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I have a couple very broody hens sitting on eggs right now. They're displaying normal broody behavior that I am used to. However, I have three or four other hens who seem to be taking shifts sitting on a clutch of eggs. They exhibit all the traits of broodiness except they will swap out...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) RI Red, 3-4 years old, very light and frail, definitely exhibiting weight loss. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Lethargic, I found her laying on her side in the run. I thought she was...

It's getting colder and waterers are starting to freeze. I've tried the commercial heated waterers in the past and I don't like them. The cords are too short and always manage to find there way into some sort of moisture and short out. I even had the cord melt once. This year I've rigged up a...

So I ordered a big assortment from Meyer Hatchery this year. I got ten of their "production pack" and ten of their "rainbow pack". I have most them identified except two that are perplexing me. They are identical as far as I can tell and at first I thought they were brown leghorns but then I...

I have an Australorp that absolutely refuses to roost in the coop. It's not a huge deal right now as it's still pretty warm at night and she roosts pretty high up the mulberry tree just outside the coop but I worry about her with winter around the corner. I've tried taking her down at night and...

So aside from homesteading I'm also a woodworker. Earlier this year we were tractoring our flock and having trouble getting the girls to lay in the nesting boxes. They'd always want to lay on the ground wherever they stood and it was a real pain to gather eggs. I did some reading and found out...

Our hens hatched out a few babies and we ordered 20 chicks this fall so it was time to expand the coop. It isn't pretty but it's rock solid and it only cost me the price of a box of screws. It's mostly built from pallets and wood I've reclaimed from old farm projects. The coop is now 160ft²...

Hi, I'm Lyle of Bear-Tree Homestead. I'm an artist, veteran, woodworker, full-time dad, part-time strongman, and I spend half my week working nights in a tire factory and the other half playing mad scientist/tinkerer. My wife and I have been homesteading with our little ones (4, 10, 12, w/ one...

This year we had our first broody hen on the farm... and then our second a couple weeks later. Backstory: Back in early August we noticed we weren't getting eggs from our Easter Egger anymore. We figured it was because she's getting older was just done laying. We thought it was odd that she...