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I have 5 raised beds covered in weevils. One of the beds was used for strawberries, I pulled the strawberry plants up and picked the larvae off and washed all the plants to repot. Unsure how to get rid of the weevil problem? It’s a lot of infested soil. Nematodes are really hard to get here. And...

My polish hen has been missing a few days- she has a habit of escaping her enclosure but usually chills with the cats, when going to get firewood today we found her! She is under that tarp (where we keep the firewood) sitting on eggs and the eggs look to be around the 5 day mark. She already...

I have a small Pekin hen that’s after going broody. She’s stealing eggs from my other hens. I want to swap out the eggs as I’m unsure if they are fertile and even if they are they’d likely be mixed breed. How many bantam sized eggs could she sit on? I’m looking at buying polish eggs. If I left...

I’m completely unsure how to sex quail. I think the darkest one is a male (front in the 3rd picture) I know at least one is laying. If anyone know what their colouring is called that would be great too.

My chickens are not laying- I have 4 Rhode Island mixes under 2 years- between the 4 of them I get an egg maybe every 2nd or 3rd day I have a maran who is almost 1 and had never laid. I have a silkie 2 years and a polish hen same age as the maran and from those 2 I’m getting an egg maybe every...

does this “splint” look wrong? he refuses to walk with the splint on- he will just fall to the ground and keep screaming until I pick him up and then he falls again, not even attempting to walk, he’s fallen on his back a few times so I can’t leave him like this. I actually removed the splint...

I am hoping a more experienced grower can help me here. We have beds that grew potatoes last year. We had a bad growing year and the potatoes weren’t even the type we wanted so some were just left in the bed until 2 weeks ago. (What to do with all these potatoes??) I’ve bought carrot seeds...

**I’m looking for a thermometer that’s accurate and easy to calibrate. Something reliable. Also recommendations on a hygrometer would be great** Long post ahead if anyone feels like reading and has any advice. I like to have a record of all this anyway. Every thermometer I use is giving me...

I’ve given up on the previous quail enclosure I was building due to a ragworth issue. So starting from scratch again. I’m thinking of starting with a dog box- maybe adding insulation? Metal panels around it wrapped in chicken wire? Should I put chicken wire under the whole thing with soil on...

Trying to figure out the sex of this 10 week old silkie.

I would love polish frizzles but no one here breeds them. I ended up with an “accidental” frizzle roo- he is either a frizzle Pekin or Pekin x sablepoot. If I was to start breeding him to my polish hens how long would it take to achieve a bird that looks like a polish? Has anyone here...

We rescued a couple of ex battery girls and we have 3 indoors as they have no feathers and it’s cold out but they really stink. I’ve had chickens indoors before and it never stank like this. The poo looks normal, the hens look ok apart from missing feathers and cuts from being bullied...

probably a weird question but I’ve come into possession of some pigs feet and also some tripe that’ll have to be tossed (fine to be eaten but I won’t eat them) I’ve heard chickens can have some other parts of pigs but can’t find any info on these. Does anyone know?

I have a borotto 24- the hatching tray with it is too small for bantam chicks they can fall down the side under the turner and into the water! Any solutions to this? Can I stuff the sides with something or could that change temps/be a hazard?

Firstly to start off I don’t know for sure what breed these are. Originally I was told one Pekin 3 marans then I was told 1 maran 3 niederrheiners. When they were younger I posted here and was told 3 was a hen 1,2 and 4 were roosters. However today 1 was mounted by a rooster who was very...

These chicks are almost 9 weeks old The two black ones (1 and 2) came from Pekin eggs. 1 has a larger comb and redder comb and wattles but this has only just become obvious in the last few days. The greyish frizzled chick (3) came from a sablepoot egg. The other 3 chicks I was told are Rhode...

I’m wondering how to know which are the “good” vs “bad” peas from pods to save for seeds next year. Are the white ones bad? Also would the “bad” seeds be harmful to chickens? The chickens love these peas so even if I throw them in the compost they may eat them.

I give my chickens garlic water sometimes, I’ve gotten most of them used to it since chicks so they drink it no problem but they chickens that I got as adults aren’t keen on it. I’m wondering if I can add herbs or something else to encourage them to drink it? I grow various types of mint...

I bought sex linked hatching eggs Rhode Island Red x light sussex so I was told females would be red males would be white (born yellow) The 3 were born the same reddish colour except for one having spots on their head but now one chicks wings are coming in white, one chick is coming is red and...

My silkie hen has been sitting on eggs and one just hatched. I have a couple of questions. I think her box is too big- the chicks probably can’t jump out of it, when could I change it and what could I replace it with? What is suitable for the chicks to eat and drink out of thats also big...