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So I had a really horrible hatch of coturnix quail. I did a couple things different and I'm trying to figure out how to prevent in the future and what to do now. This is a cheap little giant incubator with fan and egg turner. Temp was right around 100 degrees. I only set 16 eggs. I used a...

I was hopeing we could leave our three hens in a tractor most of the summer, moved around the yard. We don't have much in the way of preditors, due to our residental location, 6-foot high wood fence, and fenced in dogs on most sides. We were going to use a heavier wire (not chicken wire). But...

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I collected the three little eggs my three little hens so faithfull laid for me and placed them on the back porch while I cleaned out their box and water. As I was picking them some extra greens I noticed that the dogs were rooting around in the straw I cleaned out, but just figured they were...

We have not yet finished our chicken tractor and our hens have eaten all the grass in their pen. I scatter scratch to give them something to do (in addition to free choice layer pellets). But today I decided to give them a couple of handfulls of grass and oxolas. They scarfed it down. Is it...

How old is your oldest hen that still lays? How many eggs a week do you get from your older hens? I'm curiouse as to what people with small backyard flocks do when their older hens slow down? If you are limited on space, so you can't just add more hens, but are too attached to cull your...

My three hens are about 9-10 months old. The woman I got them from said they laid " a green egg and a light brown egg" last year. So Friday I go out and we have two olive green eggs. So exciting! Saturday we get another green, and sunday a pretty light brown. Monday, both a green and a...

A friend is ready to start populating her newly completed coop. If we go to a poultry show and get hens from a variety of sellers, do we have to quarantine them separately? How would you even do that? We are looking at getting around 10-12 hens, in a couple of breeds. The coop is 10x10, with...

These are probably silly beginner questions but I have a couple anyway. My hens don't want to use their coop. They are brand new, we stuck them in their little coop last night and they stayed in it. Tonight they won't go in and are huddled underneath it. The two smaller hens have jammed...

Any ideas as to what these might be? They are my first hens, about 10 months old, supposedly laid a couple of light brown and blue-green eggs last year. They are super sweet and aren't too phased by the rain! The owner previouse called them "eater chickens", I wonder if they were sold to her...

Hi, brand new (urban) chicken owner hear looking for two to three laying hens in the Sacramento area. Their coop should be finished sometime this weekend. They will be inclosed in a raised coop at night, in a 12x6 chain link run, with range of the yard when supervised. Breed is not too...