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Went to the feed store yesterday to pick up a 40kg bag of starter for my chickens and was limited to 20kg bag instead; at the price I paid for a 40kg bag last month. The taxi I used needed to stop at four gas stations before finding one that actually had gas to sell him at $1.50 a liter (almost...

So, I caught my broody hen taking care of herself today, eating, drinking and a quick dustbath so... I went to check on her clutch. Would you believe she was sitting on 26 eggs!? I brought them all in to the house, candled them, pulled out and turned on my incubator. I marked & returned the...

I recently had Salt, a bantam pullet, die while brooding eggs she'd hidden from me. She would remain totally hidden one day, and come out for breakfast and some cuddle time with the rooster every other day. I found her face down over a clutch of eggs. I candled, dry-wiped the poopy, dirty...

One of my bantam pullets is outright missing, and another has an eye that was swollen shut that I soaked until we could get it open, then flushed with visine (dry eye formula). These are my bantams that refuse to use the coop, preferring instead my mango tree, and usually flat-out refuse to let...

8 months ago I bought 10 production red chicks; 1 died the next day, I figured stress. At about 3 months of age, I saw a couple of my birds had 'moco' (mucous) (respiratory illness, no vet to diagnose what variety), and treated the flock with the antibiotics recommended by the feed store /...

I have three young production red pullets that have just started laying, well... two of the three have started laying, still waiting on the third to lay, they live on my quarter-acre, fully chain-link fenced yard with a dedicated block-built storage shed with a 1/2" hardware wire covered door...