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Thank you!

You don't happen,to have a photo of your setup do you?

Great, thanks. What do you do when a hen is interested? Do you put them in with all of the hens or in a separate cage with just the hen?

I'm pretty new to chickens. We got our first hens in december 2014 and we are getting some more day-olds in about 1.5 weeks. Out of our 5, 3 are broody and won't snap out of it. Would it be silly to do the whole brooder and heat lamp when i could just put the chicks under the hens? Which option...

Well I have no idea. It was from the pet shop when my husband asked for something for chicken bedding....

Hi everyone, my chicks have been on rice husks for the last week which work really great but I can't find any shops around here that stock them and after 5 days without a cage clean I need to do something quickly. I have wood shavings and I've been too scared to use them... But my chickens are...

So I already have tried wetting it lukewarm a few times and they like it even less!!

Hi everyone, I have 7 5-day-old Orpington chicks. They really don't eat their food at all! I give them a boiled egg yolk to share and some oats every day because I am worried that they don't seem to eat their food! But I only give them as treats (they have to eat treats out of my hand) and they...

Thanks for that link - very helpful! They ate egg yolk out of my hand this afternoon!! :D one nearly ate an oat from my hand but chickened out (lol).

Thank you thank you so much! I will go get a little branch now :)

Thank you! I did give them a cooked egg yolk yesterday which they went bananas over (they hadn't eaten or drank anything for several hours by that point and I was a bit stressed as they were avoiding the chick starter) so is that a good treat food? I don't have worms on hand. They did start...

Hi everyone, I am new here, new to owning chickens! I have 7 Orpington chicks. They are 3 days old, in our home made brooder. They seem to be pretty healthy... But they are terrified of people! I got them yesterday afternoon from a breeder so maybe that is it? We try to handle them and talk to...