Comments on: Tips On Keeping A Clean Chicken Coop

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:45:05 +0000

Carmel, there is a poultry dust powder for mites, that you can get at your local feed store. Are they molting, dropping their feathers? Do you actually see mites?
If you have mites, you are going to have to throughly clean out your chicken coop. Clean out all of the bedding. There is an orange oil spray, which you can spray your inside chicken coop down with. ACE Hardware has it in a 5 gallon size with a nice spray nozzle included. Be careful to read all of the directions…VintageGardenGal

By: Carmel Jackson

Carmel Jackson — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:30:53 +0000

My chickens are continually picking at their feathers and loosing them. I am cleaning out regularly, can I soak the soil with disinfectant to kill any mites that the chickens may have? Also can I spray the chickens with anything? Thanks

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:05:59 +0000

Jeff, are they on standard laying mash now. I usually start with treats once they are eating standard laying mash. Start simple with torn lettuce. Thanks for your sharing…VintageGardenGal

By: jeff colantuono

jeff colantuono — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:55:05 +0000

hi , i have 5 , 2 month old chickens and i am trying to find out if they can eat fruits veg snacks etc yet or do i wait more . what do you reccomend

thanks
Jeff

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:08:23 +0000

Aleksey, you need to devise some way of getting your chickens off of the wet ground. Better drainage with gravel or a little trench to keep your chicken area dry for them. They don’t do well having wet feet at all.
It sounds like your Polish hen might be a victim of pecking, by your other hens or rooster. It is always hard when you combine different age groups. Also, your chickens could be stressed with their wet environment.
Try and resolve your wet floor before the winter and cooler weather.

If your chicks are 3 1/2 months old, they can be on laying mash along with the others. A rooster can eat laying mash no problem. Thanks for sharing…VintageGardenGal

By: Aleksey

Aleksey — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:05:59 +0000

Hi, i have many questions! Sorry!
- i have 2 bantam cochins(1 is a rooster!) and 1 buff orpington hen. I also have two chicks that are 3 1/2 months old, 1 is a standard polish, the other a bantam silkie. I recently moved to a house with a small yard, but i used to have a medium chicken coop with a large run(i could have 8 chickens), now i have the eglu and i am pretty sure it is going to be too small! Is this true?
- The run is always muddy, every week i have to clean out the run and put in new bedding, only a few days later to have it look all mucky again, what is a temporary fix? I am only going to be living at my house for about a year
- Recently i noticed my polish has lost many of her head feathers, about a inch by inch area, it looks a little red and there is a small spot with dried blood! What do you think is wrong with her? It is not overcrowding since the chicks are currently in a small covered pen. I worry it is maybe because they are too wet? even though they have shelter from the rain, whenever i check on them they are wet and just standing in the rain. Although my silkie is fine and does not appear to be losing any feathers(fluff?)
-Last question! My adult chickens try to attack the chicks every time they are outside together, although i positioned the chicks near the adults and now they can eat together without any problems, is this all i need to do to get them used to each other? Also, if they eventually are together, how should i go about keeping the adult chicken food away from the chicks? Does it matter if my rooster eats the layer feed?

Super sorry for all these questions! i have had chickens for 5 years and have not had to deal with the limit of space until this summer! Thanks for any help you can give me!!!

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By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:36:24 +0000

Good for you, for cleaning your coop. Yes, chickens like to fuss, and get their digs just right. Thanks for sharing…VintageGardenGal

By: mo neff

mo neff — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:32:11 +0000

Scrubbed the coop today with pinesol and put in new straw and my two chickens, Pen and Ink rewarded me with fussy rearranging and they reminded me of kids decorating a cleaned bedroom!

By: Bonnie Manion

Bonnie Manion — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:53:04 +0000

Barzan, don’t use DDT. It might be mites. You can buy a poultry dust at your local feed store, and physically dust your chickens at the base of their feathers. Also, you could fumigate or tent your entire coop, taking cautious to keep your chickens out of harm’s way until it is safe to put in new bedding and introduce them back into their coop. Thanks for sharing…VintageGardenGal