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  • Is Kitchen Scraps and Backyard Foraging Enough for my Chickens?

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    The short answer is NO. Kitchen scraps and back yard foraging is not sufficient enough in nutrients to keep your chickens, healthy and laying. Limi...
    Posted in Back Yard Chickens, Chickens, chickens off the lay, Kitchen Scraps, Things I should know about back yard chickens, Why have my chickens stopped laying

  • What you need to know about Ducks

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Ducks are great to have in your mixed flock as they are quite self-sufficient and can lay large, richer flavored eggs than other poultry. Ducks are...
    Posted in Ducks, Ducks and Chickens, Mixed Flocks

  • Egg Eating and How to Stop it

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Egg eating among chickens is quite common. It requires the chicken to break and eats an egg and then develops a liking to it. It often starts as an...
    Posted in Chickens, Hens eating eggs

  • Dealing with and/or preventing Broody Hens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Broodiness occurs when a Hen insists on sitting on the eggs hoping they will hatch. Broody Hens occupy the nest for extended period of time, thereb...
    Posted in Broodiness, Chicken

  • Worms in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    The presence of parasitic worms such as Roundworm, Tapeworm, Hairworms and Caecal Worms. Worm infections usually occur after the wet periods during...
    Posted in Chickens, Worms

  • Vent Problems in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    A problem with the Vent (the area where the egg, urine, faeces and urate pass) due to infection, being egg bound or a prolapse. Symptoms of Vent Pr...
    Posted in Chicken, Vent

  • Sour Crop in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Sour Crop describes a yeast infection of the crop (found at the base of the chickens neck and forms part of the esophagus). Symptoms of Sour Crop a...
    Posted in Chicken, Sour Crop, Swallen Crop

  • External Parasites on Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    External parasitic infections includes ticks, lice and mites which can live on the birds or in the hen house and feed off the chickens when they ro...
    Posted in Chickens, Lice, Mites

  • Coccidiosis in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Coccidiosis is caused by an intestinal parasite, Eimeria. Its the cause of most deaths in chickens between hatching and 14 weeks of age. Chickens b...

  • Calcium Deficiency in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Calcium deficiency occurs when a bird is getting inadequate calcium intake from their diet. Symptoms of Calcium Deficiency are as follows: Weaknes...

  • Bumble Foot in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Bumble Foot is severe swelling of the foot caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus Auerus. The bacteria enters via a cut or ulcer and begins to infec...
    Posted in Bumble Foot

  • Ammonia Poisoning in Chickens

    by Len’s Feed Shed
    Ammonia is a gaseous product formed from the breakdown of chicken wastes within the environment. Ammonia accumulates when there are poor litter con...
    Posted in Ammonia Poisoning in Chickens