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Is this ok for my hens? BOSS is a part of my chickens lives here. Are there any considerations while purchasing BOSS? Is this ok? Thanks 🐓❤️

1/4cup bacon grease a bad idea to add to a cooked flock block in your opinion? I usually use coconut oil. I would add the 1/4cup bacon grease to about 5 cups of dry ingredients. Thanks, just curious cause i was about to throw it away. 🐓❤️

Hello my feathered friends, I'm curious, do you know anyone on BYC that makes and sells crop bras for hens? Just wanna get one to have in my 'chicken stuff' bin and would like to support a fellow byc member. Thanks!

Hello! Cold Connecticut checkin' in. Everything gets frozen, no random dust bathing going on, so i want to make my own. I have access to wood ash, but what else can i purchase to make a good dust bath through the winter! Dust bathing is very important around here! Thank you 🐓❤️

Here in CT, its been wet. run location needs a trench I'll do this spring. In the meantime with the heavy rains expected today, Gonna put sand bags around coop. Any tips or experiences to share? Thanks 🐓❤️

i see some feeds with canola oil and some with soybean oil. Any opinion from you? Thanks

Please dont judge but when my hen Patient came in from free ranging, she was bleeding because she was missing a toe nail. The entire nail was gone and she was dripping blood. I immediately scooped her up & brought her into the house where I gathered my first aid and planned to wash/disinfect the...

Hello, zone 6a which of the following would you choose to supplement the chooks lack of greens all winter? Something to offer daily. Thank you 🐓❤️

Anyone familiar with these tiny bugs??? Thanks

Chicken has injured leg. Anything for pain????thank you. I just watch her get attacked by a fox

Hello! Quick question. 3 hens i have added to my flock of 5. New 3 hens have their own space in a temporary enclosure outside. During the day, all hens free range. I open both coops and the new 3 stay away and its fine. Heres my question: should i prevent my original flock of 5 from entering the...

My 2 yr old GLW has loose poop. Always has. Anyway, the wetness of it all leaves her booty red, and raw. bathing her helps but i was wondering if there is something i can apply say, quickly day to day if i notice the redness. I dont want it to become infected. I need a preventative 'barrier'...

Hello and good morning chicken friends. I have a chicken that has mostly runny poops which leave her feathers yucky. I have bathed her in the past but would like to trim the fluff and my concern is how far can i trim without causing injury? Thank you kindly 🐓❤️

Grab some oyster shells and crush em with a rock! Saves me a little money, and I know they are authentic. 2yr old hens, never a hardness of shell issue. Unfortunately, i have to go to the beach in this winter to get some more!

Jeesh! I hear a non threatening, but attention getting for sure chatter from one of my 5 hens. They are normally pretty quiet with an occasional egg laying song; soooo, what the heck!? I go outside to see. 2 hens are in the henhouse laying. Well, what I seen was Coppertop standing outside of the...

Not sure what this is all about. She'll be 2yrs in may. Lays for me and doesnt seem to have any health issues other than poop like this. This is the worst it has looked. Recently it has looked loose with maybe undigested looking pellets. Any help would be appreciated. 🐓❤️

Can you find the 4 hens in this pic?! GLW for the win! I almost feel safe enough to go inside for a coffee.....

Hello! I found a really fun activity for my 5 hens. They love this so much that i am making them in advance! Take small newspaper pieces (nonshiny), and add a little scratch, wrap it up and bomb the run! I hang these as well or stick them in little places to hold them in place, or not. The...

Well, here we are in CT and its a beautiful 24 degree fahrenheit at 8:30am. The 5 hens (19 months), ran out of their run and did that little hop that I love to see them do. They are all peckin' around the yard and chatting a lot about the fact that its so nice out! Not many buggies to find but...

I have a backyard flock of 5 with a big ol' run and with winter coming, free range time may not happen, but i still want my gals to have activities. When they are in the run too much they dont get their exercise and are less stimulated as when we free range. Fatty Liver is #1 cause of death of...