have 21 chicks that are 1month old and have not had any problem with Cocci. However, I thought I might as well pick up a pack of it just as a precaution. The only thing I found at the feed store said 20% on it and listed it as being used on cattle. It didn't say anything about poultry, is...