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I treated for mites about a month ago and got rid of all of them. They have always roosted andit just confuses me why they stopped now. I'm going to go do a complete inspection before the day is over. This bugs me.

I've used the search feature with no luck. All of a sudden all of our chickens want to lay on the coop floor instead of roosting. I'm not too worried about it, just curious about it. No other weird behaviors besides they come out of the coop in the middle of the night for no reason.

That's what we are using now until I can build a new run. We just moved last month and it hasn't been too warm to work outside. It is working well.

We gave a dozen of her eggs to a friend of ours to hatch out and said we'd take one hen after they were feathered out. One hatched. We know they were fertile.

Thank you. She's my wife's favorite. Now she wants to order chicks online.

We've had her for about a year and a half and have no clue. she lays a blue egg. Any ideas? She has no tail feathers.

You should be fine. Make a designated place for them to dust bathe (litter box).

I added a light to my coop after my chickens stopped laying. The light has been in there for about 10 days and left on a few hours before dawn and 2 hours after dusk. How long does it take for them start laying again?

Have fun getting chicken poop off that chandelier.

That's my problem too. We are in the process of converting my shed into a chicken house. I heard if you just pack it full of straw and out of the wind it will keep them warm. I don't know if I believe that or want to take the chance.

I made one of these for our trios. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-build-a-4-x-4-x-8-brood-pen Cost about $50 in material.

These Americana mixes are confusing me. Anyone want to help? There are 2 different birds besides the 2nd picture which the one to the left is the one in question.

Thank you very much

I got it finished today. It turned out A LOT better than expected. Detail is amazing.

Yeah a little far. The gas wouldn't be worth it. Thank you though.

About 3 weeks ago we got 30 Cornish X chicks with the plan to process them at home. Now no one in my family (besides me) wants to process them. I don't want to do 30 of them by myself nor do I have the time. Does anyone know a place that processes in central Indiana? I have called a few places...

This is what we have. You may have to make adjustments depending on how cold i gets in the winter where you live. It's perfect for trios and ours cost us around $40. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-build-a-4-x-4-x-8-brood-pen

Craigslist has them for rent all the time, or put an ad up that you want to rent one.

We tried the same thing with ours and put a swing and a tube in there and they ignored it.

I got about 500 free from Craigslist and then another 50 18 count cartons from a friend who got some from an auction. Craigslist, freecycle or family.