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I have 3 - 3 week old chicks (cream legbar, blue copper marans and a splash australorp), along with 1- 4 week chick (white leghorn) in a brooder. The feed store has a 3 day (maybe 1 week old) olive egger I wanted, along with ONE other friend - (americauna or chocolate laced orp, or another...

I planted a bunch of seeds - sunflower, aster, bee balm, cabbage, bok choy, spinach, lettuce, oregano, basil, green onion, rosemary and put them outside as it was a nice and sunny day. Now I'm trying to decide if I need to go bring them in as night time temp will be 50 degrees.

Thanks.

I’m thinking of adding more roost space as I will be adding 4 chicks to my flock of 5. I’ve got a 4’x8’ coop that has one roost along the whole back wall. I cannot add a parallel one along the front as it would be too close to the windows, nor to the middle as the people door is there and it...

Hi, I'm considering retiring near Lake Murray, South Carolina, either in Newberry or Lexington Counties. Is anyone familiar with what the laws are in those areas with regard to backyard chickens?

Thanks. Now this I thought was funny. Standing in a group with heads bowed “praying”.

I just bought a couple chicken toy sets from Amazon for when I move mine into a bigger brooder. Before, I had a mirror - they loved that. Also branches for them to roost on.

I've done this before and each time I swear I'm not going to fret. I got chicks yesterday and the day before. One was a week old the others were day old chicks. At what point will they be up and wandering around all day. They seem to be sleeping most of the day - will get up to eat and drink...

What are you using to hold the 2x4 roost boards? I need to add some more roost room to my coop, also thinking of changing out the 2x1 roosts it came with.

My thoughts are the closer to water and electric the better. Closer to the house the better as it is easier to walk out 20 feet in the winter than 100. I'd also want to be able to look out my window and see the chickens. I've really not noticed much smell, though mine are 100 feet away, but...

The dog is a medium sized/knee height 40 pound mix. Part of my other thought is it would keep the chickens on the side of the yard away from the devil's yard. My chickens are really stupid and go right up to the chain link fence dividing our property. I did notice that they did all run into...

I was thinking some sort of 4-6 foot chain link fence that's attached to both fences (the back and the side). I just don't want them cemented into the ground. The reason for it not to be permanent is it will be cutting across the back corner of a yard and would only be valuable to someone who...

I am thinking I need to make a larger run for my chickens. I have 5 chickens. Currently, my run is about 10'x17' with a 4'x8' cook in it and chickens have access to underneath and have actually dug out a large crater underneath. I had been letting them out into the yard every day. However...

I agree with p4PaDuck. My RIR was a real jerk, though each chicken is different. To me, it seems way too small, both the coop and the run. In the run, think about what you'll want for them, water, food, dust bath or two and how much floor space is that going to take? I wouldn't think the...

I would have said $50 and supplied PPE.

I have no idea, hope you get answers, but the one on 3/24 seems it was laid late - should have been laid on 2/14. (Sorry, that's the best I contribute.)

Thanks, that was my thought. I could have gotten all but 1 on the first day in the first week, but figured it'd be better to not introduce her on her own. If there was one from the week before, it would already have been in with the group.

The feed store that I get chicks at gets them once a week. The breeds I want arrive on different weeks. How spread out can their ages be? I'm thinking getting 2-3 one week, which may include a chick from the week before, then getting 2-3 more the next week, so there could be a 3 week span...

My golden retriever/lab/spaniel? Mix was great with my chickens. She had gone after wild birds and caught them. She ignored the chickens. My current dog - a staffordshire terrier (pit bull)/german shepherd/American Eskimo dog/chow mix is scared of the chickens.

Good news - they are back. My husband climbed over the 3 foot fence and wandered the compost pile and got them back. One made it back herself but two of them couldn't figure out how to get over the fence, one was doing her mayday call, so we were able to grab them and get them back safe and...