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Over the last month, I've lost at least 8 chickens(including two sitting hens) to a hawk and either a fox or cat. They free range during the day and are locked up at night. Due to number of chickens, I can't keep them all locked up. During the week, I'm usually gone from daylight till dark so...

Over the last month, I've lost at least 8 chickens(including two sitting hens) to a hawk and either a fox or cat. They free range during the day and are locked up at night. Due to number of chickens, I can't keep them all locked up. During the week, I'm usually gone from daylight till dark so...

Yesterday was day 17 of 21 in the nursery. Last night, I had let a heat lamp on an orphaned chick in the same room as the incubator. When I got home this evening, the thermometer inside the incubator read 104. Are they toast? I have kept the door shut to that room to try and keep the temp stable...

I received some eggs in the mail from a local Maran breeder yesterday. Been trying for two days to get the Little Giant still air incubator set just right. Temps have been up and down driving me mad. The breeder sent me 11 mixed from her Black Copper Maran, Black Maran, and Splash Maranhens...

I picked up a RIR and 3 other hens about 2 months ago. The seller said that they were old enough, or almost old enough to be laying. I got a few eggs the first few days from what apears to be only one hen. Then nothing since from them. Anyway, since then I've added several other hens, all...

I'm contemplating hatching a few varieties of chicks from different breeders. Is there a safe way to mark and distinguish these as to tell what is what?

Is there a particular breed that is more apt to go broody more often? I was thinking about getting an incubator, but if I can have several broody hens to hatch eggs for me, that would work also. Thanks.

I picked up 4 mixed variety hens just over three weeks ago. The seller said they all should be laying soon, if not already. I got one tan on the first evening. Next day, got one more tan one. Two days later, one tan one. Nothing else until today. We found 5 tan ones today. They appear to be...

No, my chickens aren't sick, I think I've got it. It started last week when a friend offered to give me two roosters that he needed to get rid of. I cleaned out the old chicken house and three days later found four hens on Craigslist. Well yesterday, I found a local fee store that has a large...

These two were given to me. I have since added 4 hens, and am considered getting rid of one of the roosters. They are both decent looking and quite large. I orginilally thought they were both solid black, but the pictures show some variations in color.

Just joined BYC. I was given 2 roosters, and then promptly found 4 assorted hens to keep them occupied. Anybody else close by?

A friend offered to give me two roosters last week, so I took them home and started looking for some hens. I found 4 grown hens. Game, Plymouth Rock, Americana (sp) and and Rhode Island Red. Part of my barn was already enclosed, so I just had to move some junk out, and I am in the chicken...

About a week ago, a friend offered to give me two adult roosters. So nice I have an old chicken house on my property, I accepted, and decided to clean it out and get some hens as well. I found 4 assorted grown hens and have them all in the chicken house now. The chicken house is about 12' x 12'...