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Due to a dog related disaster I lost most of my flock. The only susrvivors now refuse to sleep in the hen house and spend their days and nights in the company of my cow. (They survived the dog attack because they flew into the upper part of the cow barn so I guess this is logical.) The down...

No offense taken Saladin - honestly I can see both sides of it as I am sure they are just trying to make enough of a profit to hang on their land like so many of us these days. I just don't want to take chances with the baby's health. If the bugs cannot travel far after being exposed I am free...

Quote: Salidin please do not be annoyed with me for contradicting you but I am paranoid. We had a number of cancer deaths in the neighborhood a few years back and everyone started to filter the water to be safe. The tobacco farms were and are blamed for it by everyone. They were using a lot...

Posting about my chicken / cricket problem has made me think about something disturbing. We live next door to a cow farm (not 100% organic but no pesticides that I know of. Unfortunately there are also a number of tobacco farms in the neighborhood. They are mostly small time but they use...

Thank you all for the good ideas and advice. I went yesterday and picked up 10 additional hens I found on Craig's List. I am going to put up a second hen house on the side next to the farm and see if that helps. (I almost think I just need to put diapers on them and bring them inside to catch...

Quote: Laughing Man it would be a good idea but going by that rule I decided I would need 120 chickens and that isn't accounting for the fact that the hens I have now are on the side farthest from the farm where I think the crickets are coming from. Adjusting for density of bug population my...

I tried asking this on another forum and nobody answered so I am guessing it is one of those tough questions that doesn't have a real answer. I will settle for a good guess. I have 6 free range black australorps and they are doing a decent job of keeping the bugs down in the area they use but...

I need more chickens but I do not know how many to get. I have 6 Black Australorps at the moment and love them but I am also under a serious cricket and stink bug invasion. There is a total of 2 1/2 acres of grass but it is broken up with a 2400sq ft pig pen and a goat pen that is about 1/2...

OK, I know I am lazy but I am really just not into putting a box of chicks under my dining room table again especially in this hot summer weather. I have one broody hen and 4 others that are in good health but not interested in sitting on the eggs at the moment. Would it be possible to buy...

A quick PS... if it is doable HOW do I go about doing it?

OK, I know I am lazy but I am really just not into putting a box of chicks under my dining room table again especially in this hot summer weather. I have one broody hen and 4 others that are in good health but not interested in sitting on the eggs at the moment. Would it be possible to buy...

Well that is it, I went down to check on her and she is gone. I would appreciate it if anyone has any ideas why this happened.

I did put her in a box in the basement and gave her pedialite (baby version of gatorade) because hubby has the baby's car seat with him and I am stuck here and had to improvise but so far nothing to report except that she is drinking the pedialite. She is just as listless as before so I have no...

My hen is lying on her side in the straw and while she will lift her head occasionally if disturbed that is all she does. Do you have any ideas as to what I can do for her? The others are fine and I see no signs of injury. I don't know what to do for her. Has anyone seen them do this and get...

I have been where you are. There is this little old lady who looks like she is sugar sweet but is for lack of a better word an animal hoarder. We took her to court multiple times and eventually just gave up and put in electric fencing because when the judge ordered her to keep the dogs up or...

Only a couple of weeks ago I naively asked if the flies from keeping chickens were that bad. Now I know. I have flies, lots of flies, big juicy nasty flies. The normal measures don't work because I live next door to a dairy farm so just keeping the hen house dry doesn't do it. My chickens...

Quote: OMG ddawn if I tell her that she will NEVER eat anything again, lolololololololol. We will keep this classified as top secret.

Thank you both for your help. I am begining to feel more positive about this. My yard is full of fruit trees, bushes and flowers as well as the garden while she has no plants what so ever and the grass is really short most of the time. Kind of like astroturf. I guess that would translate...

I have a family member who is really skitish about fertilized eggs and am begining to think guineas are the answer to my fly problem but I keep seeing things about guineas mating with chickens. If they can't produce offspring I don't think she will have issues with the mating but if they ever...

My property is divided into multiple parcels. The one where my house is located is only 2 and 1/2 acres. On one side is a large farm with cattle - nice people and I like having the cattle nearby but where cattle graze they poop so we have fly issues. I also have pigs, chickens and goats so I...