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Hi all, This morning, I found one of our hens had a prolapse issue. I already handled it according to the procedure and let her stay in a dark sick bay for rest, after cleaning the vent area. The question is, when I tried to push the tissue back into her body, I can feel there is an egg that...

It's springtime again. While cleaning up different corners in the garden, I also cut and chop safe weeds for chickens as a seasonal supplement. Different weeds grow happily in different locations, so it has become my new daily routine to collect one bucket of mixed weeds for them. I used an...

I cooked most of the time two to three meals every day, so we always have very sufficient kitchen scraps. I loved to save kitchen scraps for adding into the chicken feed. Our hens have their commercial feed, and on top of that, I add fermented grains and whatever originally belonged to the...

Last June we got 6 chicks, and 3 turned out to be roosters. They are not aggressive, but too noisy, especially one neighbor also has roosters. So anyway, I watched quite some videos and finally decided to use the broomstick method and directly skin them - so I don't need any additional device...

We have just picked those quails back last weekend but not sure if they are the "White Coturnix." They are so sweet and easy to get along with. My teenager daughter, who never really likes our chicken, immediately fell in love with these quails. And, they really can eat all day (or because...

I have one lovely Easter egger, Rice. She looked like this when she arrived (2020 AUG, about 20 weeks old) and half year later (2021 FEB). Rice had her molting from last September and kept laying very well until the very last batch feathers are gone. Now her new feathers grow back, wow, the...

We went to have lunch with my father-in-law and cleaned his house. After we are back to our own house, I got a sweet Christmas gift from one of our pullets, that are hatched this June. My first olive egg, so happy. Merry Christmas to you All.

Hi there, after 6 chicks are hatched, now we have 16 birds. Chicken math is powerul than I imagined. I didn't expect that I will spend so much time learning and stay with them, so gradually I also want to make a thread to record them. These five girls belong to one flock. One is molting, two...

Well, as usual, I prepared their breakfast most of them time, the rest of the day they will have some free foraging time and always access to their feed and water. Today's special, I used the pan (no oil)to dry the shrimp heads and shell, then crushed them, oregano, leafy green, apple, carrot...

Hi everyone, this morning I found one chick has a full and round crop, so I brought him inside and massage his crop a bit. Well, after half day the crop is fully flat, and I have some time to play with him. He is 5 weeks old now, from the quite red comb and body shape (bigger than other chicks)...

Hi everyone, i believe some of you plant your own herbs for tea, I did some in the past years, most for roses, mints and some salbei, but this year I want to enrich it and plan to dry some berries, citrus, apples, and etc. Would you like to share what you plant and how you combine them for...

In fact I was reading the article about the best treats for chicken, and suddenly an idea came into my mind. I have bought such hardware cloth (not sure if it is called so in English) originally for making a simple support between raised beds for beans and cucumbers. But, anyway it ends up with...

There are a group of Magpie (Pica pica) near us, they love to fight with Ravens. As we have a quite big pond here in the garden, they also love to come for drinking and having bath. Sometimes, they will wait to share some food from our hens. Most of the time, hens will tolerate them unless they...

Last night we had a quite scaring thunderstorm here, and it lasts for hours. It's difficult for me to well sleep as from last afternoon, the hatch day starts. However, this morning I realized there are already two successfully hatched. They are so cute and I think we made a right decision to let...

I decided to raise hens from last summer after we bought the house, and most of the things are settled. I didn't do too much study before that, but had a rough idea different breed has different egglaying performance. OK, so eventually I have now two polish, two maran, two araucana, two...

I am giving them some chilled water, and see them doing this (plus mouth opening), is this because they feel hot? Thanks!

One of our girls became very broody from May, and we decided to bring her some fertilized eggs. She is very hardworking and never willing to leave the eggs. So we have to bring her out twice a day for a short rest. Usually she will eat and drink a bit, take a quick sandbath and go back in 3~5...

Hi everyone, in fact I am a long time BYC e-news reader since our hens arrived in 2020. My name is Phaedra and live in a small town with my family in Germany. At this moment I have 10 hens - 2 Araucana, 2 Maran, 2 Lohmann Brown, 2 Leghorn, and 2 Padovana - all raised from last summer. The...