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I've just read thru some posts by people going on vacation, and for the most part finding someone reliable to check your chickens, get the eggs, refill water & food everyday is the best idea - here is my problem, hope someone can help me with some ideas. 1. I don't have a reliable person to...

Hi, I am hoping someone can help with my chickens. We lost one last week (a red) and now I have another sick chicken with te same symptoms . She is very lethargic, and her comb seems to be turning black. She doesn't want to move - I moved her away from the other chickens (to keep her from being...

I am seriously wondering what in the world I am doing wrong....and i hope i am posting this question in the right spot. 1. I have twenty - 19 month old girl chickens, an even mix of red and black sex linked, Americana and barred rock. I am getting maybe ten eggs a day. They have a 12 by 12 coop...

Two days ago my eighteen month old chicken acted lethargic and did not want to get up. Yesterday night my 19 other chickens attacked it and now the sick chicken is in quarantine. It has a wound about the size of dime on the back of her head. I put blue kote on the wound and gave the sick chicken...

I have been very happy using sand in our coop (12 by 12). We replaced the sand this weekend but the new sand is wet, we thought it would dry out but it is NOT drying. We have all the windows open and the kept the door open and put a fan in the doorway (we live north of Houston, the weather has...

I have 22 chickens, no roos, they are 29 weeks old, they started pecking each other about the time they started laying. About 5 of the chickens get their feathers picked out (pecked) on their lower backs, near the tail feathers. I am not sure which hens are doing the picking. Anyway Saturday...

I need some help. I have 22 hens that are 24 weeks old. They started picking the feathers off each other about 5 weeks ago, but it is always on the back, and only on a poor few. Now I have a chicken that looks like her face and neck feathers have been removed.... Did the other hens really pick...

Hi - newish to chickens - we have 22 pullets, (no rooster) they just started laying this week, they are 20 weeks old. I have been gone during the day most of yesterday and today and when the kids went to close the coop tonight they noticed that one of our Easter Egger's had a nasty looking bald...

Help please ! I have 22 chickens that will be 20 weeks tomorrow, they are on Layena crumbles (since week 17 1/2 was the start-n-grow) they have oyster shell and get BOSS every morning with a little scratch. We got our first egg about a week ago, have been getting about an egg a day (skipped one...

Hi, these are my first chickens, we have 22 pullets we got from Ideal back in November, they are a mix of sex links, barred rocks and easter-eggers. We built an awesome coop, 12 by 12. They've been in it since they were 8 weeks. We put the nesting boxes in about 4 weeks ago. I have never, NEVER...

Hi, my 22 chickens (black and red sex links, Barred Plymouth Rock and Easter Egger's) are all 13 weeks old and I have noticed there are a lot of big feathers in the coop the last several days, seems like more and more each day. It has been cold here, so they haven't wanted to go outside much...

Hi, I am learning so much here ! I have a question about having the chickens go outside when it is cold. It is 37 degrees out side now, is it OK for 8 week old chickens to go outside in their run for awhile ? Seems to me that they are getting board in their coop. I gave them some oatmeal and a...

Hi, we just got our 25 pullets from Ideal yesterday. I have a ton of questions, - these are our first chickens and this is my first post ! The chicks are in a cardboard box 34 long by 24 high, I have a red heat lamp on and am trying to maintain 95 degrees. The chicks act like this is too hot, is...