Recent content by SVRapture40

Nope - I don't wear a mask. We have a small coop so I don't actually go inside when I am cleaning it out. I stand outside and pull the bedding out through the hole from the removable wall.

When you lost your birds - was it one event or 1 here, 1 there kind of thing? I ask because reading the link that you shared says the way to get rid of it is to "unpopulate" your flock, clean everything really well, and start over from scratch. So I guess what I'm asking is - can it be...

Thank you!

Thank you!

It's definitely a sad day in our home today. She was by far our favorite of all of them. She was the best layer and the most friendly. She never bothered anyone (except the dogs - she loved to torment the dogs.. all in good fun of course. You could almost see her laughing when the dogs would...

I am new here.. we have had backyard chickens for a few years now. So far we have only lost 2 birds. The first one I am pretty sure was from gape worm. That happened when she was about 6 months old. That left us with 2 birds so we got 2 more the following spring. We have had good luck with the 4...