Thanks Penny,
They dont free range all day, I let them out when I get home from work. I wish I dared let them stay out, but I dont. I have a pretty big run, but I understand it can still happen. If I lived on a little less busy road, I would do it in a second.
I brought in three of them...
Well I feel like a fool. I got home from work just now and was sitting in the car watching the chickens. All the sudden one of my SLWs comes out of the coop, goes right up behind one of the RIRs, and gives her a sharp peck right in the behind! I watched her for a couple more minutes, she...
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Has anybody else tried the stuff? Seems like it would work, but who knows. We used a similar stuff on the dogs wee wee cause he wouldn't stop "fussing" with it once.
Well how's this, I went online and bought:
BLU-KOTE(thank you Zookeeper9000)
POULTRY DUST(just for safes)
Diatomaceous Earth (always wanted some)
Hot Pick(looked like it was worth a try)
Thoughts? I had it sent super fast shipping cause I want this over! I'm going to have to go to the drug...
My coop is 12 by 10 and they're out every day. Nobody is hardly ever in the coop. It's rare that I actually observe them pecking each other.
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I picked up some of them again and I think it has something to do with mites, ticks, or fleas. I'm just guessing but it looks as if there...
Im beside myself as to what to do with my hens. Some of them had lost their tail feathers. Some of them were losing feathers elsewhere. Then theres today, more below.
Heres an account as to the posting guidelines:
I have 20 hens (8 BOs, 5 RIRs, 3 SLWs, 2 DB, 2 BR, and 1 JG)and 1 BR...