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I had a discussion with Mrs Coopscraft this morning about how the roosters seem to be engaging in their own discussions at 3am. I have been brainstorming for a while about noise reduction mensures. Already we have been shutting them in at night but we still hear them in the house. Even the hens...

Is this a concern? It is in the 50s Fahrenheit.

Mixed breed chick a few days old. Just wondering if this is a specific pattern or maybe just a miscalanius pattern?

Here’s my barnyard mix so far. Potential parentage includes two barnyard roosters, and hatchery quality leghorn, Sumatra, olive- egger roosters x to hatchery quality leghorns, Easter eggers, copper dominant, speckled Sussex, and other hens.

I noticed this pullet’s leg this morning at feed time. None of the bulging is soft.

is this barring or cuckoo?

can I plant holly trees in my run and expect them to survive chicken poop? Will the chickens eat them or will they injure the chickens with their thorny leaves?

Mrs coopscraft has always been squeamish and tender hearted about animals achieving their nutritional destiny. Last night however, a certain bantam crowed one too many times. After listinening to his music for a while, I heard a thump and realized she was applying the ax to the issue.

i have a Sumatra and a bantam ameraucana(sp) that don’t crow but look roosterish. they are about 6months.

mrs coopscraft has indicated we should get brahmas for the table. I read they are large but slow growing compared to some heritage breeds. Does anyone have experience raising these for the table? What should I expect to butcher them and how well do they fill out? There’s no need to compare them...

The egg with the dark speckles is a mystery mix from a yearling hen. The one with the white speckles is from a hen that just started this year, although I don’t know which hen it is but I have several hens of several varieties each, but only one laying white speckles. Can I hatch a white...

From time to time, it seems people post topics on the meat bird forum that would seem to be designed to respectfully encourage us poultry eaters to consider whether what we are doing is really in good conscience. I just want to state my own opinion that eating animals is actually squarely in...

is there a way to affect yolk texture? I understand that beta carotene and vegetation rich in vitamin A precursors make the yolk darker. I wonder if there is a dietary component that affects the texture of the yolk.

Has anybody innovated their own automatic coop door from spare parts? The idea would be to have it close and open either by light or time using electricity or stored mechanical energy. And of course, I want it to be way cheaper than a retail solution.

Do the red shank stripes indicate Rhode Island Red? The barring in the tail, is that Delaware?

i got two olive eggers at the feed store. One is black and grey with barring and the other is brown and black with barring. One has a pale comb and no wattles, the other the black one,a bright red comb and wattles. I don’t know which breeds they used to make the olive Egger but it might be more...

Floppy scabby comb

I will be building a new coop and run. Right now my run is under an old walnut tree. The chickens use it for shade. Will the used feed eventually kill the tree? (Yes, my son caught the leghorn by himself.)