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My rooster has a bad case of Scaley Le mites. It seems there are tons of “treatments “ out there. I heard Elector OSO was effective in killing both the leg mites adult and nits. Has anyone used this effectively? Did you do a spray or a soak. Vaseline afterwards? I do deep mulch in the run...

Hi I have 3 baby Favucana chicks. Dad is a Salmon Favorelle and the Moms are Ameracauna (that’s what I was told when I bought them). These chicks I hatched. I’m quite sure my other two are pullets but I just can’t decide with Trouper. Sometimes I think too and other times pullet. I’m hoping...

Hi, my Buff Orpington went broody so I decided to let her sit on some eggs. We started with 2 eggs June 12, I added another June 14, then 3 more appeared in her nest over the next couple of days- I got smart at that point and marked all the eggs that were in the nest at that time. Eggs were...

Hi, I am new to chicken raising. My 1 y’o Buff Orpington is brooding so I am letting her have some eggs. She is sitting on 6 eggs. The first two are from June 13, one from June 15 and the other 3 not sure but all within 5 days of the first eggs. I have checked all the eggs and they all have...

I have a 15month old Buff Orpington who has just gone broody. I took the egg she laid on the first day not realizing she was starting to brood. She hasn’t laid any eggs since(now day 4). I do have a rooster so her eggs would be fertilized. Will she lay any more eggs? I wouldn’t mind a few...

Hi, I have a Salmon Favorelle rooster and 6 hens. My rooster is almost a year old. They have all been hand raised by me since day old chicks. He has just started attacking people. Last week when my husband went out to give them a snack he jumped up and pecked my husband in the butt...

Hi, I am fairly new to raising chickens. I try to keep track of who is laying everyday. I’m pretty sure one of my hens hasn’t laid an egg in about 9 days. I looked up information on being egg bound and that doesn’t seem to be the case with her. We got her Easter weekend so she is around 9...

I recently noticed that one of my Ameracauna hens has more fluff than feather on some of her feathers on her back as I wonder if I should be concerned. I do have rooster but none of my other hens seem to have this problem. Please help. I will post some pictures. Thanks

I noticed today that there are a lot of flies in our chicken run. We have only had our chickens in the run for about 5 weeks. We are using pine shavings over hard packed ground. I saw in the herb and weed article that mint is helpful to eliminate flies. I don’t currently grow any mint in my...

Hi, I am new to raising chickens. Our girls are now about 5 weeks old and we are gettting ready to put them outside soon. I bought a commercial coop with a small run under it. we plan to put concrete paving stones under the coop to help prevent the wood from rotting. We are in the process of...

Hi, I am new to raising chickens. I just got 5 Americana chicks. I live in an urban area with a small backyard. I want a coop with a run large enough for my 5 chicks. I have read the square footage requirements per chicken. Looking at all the online commercial coops is overwhelming and...

Hi, I live in the Austin area and am very new to raising chickens. I had read a number of artivles on the benefits of chicken raising in the urban area and thought we would try it. We just brought home our first flock of 5 1 day old chicks yesterday- Americana. Currently they are living in a...