Recent content by AYoung90

If you put a dark brahma rooster with barred rock hens, they will be sex link. Males will e black with a spot on their head. Females will be all black. Ove done it once. Supposedly that works with cuckoo marans hens too (they loom very similar to barred rocks), but I haven't tried it.

That's what I was afraid of! Thank you.

I have an older hen with a very firm abdomen. It's very hard & hot. She waddles around the yard & just looks so uncomfortable. I havent seen her lay an egg in a few weeks now. She's an older hen (not sure how old, but I'm almost certain she's over 4 years old), so at first I didn't think...

Great idea, I have lots of coconut oil. Thanks!

I'm thinking these are lice nits? Theyre all over around his legs & underside. I'm pretty confident it's lice though, we've had it before, but never this bad. I have him separated & will definitely be cleaning & treating the coop. Thank you for the advice on supplements!! I did give him eggs &...

I'm dealing with chicken lice & I came across someone that said to buy concentrated permethrin, mix it with a lot of water (I think it was 1/16cup permethrin with 5gal of water in a bucket -- but double check to make sure), & quickly dunk the infested chicken(s). I'm using a permethrin spray...

I'm mostly posting because I need reassurance that I'm doing the right thing. I have a Brahma rooster that is covered in lice & nits.... I discovered the infestation because he has been laying down a lot, & very wobbly when he's up trying to keep up with the flock, & I was checking for...

That's my thinking too. High 60s/low70s. Still cool for eggs ☹️

I need advice please! I have another broody hen who has been dutifully sitting in her eggs for about 20 days now. Around day 3 or 4, she got back in the wrong nesting box & was sitting on the wrong set of eggs. I put her back on her eggs as soon as I noticed, but I'm guessing that will delay...

I have a Cream Legbar on eggs that have started hatching.... this was the first egg to "hatch". I found it dead like this & mama hen had buried it under the bedding. Did something cause it to hatch only halfway & then die? Does this just happen sometimes? This is my second attempt at having a...

Hi! I'm in Mesa too! It does get VERY hot in the summer & they will need some special attention, BUT most breeds will do okay. We flood a shady spot in the yard for them to stand in the water, & run a fan in their coop during the day. I give them a bowl of ice water mid day (but not as their...

My hen has been sitting on eggs for 21 days, & the first egg has pipped, but she's off the nest!! Is that normal? She had been leaving the nest once or twice a day (which I know normal), but is it okay now that that one has pipped? Should I go get her & put her back?

It's frustrating isn't it? Based on the replies I've gotten, I'm wondering if other hens are fighting her for the box-- I think she chose everyone's favorite box to go broody in. I have a specific EE in mind that does favor that box... anyway, possibly other hens causing problems? This kind of...

Thank you all! I think she did decide to hatch her eggs in one of the favorite nesting boxes, so it would make sense that other hens would fight her for it. I tried one more time to move her to a new nest (this time i moved her at night), & she settled on them just fine without panicking. I...

I have a broody hen sitting on eggs. They should start to hatch in two or three days. However, the last two days I have gone out to check on her & her eggs, I have found a broken egg (& a dead, mostly developed chick ☹️) under her with the other eggs. Along with the ruined egg, I keep finding a...