We have two laying hens that are about a year and a half old. Our Wyandotte went through her molt earlier this year and recovered from it as normal. Our leghorn started what seemed like a molt almost three months ago, pulling out feathers and not laying. It seemed to go on longer than normal...
Hi all, we are having a rat problem in our hen house. I know all of the traditional ways of getting rid of rats: live traps, glue traps, poison, etc...We have tried live traps and so far no luck. They are so touchy that if the chickens so much as brush them they trip and since we have to put...
Hi we have two laying hens, a wyandotte and a leghorn, and usually they go through our approx. gallon size water container in about 3-4 days. This is their first winter with us and in the last few cold weeks their water consumption has gone way down. Now they're going through the same container...