Bobbie, all in and all out has been a great program for many respected chicken ranches. It has a lot of good things going for it and it really keeps cross contamination down.
Welcome to the group and I am glad you have recovered.
That is all good and fine you experimented with your flock and know about giving shots and drugs. If you have all of them birds and do not cull or butcher you are gong to need a ton of experience with fowl pox, antibiotics, and shots...
molting is not necessarily out.. I don't like her comb color either. You are right to be concerned, she is a bird that needs watching. I suspect a molt.
I think more harm comes from cooking foods for chickens. I will start cooking the food when my hens start cooking for their own chicks. I believe in trying to duplicate what nature/hen does, or as close as I can. I do condition the back trail to the woods with clovers, and grass seed. I also...
Thank you Kathy for the additional information
Fred, your humor is simply golden
Al..What can i say. You have a ton of valuable and great information to share, especially when it is served on a laughing sharp knife.
One of my notebooks is for hatching in the incubator. I just have the dates set, the who, and amount of hatched, and date hatched.I even have scraps of paper stuck in the pages when I could not find a book. I recorded temps any fluctuations or problems seen. The notebook in the coop is for...
I am sure there is a better system Sue, but I have a note book in the coop and I am presently trying my hand at an excel spread sheet. I need some help with programing since my knowledge of computers and programs is next to nil. I do not have enough birds to worry about it at the moment. But...
Thank you..I have a few eggs from his stock in the incubator now. I was told if I wanted real APA RIR to show instead of what I have..those were the eggs to purchase.
Thank you..I love her too..she is going to be something else, she comes from good lines in England. I purchased her from a very reputable import specialist. She is David Pownall lines. It is way to much money for chickens, but, if you want imported chickens, it is a pretty big investment. Marc...