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It is amazing how we were around chickens and other farm animals growing up but once it sunk in they are dependant on me, I knew nothing.😊
I have only y been doing this 5 years so I am sure someone more experienced may have advice. However, I let my hens hatch their eggs when I want to add to the flock. When the it gets close to hatching date I love hen and eggs to a secluded place. When eggs hatch I keep mom and chicks there, but...
I am on day 2 of fermenting some food for first time. I couldn't remember if I stirred it today so I stirred it. It is now separated where the liquid or water is in the center. Is that normal? And I read what u said about feeding. Do I not just pour it out on ground or in a container and leave...
I have just stared using the pine needles in my coop because on another thread on here (BYC) I was told mites lice and other pest that get on or bother chickens do not like the needles. Everyone (hens) seems to like them just fine
So I have sprayed with the elector PAP and am now doing the dipping in vegetable oil every other night (going on week two). Is that what I do for leg Mites? Or do I do the Vaseline also or after the oil treatment?
Thank you so much for your help
I have frizzles too and the comb on mine stay tiny. One way I tell who layed an egg is one starts squalking really loud and she will be at coop door or outside coop. They do that telling everyone else she just layed an egg. So the squalker is the egg layer
I noticed that when my roosters feet got wet (All of my chickens have feathered feet & legs) from morning dew or rain it looked like they were hurt. I would see red and thought something happened. When I look closer it seems to be inside the quil. I didn't notice anything on the hens just...
I just used the same bottle what was left from spraying chicken and sprayed coop. It was the 16oz dilut. I only used about half maybe more on chickens and I think I got them pretty good. What was left in spray bottle I used in coop. All my chickens have feathered legs and the rooster legs still...