The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Bulldogma]

Photo here by BDM - infertile egg.

Leigh, you should put a signature on that last photo. Hope you don't mind me sharing. It's what I use for examples when I hear people ask.

Look veeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy closely in the bottom left corner. I hide them well.

As for Stoner and Loin... you two are cracking me up this morning! Who'da thunk it??

 

[jockeyeba]

this is the loin(cloth) wizard

Holy Moly Quacamole, did stoneykill wander OT?????????????????? Drinks are on the HOUSE! MB

You go girl!

 

[stonykill]

Holy Moly Quacamole, did stoneykill wander OT??????????????????

Drinks are on the HOUSE!

MB

so which is it? O for old timer or Off topic ?

I don't drink.... live a sober life.

Just stating a fact here. I belong to many forums all on different topics. This is the only one of a dozen forums I belong to where OT doesn't automatically mean off topic.

Back to your normally scheduled natural chicken keeping topics

 

[Melabella]

so which is it? O for old timer or Off topic ?

I don't drink.... live a sober life.

I meant off topic

 

[off-grid hen]

Holy Moly Quacamole, did stonykill wander OT?????????????????? Drinks are on the HOUSE! MB

 

[lalaland]

It's been a long time since I've had a problem with leg mites in my flock. I used what I was taught to use by another OTway back a long time ago.. Kerosene. Dip the legs. Don't get it on the feathers. Kills mites instantly. I keep Nu Stock in my barn these days.

About spur removal. No matter which way you do it: Blood stop powder and Blue Kote. Healthy chickens heal from this procedure very quickly. A bird that is compromised by some other issue might have a difficult time healing.

ok, am going to go pick up some kerosene. I think I could dip legs in kerosene and then do the spur and the blue kote at the same time? As far as I know, everyone is pretty healthy except for the scaly leg mites.

 

[aoxa]

Look veeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy closely in the bottom left corner. I hide them well.

As for Stoner and Loin... you two are cracking me up this morning! Who'da thunk it??

so which is it? O for old timer or Off topic ?

I don't drink.... live a sober life.

Just stating a fact here. I belong to many forums all on different topics. This is the only one of a dozen forums I belong to where OT doesn't automatically mean off topic.

Back to your normally scheduled natural chicken keeping topics

Let's use it as off topic, as old timer kind of put a bad taste in my mouth.

Rename it something better. Like CE - Chicken Experience. I don't know.. Just not a fan of the term old timer any more.

 

[jockeyeba]

Question: I don't give chicken bones to cats or dogs because they can get caught in their throats but can chickens eat the tiny bones from a cooked chicken without problems?

Another question: I'm doing the ff but it turns into such a mush , I'm using grower crumbles & pellets & some scratch & boss, what can I do to make it not as mushy?

 

[jockeyeba]

Could someone put a good picture up of "scaly leg mites" please

 

[Leahs Mom]

I love this!

Thanks for posting that video!!! Glad to see someone is finally admitting what we already knew