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Thanks for responding. She actually looks way better this morning. I didn’t see an egg in her crate but there was a some gummy yellow stuff ….? She ate scrambled eggs & took egg yolk with electrolyte water …..then was acting hungry so I gave her some scratch/grubs & she went crazy eating it...

My 9 month old EE is ill. She didn't lay yesterday (not unusual), then laid a perfect egg early this morning. Not unusual for her to lay early if she didn't lay day before. Then list evening she was back in the nest box very late, 7 pm. That's never happened for her. I noticed she was way less...

I'm currently doing this for the first time. I'm introducing six 8 week olds to my three established 8 month old ladies. I built the second flock their own coop with a small enclosed run attached that is in the main chicken run that the older ladies have access to. The older ladies have their...

Well….at least I’m getting practice at identifying BR Roos!! Lol!! I’ll get my BR hen one day!! But having a small backyard flock means it’ll have to wait a while though .. 🫣

My second attempt at getting a BR hen…. But why do I suspect another Roo? I thought BRs are easy to sex at hatch?? (New to this chicken mom thing….this is my second brood)… Legs are darker than my last…. But she/he seems to have the crisp bars & that comb already? 3 weeks old, from Chickens...

So I’ve read that Barred Rocks are one of the easier chicks to sex….. my last order I paid for female & got a roo…… this set of chicks again paid for all females….. but this little BR is giving me rooster vibes? Just under 3 weeks….. Any opinion?

Congrats!!! I got my very first egg ever this week & was like a little kid at Christmas! It was a small, but precious & perfect pretty light blue egg from what I thought was my Australorp..... so I'm guessing she's actually an EE. Which is fine with me! She laid her second egg 2 days later...

Forgive me.... but I'm a new chicken mom & got my first egg this week!! Shirley.... who I thought was an Australorp laid her first egg earlier this week. She was signing her head off with the egg song for a few hours .... kept going in & out of the coop & rooting around in the nest box.... I...

New chicken mom here. This is my 8 week old barred rock LaVerne I got from McMurray at 1 day old. She has the biggest comb & waddle of my tiny flock of 4 other breeds…. I’m starting to think LaVerne is really a Lenny…? Sadly, I live in the city limits & can’t have a roo…… she’s become my...

Hi there!! I'm Carolyn (CJ) and I'm a new chicken mom. I have four chickens.... three are 7 weeks old & one is 6 weeks old. The 6 week old is a leghorn named Betty White & then there's what I think is an Australorp (Shirley), Barred Rock (LaVerne) & what I think is a Whiting True Green (Flo...

Thank you so much!! This is excellent & very useful advice!!

I'm looking to get an auto door....leaning toward the Chicken Run one. Has anyone installed one of these on a basic Tractor supply coop? I'm concerned the thin wood won't handle it? I've already done a ton of upgrading on my basic coop & don't mind doing more...... I plan to upgrade the coop...