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I looked up the Scratch and Peck Feeds Organic Chicken & Duck Feed 18% Layer Mash, 40-lb bag The photo shows a mash as being cracked...

If she is your only hen laying soft shells it is probably not that calcium is not available for her. If you have other hens laying good...

I suspect NatJ got that about the fat reserve from me. I mention it a lot. I can't remember where I first got that. I may have read...

I think it's hard to answer because for me personally, what I might advise doesn't necessarily match up to what I would do. I'd...

NatJ brings up some interesting points. It is always more complicated than the most simplistic answers. But the simplistic answer is...

A little off topic, but with regard to Egyptian egg incubators, the clay "oven" style incubators heated by fire are still in use in some...

It is not free ranging but I use electric netting to give my chickens over 2,000 square feet to roam in outside of the coop and main...

I'll copy what I wrote earlier and explain it some. Do not expect the hens to snuggle the chicks or keep them warm. What happens with...

A 4x6 for 3 chickens gives them a lot more space than many chickens have. :thumbsup

I personally don't like to treat for anything unless I see a specific reason to treat. I don't want to contribute unnecessarily to...

What are you quarantining against? Marek's can spread on the wind from a great distance. The further you are from the run and other...

Pecking is normal and as long as the hens aren't actively chasing them down and cornering them, or pecking so hard that it causes...

Hi, welcome to the forum. Glad you joined. We all do these things differently. I let my hens hatch and raise chicks with the flock...

There are plenty of people that will tell you that a 4x6 is good for six chickens. With adequate access to a run they are correct...

With that heat source they could handle much colder temperatures than that straight out of the incubator or from the post office. Those...