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I like the discussion on wormwood, I know I haven't posted here in a bit. We have a ton of it growing at our house and it has spread a lot since we put it in. I came across this website before and thought you all might appreciate the site...

I believe the sugars in the alcohol feed the yeast.

Sherrie thanks for posting this info, I have no heard of that gentleman either, but will be researching him and the mashes. Thanks again, of course I have a preference for trying everything the natural way first.

Oh darn Lala, that sucks sorry for your loss.

Hey guys, I am trying to help a fellow BYC person in the Colorado thread and they have had issues with chicks dying. Can anyone offer any advice? ......."Alright, I know I would probably get better answers from the sick help forum but want to post something real quick. My chicks are about a...

I can empathize with your fast tracking in chicken education. I too am relatively new to chickens as well this is my second year. I think a lot of us learned by jumping in feet first and off we went. We started with 28 chicks last April and now have babies from them, it is crazy how fast the...

Jules glad you found it such a success, I too never plan on using another heat lamp again because of that thread. Glad I could pass on a tip that You found useful. It is amazing how much quicker they do everything when they are raised that way. Ours were outside in the small coop at 10 days with...

Hey gang been mia for a bit as we were madly packing to try and get out by our end of July deadline given by our landlord, who said he was selling. Long story short we get until the end of Sept/Oct to get everything out. So now I get a minute of downtime, our new flock is doing well. We have 7...

Thanks everyone on the feedback I.e, the young cockerel. All were good suggestions and great advice for me to put in my back pocket, so to speak. Here he is....dad is a BO and with those puffy cheeks an EE hen. His legs are not willow colored, whereas most the young BO x EE pullets have...

Sorry, it is leftover juice from the day before that myself and BF had left over. Kale, cucumbers, carrots, banana and water. Great for you and full of micronutrients. So during the summer I save the last days leftover and feed it to the flock. Keep it in the fridge to keep it fresh. They love...

Omg, that is hysterical! Thanks for the reinforcement to trust the hen and watch for signs of her being done. I have pretty much let her tell me when to change something, like after she wanted out of her dog crate on day 24 or 25 and never returned to the eggs. I later cracked them to see and...

Lacy, I had a question about broodies and their chicks, when will they fledge them? Our broody and chicks are still separated from the flock, due to the chicks not being big enough to be out for free range. So she and the chicks are in the enclosed run win a small coop, still sleeping in the...

Wow, sorry that your girl has these issues, sounds painful and the most human thing you can do.

So yesterday our broody Cornish wanted out of her area where she was hatching, so I opened it up and she took the babies out to mingle with our 6 week old chicks. She never did get back on the nest, she left 5 eggs. There were a few tense moments where I was afraid mama was going to attack one...

So our Cornish has gotten the job done and so far hatched two chicks and I heard a third pipping. She is a very good mama so far, she even allowed me to move her and the babies into a wire dog kennel set up in the enclosed run with our 5 week olds from our hatch. These pictures were shot right...

This thread is still very active. Maybe you can give us the background story so we might be able to answer your questions. PS - Hi from Boulder!

I was wondering about the red shanks on our BO roo awhile back and found out the same thing about the breed. Glad you figured it out, I have noticed at different times our roo's shanks can be more red than others. I notice more redness when it is wet out. I have this recipe for a Drawing...

Hi, So yesterday was the babies first full day in the run and I wanted to see what they would do at dusk. Would they know how or would they go to their small coop? I put a small solar light in the coop, I had read that on another thread. To train them, put a light in the coop so the stragglers...

Thanks, I have wheat grass I could do, I was kind figuring BOSS was out due to the seeds. I sprout BOSS and lentils mostly for the flock. I ferment so I will add it to there feed. I just switched everyone over to grower and free choice on the grit and oyster. Wow that has reduced some work load...

Pretty! I hope our girls have beautiful feathers like Lacey. For those of you who sprout seeds for your flock, at what age can you give sprouts to the chicks? I ask because when we got the flock as babies last year, I didn't sprout. Now I do and have been wondering. Thanks in advance!