A couple of days ago, we noticed that one of our chickens was laying on the ground of the run, and wasn't getting up. We've set up a 'bed' for it in the wheelbarrow with some blankets, given it food and water, but it seems to have completely lost the use of its legs. Other than that it seems...
I've heard from many members that Diotamaceous earth is good for chickens. But others say it's bad for them. What are your opinions of it? If you would use it, what would you use it for, and how?
Does anyone here own a Finepix Fujifilm Hs10 camera? If so could I have feedback from those who use it as to whether they find it slow, or find that the photos are of poor quality?
There's a Dog thread so why shouldn't there be a cat thread? I would love to see photos of your cats, whatever breed they may be.
Here's some of mine:
Name: Davros
Breed: Persian cross
Age: 13-14 yrs old
If you could include the age and breed that would be great.
What do you feed your hens on cold days? Yesterday it was reasonably cold, so I went and gave them some oatmeal soaked in warm water. I'm curious to know what you would feed your chickens on cold days!
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Ever since we got her, one of our Red Star hens has been a very fussy eater. She prefers not to eat layer feed, although she will peck at it a little. She doesn't enjoy treats besides grapes ,grass, meat and a few other things, preferring to peck at things around the yard. Is there...
Hello everyone,
This is a thread where you can post pictures of your Red Stars!
I have four Red Stars who are about 3 years of age, they are cute and entertaining.
I was just wondering, how many of you out there have Red Stars, and have you found them to good pets or good layers?
Feel free...
I was just wondering because when I tried to change my avatar before to be the same as my community profile, it refreshed the page and changed my community profile back to what is before. Is this a problem, or is just that you can't have your avatar pic the same as your community profile picture?
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The other day I picked up a strange egg laid by one of my Red Stars. It had a crushed in side and end, and had a stringy parts of yolk and egg attached to it.. Thought s on this?
I suddenly can't post any private messages anymore and a box pops up when I try to send one that says there was a problem submitting the message to the server! What can I do?
I have a chicken who has just got diarrhea today. She is walking around slowly and not doing much, however she is eating and drinking.We did clean her and she has gotten sick like this before. What would be your advice?
We are most likely going to be breeding some chicks in August or later in the year. Can anyone give me advice? We haven't bred chicks before, and if anyone could post their advice it would help heaps. For a start can anyone tell me the average of how many eggs a chicken will lay in one clutch?