Search results for query: *

Sorry about this unpleasant photo. We were shocked to find a dark reddish brown object in the nesting box today. The egg looking object has strange tubes attached to both end. The "egg" part is hard and rubbery. One end of the tube looks like part of the intestine, clear, soft tissue, and wet...

Help! Just wondering if anyone can provide some info on which medicines we should give to our flock of 7 with moderate bacteria detected in their nasal swap: Enterococcus cecorum and Gallibacterium anatis Many thanks in advance!!

Hi, we removed a good deal of burr combs from our bee hives - lots of them with lavae. I tried giving them a small chunk, they went crazy and ate the entire thing including the comb. They won't stop just at picking the lavae out of the comb. Is it safe for them to ingest the comb?

Two days ago, in broad day light, I saw a big, fat, red fox staring at our chickens from outside of the extended run fence. I ran out of the house, screaming at the fox, it ran away into the woods. I've been keeping the chickens in their predator proof small run since. Spent two days reading...

I have been growing wheat fodder for my chicken for several weeks now, and I thought it has been quite successful. When I was cutting the wheat grass and root mat into sections to feed them, I noticed some mold in the base. Is this still ok to feed them? Will this cause diarrhea? It's...

Someone sent me this post - thought I'd share.

Since today is the coldest day we have had this winter, I gave my chooks some extra end of day treats. While all of them were excited and going crazy with the black sunflower seeds and mealworms, I noticed Clove - our Olive Egger, who is usually the leader and often jumps up to my bag/bowl -...

Reading this forum has become my daily obsession, there is so much information from all the postings! As an accidental chooks mom (or grandma since I inherited our spice girls from my daughter who left home for graduate school) I am hopelessly obsessed with our lovely chooks and I also have so...

My tenure as a chooks mom is just as young as my girs! I have only young hens, 6 laying, 2 seem to be imminent. They are all 6-7 months old (bought them from a farm at the end of June, they were at most 1-2 weeks old then). We switched to layer feed when we spotted the first egg 2 months...