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I am a 13 year old chicken farmer. I have a project for my Language Arts class and I need your help. I am writing an investigative piece on the benifits of urban chickens and the hurrdles that must be overcome. If you are willing to answer any of these questions and give me permission to quote...

We're also in Northern IN (on the state line) and worried sick, but all the girls made it. There is over a foot of snow on the roof and I think that might have helped overnight as well. We did keep a heat lamp on all night and will do so until Wednesday. We too were surprised that their water...

We only have hens. We're in northern IN and it will get very cold soon. I might just have to start sewing. Thanks for the idea.

I feel it's a little early to be molting, but we're not sure as this is our first flock. She seems fine and we've checked for mites/lice. Is there something we should put on it? There is at least one more that looks similar (we have 12). We're adding a red light in the hen house to soothe them...

Cheryl is 8 months old. Can anyone tell us what's going on and what we should do?

Our ladies prefer to live in luxury so we insulated the coop with shredded reading material. Even though they can't see it, they know it's there. They also enjoy being cozy so they have choices of crushed corncobs, pine shavings and straw. They love to bask in the ambient red light that warms...

Thank you. We'll get it started as soon as we can.

This must have happened last night. We have no idea how this happened and all the other girls are fine. We've been treating all day with frequent epson salt baths and hydrogen peroxide. This picture is after the peroxide so it's a little white. The middle toe tip seems to be gone and there is...

Thanks for all the info!

We just moved our 5 week old Isa Browns outside. We still have the brooder lamp in their house. Is it okay for them to be outside all day (with access to indoors) in their run at 60 degrees, or should we have them stay inside their house until it gets warmer? If so, what is a good temp for them...