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One of my two RIR's started squeaking a couple days ago when she attempts to squawk. Her clucks still sound normal, though, and she's had some improvement with her squawks. It's now more of a mix of squeak and regular, but I'm still concerned. She's breathing fine, has a ton of energy, a...

This morning, I heard what sounded like a small hawk and then I noticed a fairly large nest in a tree that is on the property line between our back yard and our neighbors. Just as I was looking up at it, a small hawk flew out, maybe a Sharp Shinned, or possibly a slightly bigger hawk, but still...

I have the tiniest of flocks: just two Rhode Island Reds. One is 15-16 weeks old and the other probably 16-17 weeks old. Their run is 32 square feet and is 4 feet tall so they can spread their wings and hop onto various roosts. It also has a mirror that they love, and they have both shade and...

I'm not sure the age of my two girls. I think they were 5-6 weeks when I got them, making them 12 - 13 weeks now. I don't think they're younger than that, but Janet, on the right may be a little older. When should I open the nesting box? I don't think there's an issue of them using the nesting...

We have a 3-hen maximum in our city, and no roosters allowed. As a result, people dump roosters. We've had one in our neighborhood for a couple years at least. He's becoming very aggressive and has killed a couple hens in the past few weeks. One neighbor was outside with her hens and he flew...

I live in a city with a no-rooster, 3-hen max rule, so I didn't want chicks. And to be extra safe, I got my pullets from someone who will allow me to return them if they turn out to be a roo. Initially, he had a lot of fully feathered pullets of various breeds, but he got cleaned out in the week...

I am a newbie. I was going to get my pullets yesterday, but my seller is a high school kid with a big 4-H project that he had to work on, so he wasn't home. We're getting them on Sunday instead. I still don't know what breeds I'm getting. He has lots of varieties of chicks, but I want sexed...

I found this site that said to train the girls to go to the coop at night, you leave them in there for the first week with no access to the run (unless it's hot). Yay or nay? Or "it depends"? We're getting pullets around 8 weeks old. Your opinion/experience on this would be welcome. I'm...

I just discovered this forum after already posting in the coop and run area. Some of this may be redundant to that thread, but here goes: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not even new yet. Getting our pullets on Friday. In Sacramento, we can only have hens, so I...

I'm a newbie. Actually, not even that yet. We're getting our pullets from a 4-H kid on Friday. I live in Sacramento. We have really hot summers (triple digits with no or low humidity), with pleasant overnight temps (usually), and a strong, sometimes chilly Delta breeze. Since it's dry, it can be...