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My chickens have them!!!. I've been putting vaseline around their eyes and waddles and dusting with poultry dust and sevin dust. My question is; if I remove as much old bedding as I can and replace with new and add sevin to that what do I do with the old bedding? I usually pile old bedding in a...

I got my 2 gosslings from a neighbor. Now about 12 weeks old and ready to go into their new inclosure.She keeps her flock of about 40 geese and ducks in a large pen with 4 foot high fencing. Says has had no problems with predators. We have all the usual predators around the area: coyotes, fox...

I keep reading that geese do not need a pond and that a kiddie pool will suffice. Thing is I already have a 25x25 foot pond in my soon to be goose inclosure and it seems a shame not to use it. The cement pond has large cracks and needs to be resurfaced. It's about 3-4 feet deep in the middle. My...

I've been wanting to get geese for a long time. I have a neighbor who is selling chicks or fertile eggs. I've incubated and raised chickens for a while. I want these geese as pets and to be friendly. Should I start with fertile eggs? If so I was thinking 5. If I get chicks how many of each...

Only the right leg is this way. Out to the side but he can walk around. I tried the bandaid but it seemed to stress him out so much that I took it off. He kept falling over and not eating or drinking. What happens if I do nothing?

Chicks hatched on 4/13/13. Straight run. Chicks have feathered legs and are very healthy. Parents came from several different breeders and have great genetic mix, Previous breeders claimed Jean/ Wade lines. All chicks hatched from darkest brown eggs. Pick up only. San Diego. Call or text at...

Most of the hens in my flock of 10 have poop around the vent area. This has been going on for about a week. Today I found one hen dead in the run. What could this be and how do I treat it? Also a few days ago I lost a young hen from a different coop on the other side of my property. That hen's...

I've been looking for information on Penedesencas and breeding but the only post I could find is over 2 years old. I have a small flock of 6 partridge penedesenca hens and just ordered wheaton hatching eggs. I want to know what will happen if I mix the wheatons with my partridges. What will the...

I've been trying to hatch eggs from California white hen and RIR hen with Mille Fluer rooster. Most eggs start and then quit. Some fully develop but don't hatch. Had one of the RIR eggs pip and then quit. I've put in Mille Fluer eggs fertilized by the same rooster and those do great and hatch...

So I made a nipple waterer with three nipples inserted into a five gallon bucket. It's hanging in the run from a rope and a chain. (had nightmares of chickens hanging out undeneath and the whole thing falling on them) So, how do I get the chickens to drink from the nipples?

Anyone here use automatic feeders? The kind where a chicken steps on a platform and the lid lifts up. I'm thinking of getting the one from Hayneedle. Do they work?

This morning I went to feed my chickens as usual. I filled their feeders and then threw some BOSS on the ground. One of the hens, an 8 month old Wellsummer started making a wheezing, hacking sound. She started to stumble and then collapsed, neck limp and eyes closed. I thought she had died. She...

Hello All, I need to build a temporary coop to house some of my boys until I can move them to the country. They are 4 weeks old now but cannot be moved until June. I'm worried that they will start to crow before then. I've talked to Sound Proofing Companies and they gave me some pointers. To be...

How deep? Should it be stocked with fish?

I have a new Hovabator 16002N with a fan. It's not an expensive bator but I figured it was a step up from my LG still air. Plus I wanted a second bator for hatching. Trouble is I cant get the temp up high enough. It's staying aroud 98 degrees. I keep turning the knob but the temp does not go up...

What do you consider your hatching %. I hear of people saying 90% hatch, or 50% hatch and so forth. Does that mean from number of eggs you initially put in the incubator or how many hatch that have made it to lockdown?

I have a young 13 week old roo/ He is currently hanging out with his hatching mom and half sister in a seperate pen. He is half bantam cochin so not that big. I would like to add him to my flock of 10 full sized hens. I would be adding him alone, without his Mom or sister. Is he too young? When...

I just sold my Roo today? He was getting too loud and I live in the city. No one complained but I did not want to get to that point. So now I have a last chance to collect fertile eggs. I hear the hens' eggs will be fertile for about a week. Is that right? I have to say I miss him. He drove...

Whenever my rooster gets to loud I spread scratch and BOSS around the run. This keeps him entertained and quiet for a while. What else can I give him and the hens. I've tried cabbage hanging from a string. I only do this on my day off or weekends. I think he has figured out my work schedule. The...

Anyone else ever thought of trying this? Place your thermometer and hydrometer under a broody hen. Whatever it reads, thats what you go by in your incubator.