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I received 15 chicks from the hatchery on 08/10, so just over a month ago. They were Dark Brahma pullets. They were vaccinated at the hatchery for Marek's and Coccidiosis and arrived in good shape. I lost a couple due to shipping stress, not unexpected. The rest seemed fine. All in the...

I have : 33 Guineas 19 Cochins, 4 black, 10 buff, 5 white 1 Silver Lace Wyandotte 1 Rhode Island Red 20 Americaunas Total 74, all hens 18, 855 + 74 __________ New total: 18, 929

I just got 25 more day old chicks today and I keep them in a stock tub in the garage. I have 100 gal rubber stock tank that I put in the garage and put shavings on the floor of the tank. I keep a heat lamp at one end and cover the top with a board to help hold heat in and to keep them from...

You might pack the wound with honey and cover it with a non-stick wound dressing. I haven't used honey on a chicken wound yet, but have had some horses with horrendous leg wounds that couldn't be sewn and they have healed amazingly well with no infection when packed with honey.

I think one of the most valuable lessons we can take from the past is, they are animals. They're not humans, not our kids and while we love them and do our best by them, in the end, they are animals and prey animals destined to be eaten at that. They don't have a real long lifespan anyhow and...

I have chickens in one yard and 3 Jack Russell Terriers in another yard and 10 horses in the pasture. The neighbors have a shooting range in their back pasture and some days it sounds like a war in a 3rd World country out here. My chickens aren't phased by much unless it comes right into their...

I'd wait until they are 2 or 3 months old, and then I'd slip them in the coop after dark one night. They can sleep all night with the hen and hopefully, when they all wake up, the hen won't be all upset. I would watch them pretty closely for a few days to make sure she doesn't get mean with...

LOL! And ain't it amazing how nothing major ever happens when they're home? Tornado hits barn, he's at work. Horse crushes my foot and I get compartment syndrome, he's at work. NOAA wakes me up the other day for the big hail/rain/snow/ice storm with 75 mph winds.......yep, you got it, he's...

I sent you a PM but for anyone else that might need one, I know Walmart & Radio Shack carry them. Here in OK a lot of other stores carry them too, but those 2 for sure. They're very inexpensive for a pretty basic one, which is what I got. I can program in the counties I want alerts for, and...

I'd only offer one other bit of advice here. I live in OK and the NOAA weather radio woke me up day before yesterday, and that gave me an hour notice to get horses and chickens in before it hit here. It was a very fast moving and violent storm and they warned of hail the size of 1/2 dollars...

LOL! I have guineas in addition to all my chickens. Can't tell you if they poo as much, more or same as chickens, I just know I'm always cleaning it up. Between Horses, Dogs, Cats and Birds, it seems like all I do most days.

My hens are pets until it's time for them to be livestock. They live in their coop, they free range all over the property but they seem to prefer following me around as I do my chores. I LOVE that! They supervise while I pick my horses stalls, while I load up the new bedding, buck the hay...

I would advertise them on Craigslist as either a sale or trade item. Since you would like to keep them, the only help for that is about 20 more hens. Sorry!

I do bathe them if they start having messy behinds or looking kind of .......bleeehhh. They all seem to enjoy the bathing and the blow drying. Not that they'll admit it once I put them back out, but the entire time we're bathing and then I wrap them in a towel to absorb as much water as...