Not providing extra light.
All birds still appear to be fully feathered.
Hot in Arkansas is anywhere from mid to upper 90s to low 100s
Checking for eggs under broodies multple times a day. Nothing.
I have found random eggs in odd places from the other birds, but no central nest.
I now have them...
I had noticed a significant reduction in egg production prior to the snake encounter. I had not seen the snake and wasn't aware I had a snake until I found the shed skin. I am generally at their pen more than once a day just because I enjoy being around the birds and never saw the first sign of...
My 12 hens, all English Orpingtons, have suddenly stopped laying. Up until now, they have been extremely strong layers that didn't hardly slow down in either hot or cold weather. They are now 3 years old. After 3 years, I literally just had my first snake encounter when I noticed a shed snake...
Bumblefoot Update as of 7.26.20: This little hen never did fully recover from bumblefoot. The foot appears to be fully healed, but she continues to have a significant limp. Thoughts out there?
Y'all, My rooster's claws are digging into the backs of two of my hens and causing deep lacerations. I have healed one of them more than once and just purchased a chicken saddle to try to help protect her. It was an epic fail. The fabric just flipped over and exposed her bare skin. I am tweaking...
I put down ag lime to help dry it out and control the odor in their pen. So far, so good. I am pleased with the result. One 50 pound bag gave pretty good coverage in the 15x30 enclosure. I even had enough left to do a light dusting in their house.
Bumblefoot Update as of 6.3.20: The hen has laid an egg. Is this a sign that she is feeling better? She still continues to limp heavily of the impacted foot. I am not putting her back with the flock until the chicken saddle comes in to better protect her from the rooster. I ordered it off Etsy...
Actually, no, I don't know if they have worms. For a long time, my hens had clean bottoms. Lately, their bottoms are very poopy looking. I took this to mean either they are wormy or have mites/lice. I know for sure they had a mite infestation. I pulled back the feathers near their vents and...
My chicken pen is a 15x30 enclosure under a leanto of my barn. One of the 30' sides is hardware cloth. The ground under the enclosure stays damp most of the time just due to the nature of the soil. Rain blows in too. I have been keeping their feeder in there on the ground. The spillage has...
Exactly how do you worm your flock with Ivermetrin or other horse wormer? I have 13 hens & 1 rooster all English Orpingtons. Are we talking a tube of the paste or other?
Once the flock has been dewormed, do the eggs need to be discarded? If so, for what period of time?
Thanks so much.