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We can try that, I think we have a camera. But they free range all over our yard so I don’t know how that would work. We looked at some runs this morning that we might invest in to.

Been really busy (high schooler up to my ears in homework and extracurriculars) Our chickens are doing pretty good but 2 weeks ago one of our hens just disappeared. She was an old bird and there were no feathers anywhere or signs of injury on other chickens. We assumed she was old and found...

Thank you all so much for your input! I ended up buying the producers pride heater and the chickens love it 😊

Hello everyone:frow It’s been getting really cold around here (we haven’t gotten out of the single digits in a few days and nights are below 0). I’ve been looking to buy a heating panel for our coop to give our chickens a little extra warmth and I was wondering if anybody had a heater that they...

Hello everybody, I currently have a hen who has one of the worst lice infestations I’ve ever seen. We’ve been treating her with diatomaceous earth (de) and it doesn’t seem to be helping much. She’s a lot less active than the rest of the hens and when you pick her up she opens her mouth up really...

Thank you everyone for your ideas. I’m going to try and get some netting from tsc to put up because I really don’t want to keep them locked in the coop to long

Hello everyone I just had my first animal die because of a predator that we suspect is a hawk. I was wondering if anybody has any ideas of preventing this in the future? The chickens (12 week old pullets) are being raised in a chicken wire fence with a very dense decorative tree covering part...

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I would like to replace the photo #736 with this one that’s less zoomed in because #736 didn’t have enough pixels

Just letting you know that this is a lavender Orpington pullet so you can update the spreadsheet😊 she’s my favorite chicken out of the 6 babies we got this year

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I don’t know about helping her dust bathe but we had a pullet who was a few weeks old and decided to fly out of the brooder. We found her in the garage with her neck like your hens. After 2-3 months her neck straightened out and now she’s a perfectly healthy layer. I know this doesn’t solve your...