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Moderation BackYardChickens staff spend a TON of time and energy to keep the forum running smoothly. How BackYardChickens staff moderate is never a topic for open discussion on the forum. If you have any questions or feedback on moderation it should be addressed to the Administrator or the...

I am not particularly religious...I have my higher power and I am a good neighbor but I don't attend any church. I don't need to be saved, and I live a christian life. Or a good Jewish life, or a good Muslim life...pick one. All religions have a belief in helping those in need. The Internet...

OK, so no one knows what this is, we only have some idea of what it isn't. We only know what we ourselves would do about it...or we say what we would do. No advice of what we would HAVE done is constructive. It may be something as simple as the heat. The chances of it being some illness that...

A whole long time ago my Father's Uncle was the biggest hog farmer in MO, and way up there among those in the country. I remember visiting the place as a kid...a pre-schooler; I'm now 65 so it was really a long time ago. I remember going into his barns where the sows gave birth and nursed...

I just had a thought Melissa... Do you have any large commercial poultry producers near you...or even in your state? Chances are they will know a whole lot about any disease that could wipe out an entire flock. It is my assumption that they keep all their birds caged...and 'inside' if you...

Just exactly is it you expect her to do? Offer a suggestion or help... How ANYONE can judge what someone else takes seriously or not is a mystery to me. I see no ignorance to the severity of this issue. Seems like the severity is being properly addressed. Does anyone know for sure what the...

Thank you for taking the time to let us know. Sounds like you have more than just a full plate. This probably won't be a popular view...but you and your husband and family come first. People, and jobs, and family, and life and death issues with people come before chickens. I'm not in your...

There might be very little going on because it is a weekend with offices closed.