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I was so concerned about my introducing my 8 week old chicks to my hens and now that they are successfully integrated I read that the chicks should not be eating the layer feed,......oops! I have the chicks feeder in the coop with their fast grow crumbles. The hens layer feed pellets is in their...

i also have heard about "over feeding". I have always allowed my chickens (and chicks when raising in a brooder) free access to food and water at ALL times. I also let them out to free range when I'm out in the garden and give them treats of meal worms, bread, oatmeal, veggies, and fruits. My...

They are great free rangers! I have fencing sectioned off-could they soley free range for a couple weeks? How do I re-introduce them-anything special?

I have a mixed flock of 2 leghorns and 3 cochins that are 1 year old. I also have 2 barred rocks, 2 buff orps, and what I think is a brahma (was suppose to be a white cochin) that are 6 1/2 weeks old. My leghorns are causing me such grief! They are definitely my "alpha birds". They peck the...

I'm in exactly the same boat! My 5 chicks are now 5 weeks old, and I have 6, 1 year old laying hens-no roo. Although this is my first time introducing new girls to the flock I read quite a bit on BYC and in my books. From what I read, hens usually let the chicks outta the nest on their own at 4...

I have a mixed coop of a buff orpington, 3 cochins, and 2 leg horns (and I have 2 barred rocks, another cochin, and 2 buff orps in the brooder). I noticed a couple weeks ago that my cochin's feathers on their feet were sparse. I thought maybe it was some sort of disease so consulted my books and...

the only one i named in our flock is "duckie" b/c her feet are webbed. it was between that a "weber",...but "duckie" just stuck!

Updated photos of my flock. Expecting our first eggs by Thanksgiving!

Thanks fOr the advice and replies! I think I will order a few and give this another go!

I have four week old chicks. Last week we had friends in town for the 4th and one brought his Jack Russell Terrier, and I'm sure you know where this story is going,... The dog took 3 of our 10 in a matter of seconds. They were in the basement in their brooder and she snuck through the door, down...

We had a friend visitIng with his Jack Russel Terrier. Our chicks were only 3 weeks old and in the basement in their brooder. The dog was lightening fast, jumped inside in the brooder and killed 3 of the ten within seconds! I felt awful! And never thought it would happen because our dog had done...