RE:horses & chickens

["Jonni" <jonnij@earthlink.net>]

>> the chicks were born in April and as far as I can tell, they
were all hens.<<

Boy, if you are lucky enough to get all hens out a batch of chicks, you have
better luck than I do. We usually end up with more roosters than hens when
ours "hatch a batch". We have never had problems with chickens in the barn,
and they also help keep the flies down. I will forward your question to a
friend who is studying to be a poultry vet at UC Davis, and is also a horse
person. She can let us know in vets terms if any problems exist in
coexistence in the barn of chickens & horses.

Jonni in Cal. where the neighbors chickens have hatched about 25 new chicks
in the last month....in our yard!




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