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I've been letting my girls out during the day. My older flock does just fine - enjoys the outing, destroys some of my flower beds, gathers at sunset and heads in. My younger flock, aptly named the Dingle Twits, haven't figured it out yet. They received this name after the fourth night of me...

OK, so I thought I was getting 5 Orpingtons. What I think I got was 2 Orpingtons and 3 Amaracaunas (sp?). My daughter picked them up for me when I was at work from the local farm store. They were all from the same brooder labeled Orpingtons. When I noticed the mutton chops I began to doubt...

We finished our coop and run. I've built in exterior perch areas and the hens love it. The chicas seem to be very happy. Next step is long term water resource and food as well as sand for the bedding. For now, I'm letting them have at it. I've a question about food and water stations: If the...

Li'l Bit here has me a bit concerned - she's literally half the size of my other Cochins. We got them at the same time and they were hatched on the same day. They started out roughly the same size even. She eats plenty, and gets rest, poops normal, scrounges and scratches like all the rest -...

Like so many others I've been reading - I'm a new chicken mama. I have memories of feeding the chickens when I was a little girl (like 5 or 6) and my gram sending me out to collect eggs, of my mom having to comb chicken stuff out of my hair because I'd spend the day with the hens in the coop...