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My dad gave me a "Thermocube" brand plug in. The really cool thing about this plug-in is that it automatically turns on the plugged-in heat source when it senses 34 degrees Farenheit. It costs around $8 the last I checked at my farm and garden store. The Thermocube looks like a 3-way splitter...

I bough a gorgeous Copper Maran hen this summer. She is about a year and a half old hen laying big brown speckled eggs. The egg is always the same size, color, and texture and it appears every 48 hours like clockwork. I noticed 4 days ago that the area below her vent is swollen, firm, and...

We discovered this evening one of our laying hens, a 7 month old Buff Orpington hen, has a horrid, red mass haging out her back end. It is dripping moisture and poop. The size of the mass is a little bigger than a golf ball and is bright red. Her feathers around her vent and belly are fouled...

We discovered this evening one of our laying hens, a 7 month old Buff Orpington hen, has a horrid, red mass haging out her back end. It is dripping moisture and poop. The size of the mass is a little bigger than a golf ball and is bright red. Her feathers around her vent and belly are fouled...

I just bought a new Lyon TurnX7 incubator. I have it up and running. The dry bulb temp is at exactly 99.5 degrees. Wet bulb is reading 87.5 degrees and it is supposed to read 86 degrees. To make the wet bulb read lower temps do I add water or take water away? The manual is only clear on how to...

I allowed my banty RIR to hatch three chicks. Now I'm giving the chicks to a family who want to start their own little flock and hand-raise the chicks. The chicks go today at age 6 days. Typically how long will it be before she starts laying eggs again? Do I need to be aware of any other hen...

I puchased 3 pounds of crimson clover seeds to plant as a chicken forage in my to-be orchard/extended chicken yard. The bags had no instructions or contact information for the manufacturer and the feed store couldn't offer help. How do I plant crimson clover seeds? Do I broadcast like grass...

I'm new to chickens and I've read up on the basics. I read a thread about finding "food grade DE." Can you tell me what this is and its purpose? Thanks!

This is a good time of year to inquire at you farmer's co-op or quality farm suppy store about a thermo-plug. It is a plug that goes into a standard wall socket (if your coop has electricity). When the temps fall to 34 degrees, the turns on the heat lamp you had plugged into the thermo-plug. If...

I purchased 12 "left-over" chicks all 2.5 weeks old from my reputable farmers' co-op. I finally identified them as 9 Buff Orpingtons and 3 Red (Star) sex-links. They are currently 6 weeks old. All 3 Red Stars are almost half again as big as the Orpingtons. The literature I've found that give...

My neighbor has a handsome 14 month old RIR rooster who is gentle toward his 10 RIR girls and human mom and daughter. He is viscious toward his human dad and son and attacks mercilessly whenever either human male vetures near the flock when they free-range or they enter the coop to collect eggs...