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I was in a rush and bought what I thought was a usual, black rubber water bucket. I realized it had a warning like "California says this might cause cancer or reproductive harm" It has a chemical stink. What the heck? Are these different than the water buckets I've been buying for 20 years?

Hello! I need some chicken detectives Not last night, but the night before we put our nine-week old chicks into the coop with our other hens. (We live near a swamp and Canadian Geese come up on the lawn) Our chickens live in a coop with an enclosed run. We have rat issues, so there are...

I thought everyone here would delight in this amazing page that describes how sorting and processing feathers was a social event in old Poland. Also, it discusses a bit out HOW to process feathers for use (you strip them, sort them) and what they were made into. (the best feathers into...

I'm pretty sure that this was one of those "rare mcmurray extras" He has been chased by another rooster so he might be a bit skinnier than he should be Things I want to point out: white earlobe, yellow legs, tall stance, pea? comb, fluffy neck I do have a guess, but I will keep it to myself not...

So, before fish meal, before "BIG CORN" and "BIG SOY"... WHAT DID THEY FEED CHICKENS? I'm sure it was simpler. Like a mix of oats and legumes sprinkled on the ground Kitchen scraps and leftovers and egg shells Gravel and Worms and grass that they found themselves.

Hello experts! Because of a health concern, I would like to design a chicken feed that results in no carotenes in the egg. Perhaps based on rice. See this article: https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-species-of-bird-which-lays-eggs-with-yolks-that-are-not-yellow I've always bought commercial...

Hey all, I've been chickens keeping a long time, and never grabbed a chicken by the tail. But, I have these two crazy hamburgs that want to roost ON TOP OF THE COOP. I don't want any chickens out all lnight, I've got predators. I have a little ladder, but even when I'm on it, I can just...

Hello All! Here to get the wisdom, one for the books, I guess! A long time ago, husband installed screening up against the underside of our porch floor boards, to keep bugs from crawling in. A few weeks ago, one of my young hens disappeared, and I put it down to our predators. We got home from...

Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, I had two young roosters, and the little one lost the battle against the big one-- the "STOMPER" I'm here to ask about right now. :) https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/young-roo-passed-out-after-day-on-coop.1250828/ The smaller rooster had to be culled...

A friend told me that she has a degenerative disease of one eye, and that her doctor has blamed it on visiting a chicken coop *as a child* *once* and not washing her hands properly. the woman is now over fifty. Is this a thing? I couldn't help but reply that I have been up to my elbows in...

A very strange story. I have a 14 wk rooster with a pointy head. So there is that. He may be a bit off brain-wise to start. Last night I found him outside the coop and decided that there must be fighting between him and the other cockerel. So, I put him in a different coop with a few older...

i'm trying to solve the problem that my coop is too far from the house in winter. when i was younger i could slog through 2 feet of snow with water buckets. but last winter i almost didn't make it when i had the flu. i have a small chicken barn THAT I LOVE. we built it by making holes in the...

hello! my first coop was a home-made chicken tractor. i loved it. since then we've built several stationary coops inside a large paddock. however, we recently have had bobcat predations and so i've given up on the semi-free range. half my flock has been eaten. also, the winters are getting...

hi all! long time since i've been here. the girls are in a different coop than usual, and one has gotten herself wedged under the laying box. the theory "she got in she must be able to get out" doesn't seem to be working. there is only about 4 inches of space in the largest opening. 4...

it turns out that the government stocks a field nearby with pheasants. a friendly male ring-neck pheasant has come here and seems to want to live inside my fences rather that out in the wlld. he loves chicken feed. the roosters have chased him into my garden area. i feel for the guy. he...

i incubated a bunch of eggs (over 40) (from 2 breeders) that were shipped to me (in massachusetts) on feb 2. i really regretted paying for all those eggs because so few hatched. i only got 7 chicks. BUT almost all have turned out to be hens! only 1 a roo, which is statistically weird...

this is so upsetting! my broody hatched 4 chicks. i let her sit on the eggs for a bit longer, and after 24 hours another chick hatched. that morning when chick had fluffed she abandoned the nest. she hates the latecomer chick. she calls everyone over to eat, and if he comes she pecks...

there was a one-day lapse, and a final chick hatched under broody. for some reason, she is extremely mean to him. he seems normal and has caught up with chick skills. he isn't even the smallest. should i take away all the chicks and raise them indoors? she pecks his head hard and i even...

my goal to have a flock of speckled chickens that lay brown eggs. i have raised speckled sussex in the past and like their personality. i've also been really interested in the developments concerning the swedes. well, i know i haven't much luck at hatching shipped eggs. i ordered a dozen...

i have 3-day-old chicks and one suddenly looked like pasty butt had arrived. when i started unpasting, i realized that the chick had a shell chip just below the vent. i soaked and soaked and that thing was just not coming off. i began to panic that chick was starting to get really cold...