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I would pay $20/day and I would pay it when I got back and found all my critters alive and well. Plus, they get all the eggs that are laid. Leave them with a contact number so they can call in the event of any problems. I would also be sure the person was not afraid of chickens. So many...

Thanks Jules. I've heard of the hugelkulture and I may yet try it some day. I think though, that if I piled a bunch of stuff up and didn't water it, I'd still have what I put there in ten years time, basically unchanged. The person in the video may have been somewhere where it rains a bit...

Hopefully it won't take a couple of weeks. With the loss of half of their growing space, they'll need to be out of it sooner. You might try just introducing for 3-4 days and have it so the rooster cannot get into either of their little compartments and only the smallest chicks can get into...

I would just keep on with the turkey manure. Keep doing it and you shouldn't have any further issues of new Mareks outbreaks in your flock at all.

lazy gardener Do you have a link for that study please? I have an aunt who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and I have no idea if the worms would completely turn her off or if she would even read the article. In regard to the question about bagged feed or not, I feed bagged and I ferment...

How about sour crop? Her crop is soft and full? Means she's drinking lots and lots of water. You can separate her and give her water with electrolytes and the other foods you normally give except the fermented feed. The porridge with eggs actually sounds pretty good! Also, some raw...

It could just be a lack of vitamin A affecting vision. I realize she probably gets the same food as everyone else and noone else is having problems but chickens are all individuals, just like humans. They all have differing needs. Birds that are extremely NEEDY are not generally good to keep...

LOL! Washington state and lack of water don't necessarily go together in the same sentence. I watched the film and it was very good and educational. However, I don't call 16-18 inches of water per year "little rainfall" We get 5" per year if we're lucky. There is a guy in Las Vegas...

Count me in on those potential gardening classes, please? I live out west in the desert so gardening here is quite the challenge. I would love to read about your process and I don't have a lot of time to spend on gardening nor is my back strong enough to do a lot of gardening so I'm open to...

Welcome ohld! I think you'll fit in just fine! I have been noticing some birds dropping feathers as well. It is early for them. Usually, they wait until it's already freezing out... goofy birds! People who have lived here a lot longer than I are also saying they think its going to be an...

I wonder if you could set up a sprinkler underneath your broody breaker cages and have it on a timer? Might be something to save you a lot of effort? If you have a tree you can hang the cages from and set the sprinkler up under them, it might be worth a try?

I got mine from the guy that heads up the buckeye club. I believe he is back east somewhere. That's "back east" from me, not necessarily from you. I think he is in the midwest.

I have had buckeyes a couple of times. I like them. They are nice fairly low-key birds that pretty much get along with all the other birds. And they are very nice to look at as well.

Another gentle breed in case you need it, depending on how the other cock starts to behave, is the Buckeye. I will say the majority, like 95% are gentle. They are also a beautiful bird and don't have feathered feet if that would be an issue for you... it is for me. I love cochins but I cannot...

Oh yeah! I forgot about this. It works like a charm! We used to have this Rhode Island Red bantam cockerel that was as sweet as can be. Once we gave him a couple pullets for company, he became extremely aggressive toward them... not mating... beating up! We took that little cockerel and...

CAREFUL! The way this year has been, I wouldn't be surprised to hear you say "I have a broody!" as soon as tomorrow!

36 HOURS! ???? Struck me SOOoooo funny! I put an angle bracket at the top of a post, grabbed a cage that is two feet square with a wire bottom and strung two 4-foot bungee cords from opposite corners, wired them to an s-hook and hung the cage up. It's face level for me now so I can take...

You could just hard boil those eggs and feed them back to that pen. They're already on the medication so it isn't going to hurt them to get the small amount inside the egg. Even after you finish treatment, you could feed the eggs to that pen. At least the eggs would't go to waste. Thanks, I...

I've lost count of the number of broodies that I've had this year. I've run out of pens to keep them separate in. I finally have one hung up in a cage on bungee cords. How long is it supposed to take to break them of being broody?

You're welcome. Keep us posted on how things go for you, ok?