It’s amazing how many dog owners are horrified to learn their dogs absolutely LOVE to eat chicken poo. These little delicacies can be licked, scarfed down or even rolled in for a dog’s sheer enjoyment. The risk, of course, is that man’s best friend may ingest campylobacter or salmonella bacteria, causing diarrhea and transmission...
What is so serious about a hen being egg bound? If left entreat the hen can die within 48 hours. Usual symptoms of a hen that is eggbound are:
If you’re like me, you constantly battle with your chickens as you try to get them to sleep in the coop. Mine constantly get out of the pen and sleep in the bushes next to the coop. So every night I have to go out and put them to bed.
Looking outside at those huddled up balls of feathers, it’s hard to imagine your chickens can stay warm in these frigid temperatures. Their beady black eyes are just slits in the face of the freezing gales of wind and they may pull one tough, weathered foot up into their breast for added warmth. But...
A sheep in the henhouse may evoke images akin to a bull in a china shop! No, you shouldn’t keep a sheep in the chicken coop. But what about the sheep’s fleece?
There is nothing that compares to the variety of chickens available through mail-order. There are bantams and full-sized; light and heavy breeds; egg layers, meat birds, or dual-purpose; white, brown, chocolate, tinted and green egg layers; ornamentals and production breeds; the newly developed and the heritage favorites.
Chickens are extremely vulnerable to predation. In many cases they have been bred to be heavy to please our palates at the table and many of them are nearly flightless. They can literally become “sitting ducks!”
Have you ever had problems with your chickens eating their eggs? Ive heard of this and from what I’ve ready there’s not much you can do about it. Recently I’ve had a similar problem. Something is eating only the yolks. They leave the shells behind. I’ve heard that chickens will do this if they...
Now that my chickens are about seven months old they have completely settled into their surrounds. By settled in I mean they no longer stay in the pen and rarely use the coop. Every night I have to go out and take them out of the bushes and trees and put them back in...
Feeding chickens is more than merely putting out some grains for your hens. If you wish to grow chickens that furnish you with excellent quality eggs on a regular basis you need to know a few basics about feeding chickens. When chickens first start laying eggs, through the early laying cycle, they are still...
