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I let them live out a long happy life and help them along as much as I can. My Cochin is 11 years old and has mobility problems but sure can move when the blueberries come out. She has moments of joy and on really bad days I give her a 1/4 baby aspirin which helps, Epsom salt baths comfort her...

We have so many power outages, this is perfect for making coffee on a propane camp stove. Saved me from ever starting a morning without coffee! Tastes better than just heating water and pouring it through your drip machine fwiw

I mix my coffee grounds with the dry sand in my coop. Been doing that every other day for years (usually just 4 or 5 coffee filters worth) and they still freak out every time over the change in color in that one spot. Lol They do the same thing when I add shred paper, dried leaves, etc in their...

Hello Fluffy Moth

Thank you so much for the american/household measurement. That is something my old brain can wrap itself around. Can dose them tomorrow now. Thank you again!

Thank you, going with 1/5 tsp. That will be easy for my old brain to figure out. So good to know a slightly higher dose won't hurt them.

Please help, I can't figure out this milliliter stuff. I have a 4 pound bird, can I do like a 1/4 tsp. per bird? 1/4 tsp per 2 birds? Something with a normal measurement please???? They need it but I've read through so many threads and just cannot figure out the dosage. Don't want to kill/hurt...

I've been using my own coffee grounds in the coop for 4 years now, no not decaf. None of my chickens have died, none have thinner egg shells, far as I can tell productivity is good for the age of my chickens, and best yet.... none seem to get hyperactive from the caffeine like I do! Lol I don't...

My sex links and Easter egger are 10 years old, my Cochin is 11 years old. They have passed the age where I have to worry about the reproductive issues people talk about. I've never experienced that in my flock, but I don't feed them just commercial feed either. Noticed early on they needed more...

My hens are ages 5 to 10 years old, 11 in February. They have never went through a winter without supplemental heat. An oil filled radiating heater on cinder blocks and chains suspending it from ceiling also for safety. I often find all the girls hanging round it on cold days. Maybe they could...

Yule log is ready, house is decorated with lots of lights in and out, and gathering my evergreens today. Yuletides greetings to y'all!

I know this is long time after you wrote that post, but its so wonderful to hear someone else say this!!! Medical community is brainwashed, lol!

Sally, try The Herbal Drugstore by White and Foster.. Its organized well, lists possible side effects, recommended dosages, what part of the plant should be used and whether the herb should be used long term. There are so many good herbal books/natural meds out there, I have tons, and they all...

Beautiful! Wish I had an altar that large, mine is an antique dresser passed down from my great grandmother. Perfect for tonight and an indoor ritual, 20* degrees tonight, brr that's cold. Not even a bonfire could keep that chill away.

V ery well phrased!

Husband says it was poly carb

Technically you may be right, but with my coop open on all four sides and 8 foot height inside coop there is no accumulation of heat inside the coop unless I close up sides for winter when I want to keep some heat in and drafts out. Hot summers/cold winters here. Can go over 100* frequently in...

I voted for metal roof because I live where its hot and humid also, with the sides open there's no extra heat from roof. my girls get plenty of light even though coop is nestled in among many trees. I started with poly carb roof and after a couple years it was cracked in multiple places from...

I have a 9 year old gold sexlinks that eats eggs. No suggestions here have stopped her from eating eggs, she likes them and will try to eat them even before the other hen has finished laying them!! Yes, they do teach the other hens to do the same. I solved the issue by putting chicken wire...

Short lived perennial? I planted one small plant of these in the back of my lily bed 10 years ago, I now have a patch 6 feet wide by at least 30 feet long. Original plant still there, and the only reason it's just 6 feet wide is because every spring and fall I chop the heck out of it to contain...