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    Dog attacked chicken - ripped out tail feathers

    Please do not put a stressed or injured chickens back in the coop/run. It puts them at risk to me killed by her own flock. Please remove them in a box or crate with a towel in a quiet room with low light. Then access the chicken when she has calmed down.
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    Help! Struggling with roost/ set up in small coop!

    How high will depend could depend on your chickens. Do you have light breeds flighty types like higher perches. Heavy or even heritage breeds might like them lower. 12” -24” if they are small you can put a lower one and let them jump up and over and they raise the second bar when they don’t need...
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    Help! Struggling with roost/ set up in small coop!

    Why are we telling people what to do using their own decision on how to set up their coop. There is no data saying that chicken should be roosting on a flat surface. When I read studies the type of roost is never a factor . My experience is the thrive using both. I have a coop with round bars...
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    Polish Bantam beige, possibly early egg?

    I am so sorry. I got locked out of my phone . 😡🤦🏽‍♀️ So my over excited idiot butt forgot about the BLOOM. The eggs are cream. I took a photo next a white egg. I am sorry for being a dum dum, it took until her next lay for me to realize. Thanks
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    Rescued a sick tiny chick, please help

    Chickens dehydrate so quickly so the first thing I was told to do is give electrolytes with a syringe here is a recipe 1 cup warm water 2 teaspoons molasses OR 2 teaspoons granulated sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon potassium chloride* (optional) potassium chloride...
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    Polish Bantam beige, possibly early egg?

    Thank you. I had another white created bantam and she died at about a year old , the necropsy was inconclusive, she also laid around 18 weeks she had lots of shelless eggs I didn’t think it was related to why she passed but then I started to think of possible links. Thank you for the info...
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    Polish Bantam beige, possibly early egg?

    Of the egg? Sure.
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    Polish Bantam beige, possibly early egg?

    I have a two 18 week old White Crested Polish Bantam that was hatched on OCTOBER 10th, one laid a beige colored egg this morning. I think it might be too early and I am wondering about the color, will they turn white later? Anyone know them having beige eggs? I have 2 crested bantams and 1...
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    Too cold?

    https://modernpoultry.media/cold-temperatures-can-have-severe-consequences-for-poultry-health-and-welfare/?mp=1738871623664 I didn’t claim that was a study. I called that ADVICE , that is an article. So you know all studies are aimed at at commercial poultry, they wouldn’t spend they money to...
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    Too cold?

    This advise isn’t using newer recommendations for chicken keeping. Mild frostbite is still frost bite. Frost bite can be avoided if you keep the coop above freeze and reduce the moisture levels in your coop. They have studied and shown that is idea of Re- acclimating isn’t doing anything...
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    Why are people so convinced that chickens need heat?

    Because newer studies prove that a healthier chicken is one the doesn’t succumb to cold stress. They have found that there is Because newer studies prove that a healthier chicken is one the doesn’t succumb to cold stress. They have found that there is a a toxic aldehyde in the egg yolk that...
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    How long does it take to get the pecking order sorted out?

    I have one of those, she is a sapphire she is always alone , farthest away when free-ranging but she always molts last, that is when it is her turn to take over the flock she rules with an iron fist. The first year she would stand right outside the huddle on a little riser and stand watch, then...
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    How long does it take to get the pecking order sorted out?

    I am reading these because mine have been integrated since last Sept. and they are still running by each other screaming (whether they got pecked or not) it was only 3-4 weeks before they started molting so the whole lot of them have went thorough the worried skittish phase and lots of screaming...
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    Hawk deterrent?

    All my birds are black and a hawk has never hesitated to swoop down on them. They can see a mouse from half mile away I am sure they can see the difference of my chickens and they can
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    Hawk deterrent?

    All my birds are black and a hawk has never hesitated to swoop down on them. They can see a mouse from half mile away I am sure they can see the difference of my chickens and they can
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    Hawk deterrent?

    All my birds are black and a hawk has never hesitated to swoop down on them. They can see a mouse from half mile away think they can see and hear chickens and know the difference.
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    Comment by 'Dianemarie' in article 'Valbazen (albendazole) Doses for Poultry, Waterfowl, and Game Birds'

    I found that you need to dose ROUNDWORMS & TAPEWORMS with a higher dosage https://www.poultrydvm.com/drugs/albendazole
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    Valbazen Dosage?

    Yes it does. Linked I for for the next time you need it. https://www.zoetisus.com/products/sheep/valbazen#:~:text=VALBAZEN%C2%AE%20Suspension%20is%20a,flukes%2C%20intestinal%20worms%20and%20lungworms.
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    Valbazen Dosage?

    I am posting for reference, not your particularly, but because people search these posts years later. Valbazen does treat two type of tape worms https://www.zoetisus.com/products/sheep/valbazen#:~:text=VALBAZEN%C2%AE%20Suspension%20is%20a,flukes%2C%20intestinal%20worms%20and%20lungworms.
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    Old Wood Ashes... safe for dust bathing?

    Use the science to come to a conclusion. It is all here, people have provided links and plenty of scientific information.
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