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Quote: I have used Ivermectin on my birds with no ill effects. It is a pour on wormer, meaning you put it on the back of their neck, like Frontline for dogs. I used a needleless syringe to draw up the right dose (1 ml for LF and .5 ml for banties or juviniles) and just went down the roost...

Quote: Seriously? I have a hen sitting on an empty nest right now. Everyday I toss her, none too gently, trying to break her broodiness. I'm considering filling a tub of water so that she can start getting daily dunkings. If I didn't have more eggs than I needed right now I would.

I have a few Fayoumi's. A little loud but very good foragers a great in the heat. Since the flock that was brought to the US was at Iowa State I'd think they could handle your cold. Don't use ivermectin on them. All of mine had seizuires and two went into comas, nearly died. For two days, one...

Quote: this is the type of blanket statement that is misleading.. I have four game roosters mixed in my flock of Delawares, hens and rooster, Barred rocks, hens and rooster, and a Bluelaced red wayandotte rooster and a dozen mixed breed hens , all together. abou 45 chickens.. there is no...

Quote: We must be twins, separated by geograpgraphy. I'd love to see pictures of your chickens, what a great mix. I love everything you wrote, too. I used to summer with my Grandma in N.MN. No running water, a little hand pumped well and a wood burning sauna. It was wonderful. At home, I had a...

Quote: Try Pinetree seeds, also. Very good prices on seeds.

Quote: This is something I always wonder about when I read a thread titled something like Which Breeds Forage Well? - They all forage well. I don't really understand the question unless they mean they want a breed that can really rough it and make do totally on their own well. In which case...

Quote: Bring your water to a boil Add eggs with a spoon being careful not to crack Boil desired time (we do 15 min) Add cool water to pan until all hot water gone and let sit till water is warm from eggs Drain and fill with ice water and let sit till eggs are cold Put then in fridge for a...

Quote: Color shouldn't be a factor, then. If you're limited in number, I'd go with one of the original hybrids that you listed, although I don't know which of those is really better. I suspect the California or Ideal brand are pretty equivalent. The colored leghorns don't lay quite as well as...

Merry Christmas everyone! I have a couple of Hamburgs. Good layers but the eggs are kind of small and the hens are very spooky. I prefer my silver leghorns and Sicilian Buttercups, still flighty but not as nearly as spooky. For sheer egg laying of white eggs I'd probably go with one of the...

Quote: In some areas of the country, they have the prettiest grass hay, Timothy, brome, blue grass. It will be very green and fresh smelling. There is also orchard grass and prairie grass in various parts of the country which will be a mix and can vary wildly in quality depending on what state...

Quote: Al,I would say a lot of the folks on BYC don't know how to buy hay. I've had to explain the difference between straw and hay many, many times. Not to mention explaining what a "flake" is. So, how to buy quality hay is probably a skill that many folks here do not have. Would probably be...

Quote: I understand you, Fred. You trying to keep a large combed leghorn or delicate silky up there is like trying to grow a citrus tree in the wrong zone. You could probably do it in a pot but you'd have to pamper it, bring it in on cold nights, give it a grow light in the living room for the...

Quote: Central Arizona here Fred and yes we garden with the added bonus of year round growing. But takes some practice and many a disaster for an import from MI and Northern IL in the 70s.... Keeping chickens was also a whole lot different and heat can be a real killer, but as in most places...

Quote: How about the Dorking? That's my dream DP chicken. I hope to raise them after I move.

Fred's Hens : Is anyone else a gardener? Then you already know that if you live near the Canadian border that you cannot grow Bermuda or St Augustine grass for a lawn or plant southern Azaleas bushes, citrus trees, or grow some of the vegetables that southern gardeners grow. It wouldn't do...

Quote: This last batch of Cornish X I raised got lots of whole grains from a very early age, alfalfa hay and sprouted grains. I can't believe how large the gizzards on these birds are. The gizzard is a muscle, folks, and as a muscle, it requires exercise and development to work properly to...

Quote: I've done that and yes, it's a good, cheap supplement. High protein, good greens, calcium, b-vitamins, vitamin-k( helps with blood spots).

Quote: Sometimes, I use lemongrass, rosemary amd lavender in my nest boxes. Sounds weird, I know but I have so much and they need pruning. Plus, it's supposed to be bug repellant and it really does smell nice for a couple of weeks. Strange things is, they doe munch on it a little, even though...

Wile E. : All right. I'm a newbie with chickens. So here's a question. Do I have to be paranoid about handwashing after handling eggs? I don't even worry about it, but the missus thinks I am a biohazard when I bring in an egg. (So far only one chicken is laying.) Next, something my OT...