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In summer in Florida, absolutely! lol In winter not so much.

Yes, D3 is good. It can be hard to get an oil into them with anything involving water, but egg works good for it :)

Vitamin D supplement is available in tablet form for humans inexpensively. Simply crush it into powder and add a bit to dampened feed, or a carrier treat, like scrambled egg, a few days a week In order for sunlight alone to work, they need direct exposure:

The only 2 things I can think of that would help further are: Consider just feeding dogs commercial. We did homemade food for a long time when we had breeding dogs when I was young. Before raw was popular. Then my mom got busy and brought home a bag of dog food (grain free, high protein). The...

My big easy-to-see egg with the bouncy embryo actually has two embryos in there 😟 Dang it 😢

I would take out all the RIR eggs asap. They're a mean bird anyway, with red that doesn't mix well with any other color. Jut leave the eldest eggs. When the first hatches she will likely go off the nest within a day (mine wait 12-24 hours, recently I had a hen wait 2 days). At which point you...

Looking at the head, it appears to me like a bully is plucking your hen. She has no fluff around her face or head. How is the protein level of their feed? 20% is a good target.

Long-term, you might also consider what their vitamin D levels are. Vit D is very involved in the way Calcium is used in the body. We had one member in Colorado who, despite flock access to sunny days, had an egg shell issue that they traced back to vit D. It's possible therefore, that a flock...

Shame they made such an ordinance. Hopefully it doesn't spread to other areas. Don't worry, I don't need to google what a Serama looks like. The Silkies I mentioned are pretty similar in their pet qualities. I agree with your point. I'd like to point out, for other respondents in this...

Oooh nooo, someone is spying on meee and my insomnia browsing... Hehe, kidding! You're right that some of us long-term members still see old stuff!

I agree, but just fyi the incidents I had were actually with fairly taut bird netting. When they bounced off the netting (at an angle I guess) they grabbed at it with their feet. So we'd find them with their feet stuck through, not truly tangled, but a twist to the hole holding their foot. It...

So far I've found the legs thickness a good early tell on Orps. Post some pics!

Hmm, that's a good question. You're right that they couldn't get their legs stuck! I can't think of anything that might be dangerous about it. The only ones who can really answer that though are the chicks, sometimes baby-proofing is a matter of trial and error, LOL. So it's the same fabric...

Don't tell everyone in line at the dollar store how much you mind your grandkids while grandchild is standing right next to you...

Like bird netting? I have used that in a pinch (with adults). I have had them get legs stuck in it, two or three times, when they fly up and hit it, then scrabble with their feet. They found a way to perch until we came to rescue them, they weren't injured. I wouldn't call it safe, but I'd...

It's natural for predators like dogs to catch and eat prey animals like chickens. To enforce a different dynamic, a human has to be present and in charge of the dog, either with a leash or firmly trained verbal commands in a dog at least 6 or so months old. Otherwise, a fence needs to be...

The prompt antibiotics are a very good decision. Since cats have needle like teeth, the deep puncture wounds they cause are extremely prone to infection. When my mom worked as a vet tech, the vet sent everyone to their doctor or urgent care for antibiotics for even the smallest cat bite. For...

The two chickens without skin on their back should be put down asap. They're in extreme pain. Look up the broomstick method to do it humanely. The chicken missing it's tail looks like it was only the feathers yanked out, it should recover with some antimicrobial ointment and protection from flies.

Oh really? Interesting! I have Orpington blood in my breeding project and have certainly eyed their downy feathers greedily, but I thought the quills still looked quite pokey. Any of them we've lost has been so heartbreaking they got burials. How do you extract the downy feathers with the big...

The porous ones are from a lack of calcium, or age of the hen. Are they from your own flock or did you get them elsewhere? It doesn't seem to affect the chicks, but sure makes it harder to see! I have an older hen that lays really porous. She does better when I put out layer feed (separate...