#chicken keeping

[ahedderick]

I have been judged, and found wanting.

#chicken #farmblr #farm #chicken keeping #hen #laying hens

[homeofhousechickens]

It's 2024 and people think that medicated chicken feed has antibiotics in it. Guess what? It doesn't, it just has amprolium (Corid) which is most definitely not an antibiotic.

Amprolium/Corid is a thiamine analog and works to break the life cycle of coccidia by causing malnutrition via vitamin deficiency. This why if you're also supplementing your chickens with electrolytes it basically nullifies the medicated feed since the chicken is drinking more thiamine (also known as vitamin B) that feeds the coccidia. So if your feeding medicated feed to chicks don't give them vitamins in the water.

I see people sometimes feeding chickens sick with respiratory infections or other ailments medicated feed but the only benefit to feeding medicated feed in this instance is that chick starter is more nutrient dense then other feeds which can be helpful for a sick bird but it's not treating the respiratory infection.

It can also be problematic when fed to certain breeds that require more thiamine in their diet during the rearing process the most common being Leghorns and Silkies. It's not uncommon for medicated feed to contribute to wry neck in these breeds which can get immediately better when switched off medicated feed and giving these affected birds vitamin supplements.

#chicken medical #chicken keeping #medicated feed #chicken feed #chicken #chickenblr #backyard chickens

[ethical-omnivore-h]

Looking for active blogs that post about:

💘 Animal Welfare, esp farm animals

🏭 Anti Macro Farming

🐝 Bee Keeping

🪓 Bushcraft

🐓 Chicken Keeping & Backyard Eggs

⚠ Endangered, threatened, and extinct species (as well as efforts to conserve & restore)

🌳 Environmentalism, conservation, and land stewardship

🍽 Ethical omnivorism, flexitarianism, and humane/responsible consumption of animal and plant products

🥚 Farmer's markets & locavorism

🎣 Fishing (responsible; for food, resources, and population control, not for leisure, sport, or fun)

🌱 Foraging (responsible)

👨‍🌾 Gardening & cultivating plants & herbs (esp. indoors)

🦌 Hunting (responsible; for food, resources, and population control, not for leisure, sport, or fun)

🥦 Recipes, esp. ethical omnivore, flexitarian, locavore, vegetarian, and/or vegan

🦴 Vulture Culture (responsible)

👨‍🏭 Worker's Rights & welfare, esp in the ag industry

Reblog or send me an ask if you think your blog might suit my taste.

#Vulture Culture #Hunting #Gardening #Cultivation #Foraging #Fishing #Environmentalism #Endangered Species #Threatened Species #Conservation #Extinct #Ethical Omnivore #Locavore #Flexitarian #Vegan #Vegetarian #Bushcraft #Bee Keeping #Chicken Keeping #Bees #Chickens

[legendaerie]

me: I'm a normal person with normal hobbies

the chickens and ducks living in my shower:

#backyard poultry #chicken keeping #farm life #urban farmer

[overmorrowpine]

hey chickenkeepers

you know that ridiculous heat wave in the us right now? a few years back we had 109 degree (f) heat where we were, and this is how we avoided losing any chickens to the heat

get a big bucket, like one of those five gallon ones from home depot or whatever, and fill it with water

grab your chicken and swoosh them around in the water, keeping their head above the surface, and try to get the water into their down and not just their surface feathers

[image ID: a photo of a person lowering a grey easter egger into an orange five gallon bucket. the chicken's wings are pinned at her sides. end ID]

they'll fight you because they won't want to be dunked but we didn't lose a single chicken in the heat wave and others lost several so do it anyway

[image ID: a photo of a speckled sussex chicken kicking and flapping while held above the bucket. water is going everywhere, and the person is trying to pin the chicken against his chest. end ID]

when they are sufficiently soggy let them go do what they want and repeat with the next bird. our birds went and sunbathed because they were drying themselves off but the dunking still helped i think

our measure of if it's hot enough to dunk the chickens is if it's over 100 f, and if it is then we dunk them

good luck with your birds!

#chickenblr #pet chickens #chicken keeping #sundrops #chicken tag

[morpo]

Twig!

#chickens #chicken keeping

[carbone-arts]

Okay so I’m a broke ass and I have no money but I like to look at plushies online and I was looking at the chicken warmies

Absolute unit of a specimen. And then I checked the comments

And SOMEONE BOUGHT IT FOR THEIR LONELY CHICKEN Im going to CRY that’s the SWEETEST THING IVE EVER SEEN

#please it’s a school night and I’m emotional about a chicken I’ve never met #chicken keeping

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

They just love to be on the doormat

#hens #our chickens #chicken keeping #australorp hens #bantam hens #cute #birds

[grovebeast]

Some silkie chickens! Inspired by some of our backyard flock.

#chickens #silkies #silkie chicken #chicken keeping #birds #illustration #artists on tumblr

[ahedderick]

Snow Day

The snow started around 9 am, and it has been pelting down ever since, sometimes so fine it looked like falling sand. Here is the face of a girl who is NOT done playing and does NOT want to come back inside:

She did get to stay out as long as she wanted, which wasn't really all that much longer.

Marilla hopped up on the chair, making a beeline for the BEST nap spot behind the Christmas tree. (That is a 1940s-era radio cabinet of my grandfather's that was later repurposed into a cabinet for craft supplies.)

Only to find that Baxter had already nabbed it.

She would like to speak to the manager.

The chickens made an error in judgement and decided to ride out the storm between the shrubs and the foundation of the house. I had to go out just a little bit ago and round them up. They were escorted/carried/shooed back to their coop, protesting LOUDLY, and I gave them corn. Hero has his blanket on, a rare occurrence, and he and Nutmeg will sleep inside the barn tonight.

A good day to be home and safe.

#farmblr #farm living #farm life #farm animals #chickens #chicken keeping #cats man #catblr #petblr #farm dogs #hero and nutmeg #winter #snow #snow day #winter wonderland #cold weather #winter aesthetic

[lostlegendaerie]

Peach time with the girls! (And Melchior) + photos identifying each lady

Rime, Black Bearded Belgian D'Anver - ~5 years old. Raised Enfys, Helga and Brunhilda (all of whom were hatchery chicks bought at TSC and smuggled home on the bus bc Rime was sitting on infertile eggs wanting babies) - extrEMELY VOCAL

Enfys, Silver Sebright (possibly) - 3 years old. Very shy but elegant, good egg layer

Brunhilda, White Silkie - 3 years old. Goes broody constantly. In the middle of a molt so she's a little bald. Overall super chill.

Helga, BB Red Old English Game - 3 years old. The smallest, fattest, and completely fearless of all of the birds. Top of the pecking order.

Zephyr, Black Sumatra - 1 year, hatched out in my house alongside Melchior. Her 'chicken' noises imitate Melchior's and they are bonded to each other. Very cute.

Melchior, Mixed Call Duck - 1 year. The only boy in the flock, bonded to Zephyr (but never tried to mate with her or anyone). Stays in his lane unless someone is upsetting Zephryr.

#Saro's life #backyard farming #chicken keeping #pet chicken #bantams #good birbs

[thestudentfarmer]

Chicken pic and share

Went to the feed store to restock and get some Alfalfa.

I spread some of the Alfalfa hay across the yard for their enrichment since nothings really growing right now

Their enjoying a meal of nasturtium clippings, broccoli seed thin-outs and some other various chicken safe weeds from the garden.

That's it for now :)

🐔🌱Happy Homesteading🌱🐔

4.1.2024

#homesteading #self sufficient living #thestudentfarmer #studentfarmer #self sufficiency #food #garden #gardening #low waste #chickens #chicken husbandry #chicken keeping #urban biodiversity #urban homesteading #urban green spaces #urban gardening #chicken enrichment #chicken enrichment idea

[blatantescapism]

Only two of our chickens (Diglett and Mew) are Wyandottes. They have both decided to go broody at the same time.

Diglett and Mew have each claimed a nesting box and make loud grumpy sounds at anyone who gets too close. This would be a problem if they were high in the pecking order and blocked other hens from laying their eggs in peace. Fortunately, they are too smol to be taken seriously.

The other chickens either placidly ignore the racket, or temporarily kick the Wyandottes out of the coop. Every morning is full of petulant bwaks.

My wife now refers to them as the Whiny Dots

#chickenblr #chickens #chikin #farmblr #broody hen #wyandotte #chicken keeping

[grison-in-space]

also: look chicken people are batshit about color defining a breed. Americaunas/Easter Eggers are effectively a breed, or at least they were before hatcheries defining breeds based on egg color alone and rolling their eyes at SOP-oriented conformation breeders threw Cream Legbars and crosses into everything. It can be a breed even if it doesn't breed true for color. I swear to fuck.

the best thing is when people run into the Whiting True Blue and lose their goddamn minds because Whiting didn't bother to fix any particular colors so they come in a bunch, because he was focused on fixing egg size and color. FRIENDS.

#chicken keeping

[themisspicasso]

summer days with you

#photo dump #something different #birds #chickens #turkey #baby #babey #so cute #smol #small #creatures #critters #birblr #itsmisspicasso #backyard hobby farm #chicken keeping #animals #pets

[megsamforever]

Beep is an excellent rooster who is a sweetheart and a very good boy, he likes to come and say hi (usually by flying up on my shoulder) when I visit my chickens and takes good care of his flock. He is a bantam Old English Game which means that he’s half the size of regular chickens.

In the background (left to right) are Brigid (a Sebright bantam hen), Sweetie (an ISA full sized hen), and Bella (an Old English Game bantam hen). 

#chickens #roosters #chicken keeping #backyard chickens