We add chicken probiotics to our chicken waterer & alternate w/ the trace minerals added. We don't wish to overdue any supplements. Supposedly the Amish only feed their poultry farm-grown food if this video can be believed:
So much to know about diet. Boggles the mind... whether for humans or livestock/poultry. We get a plant-based 77 trace minerals liquid that we add to the chicken waterer & take it ourselves. All the 77 trace minerals are listed on the bottle & too long to photo all of them. All living things...
Birds go into torpor at roost & is probably the best time to take them off roost & take in-hand for health checks. For big standard birds we kept a bath towel handy to wrap them up to keep from flapping while doing inspections in some lesser lighting.
Right now we have just Silkies & they've...
Crawling out of bed in the morning for this 81-yr-old is a challenge everyday ~ arthritis, scoliosis, slipped lumber disc, bum leg, compressed neck bones, leg cramps, neuropathy in both hands, numbness, cataracts, etc etc etc. If I don't take my 500mg magnesium gelcap before bedtime I won't be...
We seriously considered a shed but it would take so much room in a permanent location & then no way to move it away from the house after no longer having birds. Right now the coop can roll around anywhere we put it & it can break down into pieces w/ slide-in bolts & hinges rather than being a...