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Oooh thank you this place looks very good!

Hello! It’s been quite a while since I’ve last posted :p I’m looking to get two or three new chicks this season from the Essex County co-op in Topsfield, MA but it looks like they have a minimum chick order of 6 and thats more than I can have space for (I already have a four hen flock). Would...

Oh no, there are chicken issues going on in Chelmsford?

That's good to hear! I'm glad your polish made it back safe and sound. The legislation in Billerica seems pretty reasonable I just hope my new neighbors don't have any complaints. I don't have any roosters but there's sometimes a bit of a fuss over the egg boxes in the late morning/early...

Hello again, its been a while! I'm moving from Essex County to Billerica, MA and of course I'm bringing my five hens. Is anyone here from Billerica? How has your experience keeping chickens there been?

Sorry if I wasn’t clear, I am looking at places in Massachusetts within an hour of Boston.

Thank you! I'll look into the South Shore and New Hampshire. I currently live on the North Shore and while a lot of towns allow chickens to some extent I find many regulations are pretty strict, quite a few towns will not allow more than 4 chickens...

Hello everyone, I’m looking to buy a home in the greater Boston area (I need to commute everyday) and it’s really important to me that wherever I end up moving allows chickens (since I have 5 of them) but it’s hard enough keeping track of the legislation in one town! So I have two questions for...

I am! :D

tldr: 5 older chickens looking for a new home Hello everyone! Someone at my Boston workplace sent out an email looking to rehome 5 older hens as he would soon be moving to Germany. This is what he had to say about them: "Unfortunately, I don't have much information about their history. We...

Has anyone had good experiences with a vet caring for their chickens? I live near Essex, MA and I'm looking for a vet to have on standby should any medical issues come up. There are a lot of vets in the area that have avian qualifications but they really seem more aimed at parrots and not...

Pepper and Crumpet (12 weeks old) taking a dust bath together. Everyone decided to come join in!

Hi everyone! Does anyone here use sand as a bedding in their coop? I'm having trouble finding a good place to buy suitable sand locally. I hear "washed coarse river sand" is what works best. Does anyone know where I could find something like that nearby? I'm in Essex County.

I got my new chicks last week! Two speckled sussex, two black australorp, one barred rock, and one buff brahma! I'm so excited to see them grow.

Thanks for the advice! Our dog isn't very food motivated, more attention motivated so we've be trying to train her to calm down if she wants to be acknowledged. Its been working to an extent. We tried exposing her to the chickens, but no matter how long she was exposed or what we did she never...