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I need some advice. Tonight it is to get to 35F overnight low. Only 2 days ago, we brought our keets out to their very large outdoor coop. Up till now we had them climate-controlled indoors in a sizable crate with roosts. There are 7. We moved them to the super-secure outdoor coop but left...

Without going into the whole long saga, my immediate problem is that my guineas were setting on a nest and I happened to find it so we were monitoring them. The pair were killed at night a few days later, and that same day I realized it and brought the eggs in and put them in my incubator...

Without going into the whole long saga, my immediate problem is that my guineas were setting on a nest and I happened to find it so we were monitoring them. The pair were killed at night a few days later, and that same day I realized it and brought the eggs in and put them in my incubator...

I've had a sick chick, she will be recovered any day now. I need to re-integrate her with the hens and chicks. Need advice on how to do it. Should I take the chick out at night and slip her under the hen when they are nesting? Or take her out during the day so I can watch and intervene if...

Our (very first) broody hen hatched 8 beautiful chicks who have all been doing really well and are now 3 1/2 weeks old. But, one has been acting lethargic for 2 days, so now on the 3rd day I have brought it inside because on observation I could see that she was trying to cuddle under the hen...

I need help. This morning I changed the keets' water, using one of the fountains that fits on a quart mason jar, using glass jars. I changed it for a jar that had labels on it, not realizing that it would freak them out, as guineas are easily startled. The keets got all freaked out about the...

[Photo shows some of the keets outside the Mama-Heating-Pad, the others are tucked under. The keet in front is "#1", she was running toward me when I snapped this. The water has chick electrolytes and probiotics in it.] Just wanted to pass along my experience. This was just my second hatching...

I need advice. I just did my very first incubation with 11 live chicks, and following the directions in the Learning Center article on careful helping, which I studied carefully before proceeding, I helped 2 chicks emerge that were shrinkwrapping (more than 24 hours after external pip and...

Just did final candling and lockdown on my first-ever hatch, from our own flock's eggs. EEs with purebred Ameracauna blue rooster. Can't take any more time to research the site, so please forgive if this is a frequent question. How much movement should I be seeing here as day 18 has passed and...

I am following the hatching instructions I got from the BYC Learning Center. It says candling at 7th day, which is today. Ok, but how do I keep the eggs warm during this process? I am concerned about the batch in the incubator as well as the individual egg I'm candling. I've never candled...

The people next door want to put termite bait stations around the perimeter of their building. We're in a city where there is just an open space between the two buildings, and my chickens free range in that area (there's a gate at the front). Anyone know anything about whether the bait...

The weather had gotten up to 80s during the day, 70 at night. I live in New Orleans where heat is the main thing to contend with, so our coop is built with 2 walls that are hardware cloth. The wall that runs parallel with the roost gets covered for the winter with removable overlapping plywood...

Ok, due to a series of events, I'm introducing 3 new hens and a new rooster to my 4 existing hens (lost 3 hens in last month). The new hens are already on the premises, being kept separately, and the two groups can see each other and interact some through hardware cloth. (yes, I didn't...

I have Americauna or Easter Eggers, whatever, they were sold as Ameracauna. 1 rooster, 7 hens. Rooster is now quite large and heavy, about 16 months old. There have been isolated attacks up to now that I could somewhat understand. But now, the last 2 days the hens have started flying over...

Do chickens eat buck moth caterpillars? Are they endangered by buck moth caterpillars? I've been having good luck with spraying the trees with Bt, having fewer caterpillars every year. This year first time having chickens. Can't find anything in the archives on this, thought I'd seen it before.

I need advice about moving the chicks to the outside coop. I have 2 groups of chicks. One is now 10 weeks, the other is 4 weeks. The outdoor coop is finally ready for the 10 week olds. I am in New Orleans where the weather is subtropical and fairly mild. But now the weather is predicted...

First time with chickens here. I have 10-week pullets and 3-week old pullets. When it's time to introduce the 3-week olds to the older group, they will all still be on start n' grow food. But when the older ones start laying, they are supposed to change to different feed, but the younger...

I have not been able to find a definitive answer: Are cypress shavings safe for chickens? I have free access to cypress shavings from a shutter-shop here in town. Is it better to just get the pine shavings in the bales? First time with chickens, have Ameracaunas (Easter Eggers), 4 at 7 weeks...

Hi everyone-- This is my first post on this forum. I have now gotten my chicks for the first time ever after 20 years or more of wanting chickens. I have a lot of animal experience but no birds since budgies and finches as a child. I have 4 hens and 1 rooster, they are all supposed to be the...