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Here are the correct dimensions: The footprint is 8x16'. That is the dimension of the tractor. The bunkhouse is on top. It is 2x2x8. That's where they sleep at night.

They're about one year old. They have a 4x6' bunkhouse that they sleep in. It's attached to a run that's probably about 10' long. (I'm not positive; my husband built it.) So they're not confined to a coop all day. Some days they free range on our land. They eat chicken pellets, a local brand...

I have four Cinnamon Queens. I had five, and one of them was laying malformed, incomplete eggs. Then one of them died, and we stopped getting those eggs. Now we are getting them again, and one of the girls is losing her tail feathers, and she has a bare butt. She looks diseased, and we think...

Thank you. I ordered some from Amazon. Now I just hope I can figure out how to put them on!

What is a pin-less peeper? I recently was given a Rhode Island Red, and my original flock, one Australorp, two Amberlinks, another recently-acquired RIR, and a beautiful banty of unknown breed seem intent on killing her. I resorted to putting her in my bathtub one day with a blanket and food and...

Trigger and Nutsy! I love it! Robin Hood was our favorite movie when our kids were little.

Well, yes, it does, doesn't it? Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, and Annacleves all met dreadful fates, may they all rest in peace. Heloise, the murdered Rhode Island Red, was named for Heloise of Heloise and Peter Abelard fame. Hildegarde von Bingen was a 12C mystic and theologian. And Harry...

This helps a lot. You've given me some good ideas.

We block the door to the bunkhouse at night so the other girls sleep in outside in the courtyard and Harry Bailley sleeps where she feels safe - in the bunkhouse. No one will be able to use the nesting boxes tomorrow, but they also won't be able to kill her. She has food and water in the bunkhouse.

My original flock of six has been diminished to three. We still have one Australorp (Anne Boleyn) and two Amberlinks (Katherine Parr and Detroit). We rehomed a banty of unknown breed, but very, very beautiful, hence her name, Bella. Then a friend gave me two Rhode Island Reds. Heloise was...

I recently heard from a friend that catfish pellets will increase productivity and quality of the eggs. He said to mix some in with my girls' feed. So I did. So far, when their feeder is empty, I find all the pellets left in the bottom. Once, I handed the girls some oatmeal (their favorite...

Are citrus fruits and avocados bad for chickens?

Welcome to the gang, Julie. You're going to love it here. Chickens are hilarious!:thumbsup

Yes! That's what I was wondering. This is my first flock, so I haven't had experience with broodiness, but that's exactly what I was wondering. She didn't want me to mess with her and in fact got very annoyed when I did. But I pulled her out of the nesting box and set her down outside the run...

One of my Lorps has spent the day sitting on a nesting box. She hasn't laid an egg; she just sits there. There's no blood or anything noticeable, other than she seems lethargic. When the other girls left for their evening stroll around the yard, she stayed in the nesting box. Should I be...