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Our best laying hen (almost every day) has a very dirty back end. Often there is blood smeared on the egg. When we rinsed the poop off it looked like a large hemorrhoid protruding from her rectum. Do Chickens have hemorrhoids? Mule

What name brand is it, please?

I have a question about feed in pellet form. It does not matter what brand, nor where I buy, it has too much powder. This holds true for pelletized feed for any animal. Is there a way around this problem? I know the feed industry advertises pellet feed as a complete ration, but ... If it is...

When I was a kid, back in the early to mid '50s my folks fed Chops to hogs. If my memory serves me right it looked like brown coarse dirt. Now days when I mention Chops I am directed to cut corn. Can anyone explain to me what Chops was/is?

I lost a male Guinea last night, before 3:45AM. He roosts in a tree with two other males. He is laying almost directly below where he roosts. He was laying on his back and there are almost no feathers on the ground. What few are there are around where the head and neck use to be. I am assuming...

Is there a way to age a hen? Is there a way to age a Rooster? Thanks for any answers. Mule

What's the chances of an old Golden Comet setting on eggs? Mule

I have an old hen who is mopeing the last couple of days. Her crop seems to be very very full. Sorta like there is something stuck in there. Do y'all have any suggestions? Thanks fer any help. Mule

I have a Farm Innovator 4250 incubator. It is day 17 and the humidity read 49 with one red plug out. I put the plug back in and now it reads 55. I know I will have to add water before long. My Question is; "What is the best/easiest way to add water?" I'd like to not have to remove the egg turner...

How long do baby chicks need to stay in the brooder? They will go from the brooder to the great outdoors. Thanks Mule

We have our first incubator. It is a Farm Innovator 4250. The analog thermometer reads 2.5 degrees lower than the digital thermometer. Should I raise the digital setting until the manual thermometer reads 99.5 degrees? Should I try to come up with another analog thermometer of some sort to...

I hope this is in the correct folder. Here I go revealing my lack of intelligence. We have 3 old hens. 1 Australorp and 2 Golden Comets.Two of them layed their last egg last year. One Golden Comet is still laying an egg every other day. They live in separate rabbit type cages. They are released...

I have 6 roosters. I need a place to keep them other than in an individual cage (rabbit cage). I want to be able to move then to new ground regularly. I would like to put them on tethers. For housing I would like to use a tepe or barrel. My concern is predators in the night or day. Do any of...

Is more than one registry for Boer goats? The only one I can find information on is the American Boer Goat Association.

How large are the French Black Copper Marans eggs as compared to an austrolop? Mule

How does a Chicken determine what to eat? Can they smell? Thanks fer any answers. Mule

After the first of the year I am going to buy a few chickens. I want dual purpose hens that lay jumbo eggs year round. What breed of dual purpose chicken is most likely to lay double yolk or jumbo eggs? Thanks for any advice. Mule

Please relocate if needed. What type of comb does a Golden Comet Rooster have? Thanks for any help. Mule

I have eight roosters, maybe six months old ?. They have been running together, but the fighting is terrible. Two of them are not going to last much longer at this rate. Then it will be a different one till there is only one left. Therefore I am going to put them in individual cages and fatten...

With chickens who live in a coop all of the time, what is the best feed without pellets? I eat the eggs and the Roosters. Mule