I need to ask a question about de worming chickens. I saw on tic-tok that if you add crushed red pepper and oregano that it is a de worm. Is this true?
I live on a farm so dust is a everyday thing for me and was never a thought to try to keep it out of the coop. I live in NC so winters here are not so bad. Wheat straw was just bailed here on the farm and is really dusty, hay not so bad. I have lots of pine trees so I use Pine straw for...
Trying to get the yonger flock of 13 and the older flock of 10 to except each other. O Boy!
Ok so this is what I've tried so far, I put both pins side by side for a few weeks and still the little one get bullied bed and I mean harsh, it is beyond pecking order. So 2 days ago, I switched pins...
Good morning Peeps.
Well it looks like my hins are starting to ramp up perduetion again, they layed all winter and have been taking a break for the last few months.
My 13 six week old chick's have been out for over a week now and are doing good and growing so fast. I'm supposed to be...
I put them out first thing in the morning and bring them in before night fall. There fully fetherd and have been off the heat lamp for almost a week new.
I do like that idea I'll remember that on the next bach, I've been taking them out for the last week or so and letting them play. I just have to get paid so I can finnish there pin. LOL
Tomorrow they will be 5 weeks old, I will have there pin ready by the first of next month and man am I ready for them to go out. 13 in total and for the first time I did not lose a single bird. Yay for me!
Good morning to all BYC Lovers.
Here in Estern NC Wildlife has bring in Red Wolf, Coyotes, and Trmber radelers in our eara,, well I learned very quickly as the same with all the other small farmers that coyotes are hard to keep out. And if it's not for the coyotes, it's people trying to...
As a man on disability with little money to work with I cut cost everywhere I can so I understand your thoughts. I am currently building/reperpecing an old coop to handle 13 new chick's. I am using what I have on hand and will only need to buy wire to help make them safer at night.
As for...
My hins stooped laying, out of 7 hins, 3 guineas and one roo, all but 3 hits stopped laying. Then slowly out of the three hins they all stopped lay, now the guineas never stopped. I noted that my roo was getting aggressive tut these last few weeks he got bad. My roo started sexting everything...