I came to ask the same and think I have my answer. I was storing the food in a deck box, inside a plastic container with a locking lid. It is very hot and humid here and I didn't think about that. The food molds very easily and I wind up throwing it away so the girls don't get sick. I will find...
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One more thing: It's been in the high 90s and low 100s. I keep an ice bath in the coop. I replaced the pool with a new one but the older ones still wont let the younger ones in it. How do I keep the younger I younger ones cool? I had a smaller one in their cage but they wont use it...
I want to ask about my chicks. I have 4 -61 week old Buff Orpingtons. I moved my 2- 8 weeks old Isa Browns and 2- 8 week old Rhode Island Reds in the coop (in a cage). This week (10 was old), I moved the cage out so they can better mix. The older ones eat their food and occasionally peck. The...
Lots! That's what I thought at first but I get their food so I know better!! They get it in their food and snacks (oyster shells). They are never w/o access to it. Their food is the Purina Layena Oyster Strong mixed with pepper flakes, herbs, Good Gut, dried worms...
I got this egg this afternoon from Daisey. Yesterday she produced the egg in picture #2. Pictures #3 shows what she normally produces. How do I care for her to correct this? The other 3 chicks are producing #3 eggs. I'm not going to eat egg #2 or #3, I just want to know how to care for Daisey.
One of my hens layed and egg on May 7th which i cracked this morning. It appears to have an embryo attached. Is that possible since I only have 4 hens (no rooster). They have been laying since September and this is the 1st one I've seen like this.
I have 2 IB pullets (I think). I keep hearing different things about how to tell if they are male or female. I held them upside down and only 1 fights right off while the other takes a few minutes (after laying straight). I've also heard that the males are white with spotty brown (they changed a...
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I just got 2 Isa Browns and 2 Rhode Island Reds from TSC and all 4 are growing at this same rate! I thought it was way too fast because a year ago, I got 4 Buff Orpingtons and their rate of growth was slower than this! Your post help me so much! When I got them on April 15th, they were 2...