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    Comment by 'parvani' in article '11 Accidental Ways To Die (For Your Chickens)'

    I think my chicken wins the internet stupid award. One morning, when checking on the chickens, I noticed that their water dispenser looked funny. It appeared to be in place, but I realized to my horror that instead of water, there was a dead chicken inside of it! :eek: She and her buddies...
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    Sneaky Pennsylvanian township amending rules

    This is a more restrictive law than many major cities. I live in a city of more than a million people, and EVERY property of any size is allowed to keep 4 hens; if you have more than 10,000sf then you can have 6; and if you have 20,000sf then there is no limit. There are suggested sizes of...
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    can you incubate eggs under a heat lamp?

    When it's time for them to hatch, I'd have a plan to keep the incubator humid for the necessary 48 hours. Whether that means a damp towel, or regularly spraying distilled water into the incubator through a small hole (so as not to lose heat), or whatever, I'd definitely invest in a hygrometer...
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    This thread was SO helpful. We candled our eggs at 10 days, and it looked like none of them were growing. We were going to blame the incubator... but instead, decided to wait until day 13, and candle them again after viewing this thread. Well, it turns out that nearly all our eggs are...
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    Mites on Baby Chicks

    If you aren't sure, you could bathe one chick and see if any bugs come off it. If not, then they're probably all fine. If one chick has mites, they all do. Just a tablespoon or two in the sink is enough boric acid to kill any mites that come off the chicks. You will have to change the bath...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Deal With Lice & Mite Infestations in your Coop?

    Yes, DE is a waste of money. It doesn't control lice or parasites, and it's bad for chickens to breathe the dust. Since raising chickens, I have changed my mind about the merits of going completely organic. Organic "remedies" like diatomaceous earth or fragrant herbs are at best ineffective...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Deal With Lice & Mite Infestations in your Coop?

    I bought professional grade Permethrin liquid for spraying their coops and environs. The instructions warn NOT to spray when live animals are present, and to allow the permethrin to dry fully before allowing the chickens back into their coops. I treat the birds with either Eprinex or...
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    my rooster has bumblefoot, i wanna know if it's infected one or non infection bumblefoot, if it's non infection what happends if dont treat it?

    I don't know if you can find Ivermectin in Pakistan, but it is effective against chicken mites. If you have a store that sells medicine for farm animals, look for Ivermectin paste, used to treat horses, cows, and goats. You can also find Ivermectin pour-on, but in this country it's much more...
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    How do you help your flock with heat?

    Our chickens have nipple waterers because when we gave them open pans, they'd dunk their heads, splash around, and walk in them. But that's just what they need to do today and tomorrow when it's expected to get to 113F. Their coop doors are wide open, and they all have jumbo dishpans full of...
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    Help...I've got Fire Ants

    I value organic solutions whenever possible, but if you really want to get rid of these ants you will need to apply a pesticide like Permethrin, which is effective against many types of ants.
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    Old dog kennel/chain link fence predator proof??

    I didn't think we had weasels either. Putting my birds in a kennel cage for protection just made it easier for the weasel to get them. He killed and wounded 6 in less than 30 seconds.
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    Please help! Seeking every legal avenue for vengeance after a slaughter (TX).

    So wait -- the CHICKENS got into the kolache??? Oh I totally misunderstood that post. I thought somehow the dogs got into the kolache... which was why you thought that they were still alive and just being kept indoors. But if the dogs have become chicken killers in a neighborhood full of...
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    Old dog kennel/chain link fence predator proof??

    Weasels. Weasels are very small and can climb over the hardware cloth. They can slip through chainlink and the bars of a kennel like there's nothing there. They're blood suckers who also enjoy some entrails, and they will kill every chicken in the coop within minutes.
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    Please help! Seeking every legal avenue for vengeance after a slaughter (TX).

    I'm thinking that you may be able to form a neighborhood vigilante group. You yourself don't need to own a gun if your neighbor who sells chickens has a gun and is willing to use it. You could offer to help keep watch and inform him when the dogs are present in his yard. You and all your...
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    chicks and loud noise

    If your neighbor who is THREE DOORS DOWN can hear your music, it's definitely too loud for your chicks, not to mention your neighbors who live closer.
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    4 days into raising chicks and lost 1 - ideas?

    Sometimes it just happens. We had a good hatch of 17 chicks, but a couple had to be helped out of their shells, and one of those bled a bit from the navel. However, within a day he was running around with the others and seemed fine. Three or four days later I found him (at least, I think it...
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    Broody chick raising chicks?

    Last year was my first year with chickens, so I incubated a LOT of eggs, mostly shipped eggs, in batches of a dozen or so, and in three different types of incubators. Naturally I had good hatches and bad hatches, and some hatches that resulted in only one or two chicks. So by the end of summer...
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    Mites on Baby Chicks

    It sounds like you are a very good steward of your flock. So I want you to know that I do a LOT of research to find the least toxic solutions to the problems of mites, lice, and any other parasites I might find on my chickens. Boric acid is so non-toxic that I don't bother wearing gloves...
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    help I have a chicken eating eggs.

    Two types of birds need to be removed from my flock immediately, either by selling, giving away, or processing. Killers and cannibals. I spend too much time, money, and effort on growing my flock to allow any of my birds to work against me by killing other birds, either by attacking them or by...
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    help I have a chicken eating eggs.

    Remove her before she teaches the other hens to eat eggs.
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