I have been having trouble with my chickens picking feathers for the longest time. I have tried EVERYTHING!!! I've tried pine tar, more protein, free ranging even leaving the door open on the chicken for an entire week so they wouldn't be cooped out and while i have seen marginal sucess, it has...
I was wondering what people had to say about Belt Hatchery in california and more specifically the quality of their delaware chickens. Any info would be great!
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I'm not partial to bantams but it's not a big deal. I can't stand feather feathered legged birds because they seem "unkept". I live in southern oregon so the heat can go from 110 degrees F to -10 in the course of a year. So far this is great info. Please keep it coming!
About 6 months ago I bought 10 wyandotte chicks which have been laying for a while which I considered a "mission sucess". After this test run I learned TONS about chickens, poultry and animal production as a whole. I'm now 16 and wanting to actually go "neck deep" with chickens:P. I want to...
Anything very viscous or slippery. Baby oil, vasoline, peanut butter, mud. Other than that you just gotta cope. (I don't get the stuff at all which means it's my job to clean it out around my house )
Statistically speeking, you have a 1 in 300 chance of dying in the bathroom. That means on any given year where you use the bathroom atleast once a day (most of us do) you have cheated death 1.2166645 times if not more. So the fact that you or I or any one of us are still alive is a miracle...
I feel that yes/no ma'am/sir is the most respectuful thing to say when you DO NOT know someone. At a certain point it's amost disrespectful and that you don't care enough to learn their name.
I am going to make my chickens a fairly large run(50'x15'?) which is currently being used as a garden and i wanted to plant some chicken friendly plants in it. I figured i would get another stalk of bamboo when i get it for other places. I figured it would provide shade as well as nesting...