Last week I isolated a young hen she may be about 8 months a production red, she was bleeding from the Vent I clean her and applied blue kote, she is in with another young hen, the two have a 12 x 12 pen, which I keep for new hens or injured or sick ones.
Today I saw that she attemped to lay...
Anyone feed Purina's , I think Country Time?/
I am currently feeding 26 chickens Nutrena Nature Wise at 14.00 a bag 50 pounds, I can purchase the above for 10.00 a 50 pound bag, but, I do not want to feed the chickens junk.
How about Dumor's Feed, which is also cheaper
I do not want...
Yes, I am and others in the family are proud of our Air Force Major, Medivac Pilot, instructor who was one of the flight rescuerers who found the autistic child in the desert the other day.
Greg was Medivac in Afghanistan
Not chicken news, but, we are proud
Ok, seven RIR's went thru a heavy moult recently.
It appears that they have not only slowed down, but, are not laying any eggs.
I cannot give them extra light, as we use straw for bedding, and I do not want to push the egg laying, as we have 11 year and a half year olds who also went thru a...
Please go to their site, I received the recall info this morning
Three Nutrena brands are being recalled, Chick Starter, I think grower and Corn
all come from a plant in Louisiana.
Sandi aka Ruffles
Do hens stop laying at about two years or so?/
Some that I met sell or bring their chickens to auctions, when they are two years as they are no longer productive.
OH, boy, we have become attached to our 7 RIR's who are two and a half, and have not laid eggs since end of Oct.
They went thru a...
My animal Control Officer has an unclaimed rhode island red chicken, she is reluctant to give it to me as I have 19 chickens, and it could be carrying a disease.
The chicken has been in her care for about one week, appears healthy, I clean her coop at the shelter where she is being housed...