Your Backyard Chicken Questions Answered: Mites, Deep Litter, Diarrhea, and More!

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@benmoffitt7524 Месяц назад

Very interesting about the beneficial mites. I definitely want to hear about your experiences with them later!

@annamontone8952 Месяц назад

One way to get around an HOA. Is register the hens as a special needs animal for your mental health. I have talked with people who have done this, and it had worked.

@formerlyferalfelines9027 11 дней назад

It’s probably coccidiosis from the chicks previous environment or now in your soil. TSC may give your money back. Switch to unmedicated feed and buy a bottle of Corid. Get more chicks. Mix a couple of capsules of human probiotic in a gallon of warm water and moisten the chick crumble before you feed each day. Watch for bloody diarrhea or failure to thrive and add the spoonful of Corid to the gallon of water and moisten their feed with it each day. Works best if your prepared and act quickly.

@Sarena05 Месяц назад

What are your tips for sneezing chickens? What do you use to prevent it and is there anything you can do when they sneeze? When it’s too bad antibiotics are the only way of course, but what if they’re not badly sick but the sneezing also doesn’t go away?

@MorePranaGardens Месяц назад

Oh! I might have to try those beneficial mites! Thank you.

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

Let me know how it works for you!

@MorePranaGardens Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia I will. In fact, I owe you a giant THANKS for suggesting Prid for bumblefoot! Wow. That's made such a difference. Thank you.

@farmhouseontherock 24 дня назад

Hi Dalia, I’m April. I bought the arsenicum and the rock rose to have on hand but I’m not even sure how much to give them. Is the arsenicum safe to give the chickens when they have diarrhea? And how do I use these if my chicken is dying and I want to help her along? I really need help and more details

@michelled34 29 дней назад

Totally off topic BUT I got my first 5 chicks May 3rd and this morning I came out to my first 4 eggs. Chocolate brown. Seems weird that 4 hens started the same morning??? But I feel like a miracle happened.

@AlexaMGilbert Месяц назад

I am so excited. I am getting a flock of 6 hens on Sept. 5. Their home is ready and so am I.

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

Yay!! Congratulations!

@Ricecakie Месяц назад

Just wait until those 6 hens turn into 16. Originally I only wanted 6 last year but that quickly escalated to now keeping 21 chickens. The chicken math always win

@TinMan445 Месяц назад

Have fun! I’m one month into chicken keeping with my flock of 5. I just finished framing the extension to their run tonight, and I never anticipated being so excited to see them check it out tomorrow😂

@allieville9864 Месяц назад

@@Ricecakie😂 so true!

@alison8725 Месяц назад

It’s so funny I keep hearing Buff Orpingtons are so much less noisy. Mine are LOUD!! Lolol. They sing all the time and a LOT!!! It’s crazy!

@taratarentino9628 Месяц назад

Omg Im so glad I found your channel, you are SO kind and I know you love your chickens so much! Youve been the best resource for a new chicken owner who panics at everything lol Are you a Pisces?! Your the best! Thanks from the east coast!🐓🐓🐓🩷🩷🩷

@hischildjo4693 Месяц назад

You, my dear, are rightfully so....the President of Chickenlandia! It is so endearing to listen to how much you love doing what you do for those little ones. I live my desire to have chickens through watching your videos. I know how well taken care of they are too! Thank you for all that you do to educate others and with a non-cookie cutter means of doing so. What may be right for some, may not be for others and you take that into consideration. Sending much love and respect your way! ❤

@nancypeacock1166 Месяц назад

Hello Dollia, this is my first time to raise chickens from babies. They are starting to lay eggs now. I feed them the medicated food and give them the herbs that control worms. They look healthy and always come to me when I come to them they like to fly on my shoulder. They love for me to pet them. I love watching you

@ejharris7607 Месяц назад

I have 2 large 8x8 cages linked together with 2 coops inside of them. In the winter my chickens will not go into the coops and just perch up on the branches I put in the cages, and I'm concerned about their health staying out in the cold. I tried taking the branches out, hoping they would go into the coops but they just get on top of the coops and roost on the roof. I keep the coops clean and dry but they just will not go in unless they are laying eggs. How do I get them to stay in the coop where its warmer?

@thehoneyflow Месяц назад

I have been using beneficial insects to fight the chicken mites, varoa mites and small hive beetles for my honey bees. My vet told me about it. It's great. I also grind up dried bay leaves i grow and mix in the pines shavings in the coop. It definitely helps! Thanks for all your chicken knowledge. 🐔🐔🐔

@hestiasgardenhomestead7562 Месяц назад

I now live in Mexico, most people here feed only corn and free range during the day. They don't believe me that corn isn't the best thing for them.

@rkplaylist8252 2 дня назад

I just recently got my first chickens (Buff Orpington 15) and I just moved them into the Coop/Run. I got 15 because I was am expecting some predation or death, as I understand the reality of it. They all survived there first 6 weeks and yesterday I moved them to their Coop/Run. They don't seem to want to go into the coop at night and just want to sleep out in the run. I have physically put them in the coop last night and tonight. Is there some trick to teaching them that the coop is bedding/sleeping area?

@MelindaWaldrop Месяц назад

Thank you for doing this video and all you do!❤

@cowgirlprepper86 Месяц назад

Hello! I have a dire question….. I watched your video about dipping a chicken’s feet into vegetable oil for mites. The hen actually sat down into it and got her breast feathers pretty saturated with oil. Should I was her feathers in Dawn right now or will she be ok?

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

She’ll be okay. She’s just going to get very dirty! You can let the oil do its thing tonight and then wash her tomorrow.

@tinab7791 Месяц назад

My welsummers are extremely noisy, I even named one of them Screaming Mimi because she's just yelling all the time. At nothing. Just standing there yelling lol.

@LC-777 Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@clairepatton3963 Месяц назад

@@LC-777 YES!!! My Welsummer is the loudest girl and just constantly screams. You say "Edie!" and she just screams lol

@stephlewis7423 27 дней назад

It's been several days since I watched this video, and I had to come back to leave a comment. A little backstory (I'll try to keep it short) is that I discovered you 3ish years ago when I was beginning to plan for my first flock. I devoured your videos, took your online course, bought your book, and just simply love your humor and approach to keeping chickens. Not only have you helped me learn so much, but I feel that the success of my flock is largely in part to everything I have learned from you, here in Chickenlandia. Including something you always say, which is to trust my gut, because I know my flock best. Fast Forward to 5 days ago, I watched this video, and absorbed what you were saying about helping a dying chicken. Later that same day, out of the blue and with seemingly no warning or symptoms, my sweet Buff (Tammy) passed away on my lap - She had been "off" all day, and though I observed nothing wrong with her, my gut told me she was headed out. I told her it was ok to go, and thanks to what you shared about chicken death in this video, I knew what to expect. As sad as it was, I felt your encouragement and energy with me, like that video was posted that specific day just for me to see. It was my first loss in 3 years with these birds, I guess I just needed to thank you for (unknowingly) helping me through it with your compassion, your content, and your willingness to share. It matters. ♥

@WelcometoChickenlandia 26 дней назад

My goodness. Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. This is why I do what I do! I'm so sorry for the loss of your chicken. She was so lucky to have you. ❤️

@DeTodoUnPocoEnEstaVida123 Месяц назад

Hi Dahlia. I had asked you 2 questions when you posted that we could ask you anything and you didn’t read them nor answer them 😔 I am very disappointed. I asked you… what are your must have homeopathic remedies that you would recommend to have at hand? And second, I have had moths in my chickens feed and I store it in an aluminum container and I don’t know how they get there! I have been given it to my girls but is it bad? I see them eat the moths at times if they find them. Can you answer them please? Thank you in advance!

@ivirnovana1664 Месяц назад

I was waiting for you to drop another video thank you sweetie❤❤❤

@SequoiaRaven Месяц назад

Great video Dalia! ❤ I must ask, is it normal for drakes to loose their wing and tail feathers drastically in late summer? My two boys don't fight but it's odd ❤. Either way they're growing back! Thank you 😊

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

Yes, sounds like they are molting. They will lose feathers and become faded as well!

@SequoiaRaven Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Okay! How nice to hear! Last year they didn't molt like this so it gave me a bit of a spook!

@rhianh2886 Месяц назад

Omg full video on the predatory mites once you’ve used them please! 🙏 had the most PTSD inducing red mite infestation and they popped up as a solution but I couldn’t find anyone who could attest to their effectiveness! Settled (unhappily) on chemicals D.E and planting literally thousands of marigolds (apparently they deter the pesky little buggers and chickens love eating the flowers)

@islakirk75 22 дня назад

In a flock of around 15 birds, would you say that losing 5 birds over the course of 4 yrs to wasting would be considered normal loses, or indicative of visceral Mareks? Also, I have some birds in my flock that have strange voices - they don't make the usual chicken noises and instead squeak and croak. Do you know of anything that may affect their voices? (4 birds are 18wk old chicks, and 2 birds are 3yr old adults - all have had the weird voices since they lost their chick chirps).

@sandras5317 20 дней назад

Did you ever had to make a decision to put a chicken down? (Euthanized) because of too many health issues. And if you did how did you go about it? I have a paire bluebell. She has severe bumble feet(which we are treating)and one part of her face is swollen with growths on her cheek. They look like tiny bubble like grows. She appears sickly. She eats but not much. My heart goes out for her. She’s suffering and it hurts to see her suffer.

@saraanderson8858 Месяц назад

My Black Australorp doesn't even do an egg song. She's by far my quietest, kindest chicken. My EE and Orpington are pretty loud. However, my loudest chicken is by far my bantam Partridge Wyandotte. She is the tiniest chicken, but makes up for it in volume.

@identityrefused486 Месяц назад

My brahma is SO quiet and super sweet holdable, good cold weather but NOT hot weather and my black australorp is SO quiet. Neither have ever been broody My friend has 4 buff orpington and so LOUD also repeatedly going broody like crazy

@SusieLovesJesus Месяц назад

What a great video! I'm so grateful that I found your channel a few months back when we started our flock 🥰 My daughter got 20 chickens about a month before we got our 8 sweet ladies that we love to spoil rotten, and we both absolutely love having them 😁 We both just finished building their custom coops (we went a bit overboard on ours 😂) and are in the home stretch on finishing the runs. My daughter's are already laying and ours are just about to start. We can't wait to be gifted with some fresh eggs for all our hard work & love 🐔 Also, thank you so much for the 15% off on their feed! What a blessing 💖 We care a great deal about the quality of their feed and after researching many products & companies, Scratch & Peck organic topped my trust meter for ensuring optimal health & enjoyment for the girls as well as delivering high nutrition & quality in their eggs for us... Which is why it's the only brand we'll give them. Thank you again 🤗 Have a beautiful, happy, blessed day Dalia ☺️🙏🏼 Btw: I just ordered two copies of your book 📖 One for me and one for my daughter. I'm so excited, I can't wait to get my hands on it! Having all of that valuable information readily available at my fingertips fills me with more confidence in providing for the girl's care. Thanks again Dalia!! 💞

@petitemaam 11 дней назад

I witnessed one of my girls die last week. The seizing is real. Not sure what happened. I had her on my patio so I heard and when out there to start petting her while she was taking her last breaths. She slowly closed her eyes amd went to chicken heaven 😢

@FrTheodoreObraztsov 25 дней назад

Hello Pacific Northwest, neighbor! Your input is especially important to me because I live in North Western Washington and I think some of the variables in how things are done might be more applicable from you than from some other wonderful people in other parts of the country. Could you steer me toward the episode if you have one where you talk about the betting in the run? Otherwise, once the Ron has gotten into a point where it’s mostly dirt and there’s going to be mud what do you do?

@carlacounts4508 Месяц назад

Question...we have 6 hens or had until yesterday. I found one of my hens dead. We have 5 bufforpingtons, and the one that died was a black sexlinked. I just found her dead. She didn't have a scratch on her. We have noticed that at times, we hear them cackle, but it sounds more like a duck quack? I know that sounds super weird. We are wondering if they have something respiratory ? Could that be what killed my black hen?

@simoneclarke5104 Месяц назад

I just love your beautiful fun energy!! I am learning so much about chicken care for my future dream of chicken ownership. Thank you so much for all your videos 🥰

@shanteltice1541 Месяц назад

I just found your channel. I have a question. My husband and I bought a house that came with chickens and guineas. The roaster has one foot that is large and looks like it's flakes. They are free Range and can't be Caught. Hence the reason why the house came with chickens 😊. Is it bumble foot or something else. How can I treat them if i can't hold them? I had chickens when I was really young. This will be my first time owning my own.

@JakeAlexanderMurray123 28 дней назад

I think this video hit the spot in what we're looking for, my heart is in my throat, and I love the way you explain these things clearly and with compassion. While a lot of creators love to talk about the birth of their animals, talking about their death is also equally important and I admire that you've gone in that direction. Do I have chickens? No, but I think about having them much later in life (like thirty-plus years) it's always good to research and you've touched on points in this video and the other videos you've made that I can't find anywhere online it's so important to keep talking about the importance of chicken keeping and the long run of it.

@choccyracc Месяц назад

Hello! i’m going to get my first chickens soon and i’m in Florida so im only allowed to have 4 hens, what hatchery would be best to get them from? i don’t have any local chickens breeders or livestock suppliers near me so i have to order from a hatchery. which one is best? most don’t allow only 4 chicks

@carolbeck1992 Месяц назад

Just wondering how you keep chicken poop under control all over your yard? Is that a problem?

@robinkellyrieser7824 Месяц назад

We have 21 chicks, 20 hens and one rooster, 12 chicks that are 12 wks old, and 9 chicks that are 7 1/2 wks old, we have been putting the younger chicks outside with the older chicks but have them separated, so my question is, how and when do we start letting them in the coop with the big chicks at night and with them in the run during the day?

@kayte13 Месяц назад

One of my silkie started falling over and she couldnt stand. So sad she ate and drank, but she became weak and I had to euthanize her😢 after a week. Could this be Marek's disease

@JohnDonnell-vw6uq Месяц назад

My chickens came down with I think fowl pox. They seem fine for the most part but are not laying. I read that it eventully it goes away but in the meantime is there anything I can give them or do to help them heal. Any advise would be great!

@elbasset7214 18 дней назад

Should you increase protein content of feed in winter? in the UK all i can find is 16%

@MariaIdalia1960 Месяц назад

Hello Dalia! Can you explain why my Australop chicken try to mate my other chickens like she was a rooster .

@tayatay6501 Месяц назад

My black Australorp is a loud mouth big talker 😅

@ponchos100 Месяц назад

I had a chicken for a few weeks ago her comb was grey she stop eating & drinking ! She was 18 weeks old my flock is just beginning to lay eggs . now another one has soars on her rear the egg shoot . someone said it may be egg bound but it's in isolation and getting better any idea what is the cause?

@AltyTheShinyToxtricity Месяц назад

Do you have any serama chickens? Or plan to get any?

@angelawagnon9778 Месяц назад

Hi Madam President! Does the feed need to be in whole grain form to ferment, or can pellets be fermented also?

@lesliemischke770 Месяц назад

I have a chicken that has been limping for a week. We’ve checked her everyday for bumble foot, there’s no wound. It doesn’t look broken or dislocated. She walks on it, but limps. We’re going with a sprain. She’s not getting bullied, so we’re letting her heal naturally. Is there anything else we should be doing?

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

I would put her in an area where she can still see the flock and the flock can see her but she doesn't have to walk far at all for food and water. She needs to be off that leg as much as possible so it can heal. You can a couple of pellets of Arnica 30c in her water until it improves. Of course, vet care is your best option but I know many folks can't do that!

@lesliemischke770 Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thank you!

@sandydyson1934 Месяц назад

What is the best flooring for your coop

@thebirdmaster7 Месяц назад

I count it all my birds and it is over 40 and almost half of them are boys, 6 male quail but I already found homes for them but they're still living with me, 10 roosters a little too many for me. Three male ducks which is not that bad but there may be more because of course I had to hatch more babys. And three male 50 lb turkeys I need to find two of them a new home because 3 literally ter-odactyl is too much for me i was hoping for a couple females not all males

@LC-777 Месяц назад

Hi President! 🐔! Would waiting a couple months to buy a 2nd set of chicks, verses buying them all at once, make it possible to have some chickens lay eggs later while other chickens are not laying during the winter? (Saw a big youtuber suggest that, said its what the Amish do, and it worked for her for years. But not sure why everyone else wouldn't already be doing it, if so? Unless it's an Amish secret? 🙃 idk) Waterbath is gross to me 🤮 Thanks!

@LC-777 Месяц назад

I think I thought the questions were for this video. But the good news for me is.... So did everyone else! Haha- volume 2 Q and A? 😂

@Dragotrecycle Месяц назад

How to remove mud feet. Not easy to handle holding a chicken and using pliers to break off mud from their feet. Tried warm water but it wouldn’t soften. They sound like pirates with wooden legs……

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

I would soak their feet in some water to get the mud off. Make sure you're taking precautions to get them out of the mud because it's bad for them to be in standing mud. ❤️

@hannahpieplow8557 Месяц назад

Welcome to Chickenlandia Hi do you Know what causes Weird dots on Chickens

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

They might be fighting a little bit, creating some small scabs. When chickens correct each other they often peck each other's comb. You may also look into fowl pox.

@ScienceisRadAF Месяц назад

@Kelly thank you for asking this question!!! I’ve been dying for someone to ask this!

@ml.5377 Месяц назад

I add ashes as well as herbs and have no problems.

@lindasisosn5621 Месяц назад

My rhode island red hen started laying eggs with no shells after laying healthy for about 8 months. I give them crushed oyster shells, they are free range. It is just her, the other 2 are laying normal. I added 4 chicks to the flock, then she started laying "rubber" eggs, then eggs with no shells.

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

It might be genetics, stress, or heat. But it could also be that she has something underlying going on. Have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fnri7VYkxGQ.html

@dayalp9825 Месяц назад

Very helpful it is ,and I want to ask to suggest me an idea to stop my chickens shouting all at time for which I have to quarrel most of the time

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

I would add some enrichment to their area. Bored chickens can get cranky with each other! Here's a good video about it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Va8WyaUpeEU.htmlsi=fEeiBKUliyIGTvdK

@dayalp9825 Месяц назад

My hen hatches only one or two eggs what could be the reason ? ,mam

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

I'm really not sure. Possibly your rooster isn't quit as virile normal or maybe most of them aren't fertilized for another reason? It's normal for not all the eggs to hatch.

@gloriasmith5764 Месяц назад

My speckled sussex hem was in the laying box trying to lay her eggs. ( i have 4 layer boxes), and minding her business. All of sudden my polish hen started squawking all over the run, she keep going in and out of the coop. My first impression something was wrong with her. But i keep watching, it seems as if she was mad because the sussex hem was laying and she had an attitude about it. Why all the drama?

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

Hahaha well, if I had the answer to that I would be a rich woman! They have their favorite nesting boxes and they want what they want! I've literally seen lines to nesting boxes before. The best we can do is give them options. ❤️

@angelawagnon9778 Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Dalia, I use 5 gallon buckets on their sides with nest pads for nesting areas. My girls just go in a nest and get down to business, regardless of whether or not it is occupied. I recently found out how many large girls can fit into one bucket at one time. Three. The answer is THREE. If another girl had managed to get in there, I'd probably have had to cut the bucket to get them out. These birds are CRAZY! lol

@pete6858 Месяц назад

This spring I had four hens go broody for the first time. I had 16 hens and three roosters. Out of about four dozen eggs that were sat upon, they hatched out five chicks which are all doing well. So threw out 35-40 eggs that ended up not hatching. Most were spoiled, rotten of a dead embryo. Is that normal for year old hens and roosters? Jersey giants.

@ColtCumbie Месяц назад

hey president what is the fastest way to get my girls to mature faster their 5 months and no eggs i got blue Andalusian's buff Orpington golden Wyandotte's and silver phoenix thank for the tip if u have any for me.

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

I don't know that there's a way to speed that up. When they start laying has to do with the climate your in and their genetics. But don't worry, they will be laying in no time!

@ColtCumbie Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia thanks so much

@TinMan445 Месяц назад

I’m just over a month into chicken keeping and this channel has been an amazing resource. Picking up your book for a stocking stuffer this year! My mixed flock of 5 is very appreciative, they run to me every morning for their fermented food😂 it’s been the best way to gain their trust and bond with them. I just finished the framing on their run extension with your chicken salad bar inside as well. All that to say thank you!

@MosaicHomestead Месяц назад

I actually have a bachelor pad for my roosters, its called heaven 😂

@MysticalLoveAndLight Месяц назад

Do your Roosters fight since theirs no hens in the same area???

@jacquelinehill6560 Месяц назад

Ive had two silkies just die in the night, (three weeks apart), no apparent reason. I watched back on my chicken cam and they just stop breathing. No sign of illness. My silkies are sooooo spoiled. Clean, well cared for. I’m at a loss. Why could this have happened?

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

Aww I'm so sorry. It's likely some kind of genetic thing and nothing you're doing/not doing. Make sure there's nothing they might be getting into that could be hurting them. If you lose another, you might consider getting a necropsy done. Sounds like you're taking very good care of them!

@AlternativeHomesteading Месяц назад

Hi there, not sure if you’re aware that there are radio frequencies in the environment, even at night that sometimes directly harm particular animals. It can cause them to stop breathing if hit with a frequency.

@jacquelinehill6560 Месяц назад

@@WelcometoChickenlandia thank you. Definitely nothing getting in, they are triple protected. Electric fence included. With chicken cams to watch. I think it might be the heat. But I also have a fan in there. I just didn’t know if there might be some sort of silent disease I was unaware of. Thank you for all your chicken education! You’re the best!

@ShortbusMooner Месяц назад

How do chickens get an whole nest of eggs to sit on? My girls only lay one egg at a time, but I see broody girls sitting on a bunch! Does 'breeding' cause them to lay a bunch at once? I'm so confused.. 🤔

@WelcometoChickenlandia Месяц назад

They lay one a day in the same nest and then when they have a "clutch," they begin to sit on and incubate them. ❤️

@ScienceisRadAF Месяц назад

… and other birds do this too. I have juncos that make nests on my porch each year. They come and add one egg to it each day until they have about 4, then they begin to sit on them. Once the eggs get warm enough they’ll begin development, that way they are all the same age and hatch around the same time.

@ShortbusMooner Месяц назад

Thank you, D! I always wondered, and could not find that referenced specifically! I don't have a rooster, and I pick the eggs daily. Now, I know- if one gets with a rooster, don't pick them up, and when she sits on them, then candle them.. 😁👍

@ShortbusMooner Месяц назад

@@ScienceisRadAF - Thank you, too! 🤗