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    California - Northern

    Welcome, Duckysquacker! My wife and I are are in the COP (Chico-Oroville-Paradise) area. I hope you find this site as informative in all areas of chicks and chickens as I have! Never hesitate to explore the site to find answers or ask questions for answers you can't find. There are a lot of...
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    How do you treat pasty butt in chicks?!?!

    The hatchery I order chicks from suggests 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of raw ACV to every quart (32 oz.) of water.
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken Breeds'

    I'd like to get some California Whites, but every time I look, they're sold out with no info on when they will be available. Where and when did you get yours?
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken Breeds'

    We have White Leghorns and Easter Eggers, but we also get excellent production out of our Golden Comets and Cinnamon Queens (est. 250-320 large brown eggs/year). And they lay throughout the year, although like almost all other chickens they do slow down in winter. The Easter Eggers quit almost...
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'Fermenting Chicken Feed: A Straightforward Method'

    I'm new at this, especially to FF (never done it before). How long does it last? Do you have to make a fresh batch every day or can I make a lot of it ahead of time? It sounds like just what my flock needs. Thank you for the info.
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'The Deep Litter Method: All You Need To Know'

    I think I've been using this method without knowing it was a method! Mine is not 8-12 inches deep, but when the bedding gets soiled enough, I turn it over to mix it in with the clean bedding. Then, when it is all soiled, I just put new bedding on top of it. I like the idea of adding a little...
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    I have two kiddie pools, a large one for the ducks and a small one for the chickens. The ducks will only use the small one and the chickens will not go in either. But the chickens use both for drinking, even though I have two waterers. I placed a chicken in the smaller pool and she got right...
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    It depends on several factors: weather/temperature, water level, and water quality. Now that summer is here and it has been over 100°F for three weeks now, I had been changing it every day, regardless. Now that I have made them a water misting system, I change it every other day, mostly...
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding mealworms, bugs etc.

    I do not buy or look for any "live" food for my flock. They do that for themselves, as they free range 24/7 on about a quarter acre (they always go back to the coops in the runs, which I can lock, if necessary, at night). I do feed them BSF larva once or twice a week, which they really look...
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'Caring for Chickens in Summer: Tips for a Happy and Healthy Flock'

    The last two days here in northern California it's been over 100 degrees and the forecast for the next 10 days is for 100-115. The only good thing is that the humidity is normally in the teens or maybe low 20's (but bad for wildfire danger). I have two 3-gallon waterers, and trees that my...
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    I have two 3-gallon waterers for my flock of 34 hens and 5 ducks. I usually either refill and/or rinse out and fill when they get low, which is about every 2-3 days.
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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging'

    I have free ranged my chickens ever since I bought them a year and a half ago. But lately I've been considering keeping them in the coop/run because they dig holes everywhere! I'm afraid to have guests over because they might twist an ankle or break a leg stepping in a hole. I've almost done...
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    Drastic Reduction In Egg Production

    I had a similar problem a few months ago. I was getting 25-30 eggs a day. Then suddenly, it dropped to 5-10 a day. I heard the rumors about TSC feed, but I have had no problems with feeding my flock for many years Dumor All Flock (because we also have ducks), sold at TSC. It has 17% protein...
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

    Thanks for the link. This egg most closely resembles the Corrugated Shell (#13). Of the possible causes, I think the most likely would be either hereditary or a defective shell gland. I'm assuming it is coming from just one individual. There are no flock-wide symptoms of any disease and they...
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

    All 34 of them get the same feed. I'm assuming only one of them is laying the wrinkly egg.
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

    Not to my knowledge. Every one of my 34 girls seems normal.
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    What causes wrinkly eggshells? There's always only one egg a day that looks like this.

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    Comment by 'Bruthabuz' in article 'What a Chicken's Comb Can Indicate'

    I didn't know some of this information. I'm going to be paying more attention to my hens' combs from now on. I read in another article that if a hen does not have a comb (or wattle) or a very small one, she is not laying eggs. Is this true? I have one where the comb is just a very thin line...
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    Drastic Reduction In Egg Production

    Thanks for the info. I've only been using TSC (Dumor, by Purina) pellets. When my girls were younger (but past the starter stage), I was feeding them Nature's Best Organic Crumbles (the only crumbles I could find). But it's $10-12 more for 10 pounds less. They are big enough now for the...
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    Duck killed inside pen at night- what killed her?

    How's the progress going? Any more invasions?
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