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We are 2 weeks away from butchering our hogs. We took them off the supplement 2 weeks ago and they are not eating like they were. The are getting just straight corn and when the supplement was mixed in the were eating 15 bushels a week. Now they arent even eating 1 bushel a day! I dont want...

Seriously have not been on in over a year!!!! All has been well in the chicken world for us until today........we are on our second round of meat birds the first round went off with out incident but our new birds are now 5 weeks old and we have had alot of trouble........we have 75 male cross...

If you use Hydrated lime will it hurt the chickens? My friend uses it in the dog pens and the dogs are ok with it and they have puppies too and they all seem to be fine.........if we use hydrated or any other kind of lime will the eggs be safe to eat?????

4 out of 5 of my eggs have had 2 yolks in them is this ok?????? for the chickens i mean we like it but I wasnt sure if it meant anything for the chickens?????????????

I have Red Stars , Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds and some Sex links they all lay Brown eggs or are supposed too.........we have been 1 white egg a day.......it is not pure white but it is like a real pink white definately not brown......... what would be causing this??????? we solved the...

Since we are having trouble with the mean rooster I have been in the yard alot more...........saw one of my debeaked girls walking funny and she dropped an egg in the run........it was of course the soft squishly one like I have been finding in the coop.........we got her out and put her in a...

Last night or evening we let the chickens out in the yard to just hang out for awhile before we put them to bed it was around 7 not dark at all........we have about 21 chickens total and 2 roos........the oldest is Demon he was chasing Rambo the youngest around not fighting just...

Rubber egg I mean squishy and not hard shell. I assume it is a calcium thing lack of I mean.........it is the 3rd one I have found in the laying boxes in 3 days.........what do I need to do ?????? we feed laying mash with oyster shells mixed in and we also have a free choice oyster shell set up...

ok I am going to soon do what I said I would not if the GD rooster does not shut up........I love my chickens but the rooster Demon who is like 23/24 weeks old crows none stop.......all day..........all night........I thought he may hurt his voice or get horse but no he just keeps on and if you...

Ok I am going to dismantle the nursery pen and put it together again in the main run........I have 7 pulletts 8 weeks old that have got to get in there........we will see how it goes..........my roo just started yesterday visiting his girls if you know what I mean.........and one of the little...

I have 14 chickens in the coop/run.......11 that are 19 weeks ...1 of them is a cockeral and 3 that are the debeaked birds that are 21 weeks and laying........now I am currently brooding 7 pullets that are 8 weeks old and huge one is cockeral and they have spent daylight hours in a separate run...

I asked for help earlier thank you for your speedy response here is a picture of the worst of the bunch..............

Ok the DH and I mean the DH just came home rather proud of himself.......with 3 new chickens he bought at the feed store they are 20 weeks old and they look horrible compared to mine the burned their beaks or something........he said that the man selling them had over 100 of them........Ok they...

my little guy is 13 weeks old well he is not little he is big and his name is Demon for the obvious reasons............ his beak looks like he has a hang nail on it almost it is sticking up right where his comb meets his beak between his eyes in the very middle and alittle on his right side I...

Ok this is awkward but I just gotta know ...............My chickens are going on 13 weeks old so it wont be as long as it has been for eggs to come.........Questions is when will the rooster (we have one) visit the girls if you know what I mean I have notice alot of chasing around and alot of...

Yesterday was day 5 of having baby chicks........it snowed 6 inches......and it was only going to rain and of course the power went out and after an hour it was below 80 in the brooder and when it got down to 75 I said ok gotta do something I even called the power company and begged them to send...

Last night was our first night with 7 chicks everyone was doing great this morning!!!!!!!!!!! I worried about the first night you know you here all the stories here so I did worry alot but they really seem OK and very energetic and happy so I hope we can keep up the good work...........

They just got here today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited I almost peed my pants.........the Post Office called they are here I had the brooder ready just in case they came this afternoon..........I order 5 female golden buffs and 1 male we got 6 females and 1 male a bonus yeah............they are all doing well they were born...

My brooder box is ready I need to know about the temp. Do I keep the thermometer under the light or near the light or in the corner away from the light?????????? Not sure how to monitor temp. any advice?????????