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I am so upset. 2 weeks ago, and this morn, I've gone out to our baby chicks (6 weeks old) and found a dead chick. It looks like the head and neck had been swallowed, and then nothing else. We have a brooder inside a 10 by 30 foot chain link fence, with chicken wire on the bottom 18 inches...

My second lot of baby chicks (first are now 9 months) arrived yesterday from McMurray. RR, Araucanas, Buff Orp, and Barred Rocks. 13 in total. All seemed well yesterday - eating and drinking water with a bit of electrolytes. They are vaccinated, and on non-medicated chick food w/ a sprinkle...

We have 14 chickens, and a 10X10 (I think) coop that we move around the pasture. Right now, we have a 10x8 dog kennel that we move with it for a small run - mainly the chickens free range anyway. However, there has been several circumstances where they've had to be put in "lock down" - mainly...

We've got a coop that is 10 X 10 (I think!). The roosts can only be attached certain pieces of wood (the supporting ones - I'm soooo not the builder!), so positioning is limited. We've got 14 chickens. The highest perch is about 6 feet, and then there are 2 lower ones - about 3 feet, and...

Hi! It's been a while since I've posted - I'm quite the lurker. I did a search, but I couldn't seem to find the exact answer to my question, so I'm hoping someone can help. I've got 14 hens, no rooster, free-range during the day, in the coop at night. They started laying about 3 weeks ago...

So my 11 week old chicks have been out in their coop and free-ranging for quite a while. I just have kind of left the heat light up, b/c we used it for heat, and then went on vacation, and are now back. So should I just go cold turkey (ahem, chicken) and just stop turning it on (it was on a...

My 11 week old girls have been free-ranging during the day, all day, for the past 3 weeks. At night, around 6:30pm, I usually go close them up in their coop/run. Yesterday, I cleaned their coop (scrubbed poop off their roosts), and moved their coop about 20 feet to a fresh patch of pasture -...

So one of my little chicklets has a bare spot on the back of her neck - about the size of a nickel. It looks like it's gotten worse. She is the only one with it. I haven't seen anyone else pecking at her.... does anyone have any idea what it is? Or what I should do? Should I put a bit of...

Oh, I'm officially a chicken-nerd. I took my chicks outside for the first time - all 25. They started escaping. In hindsight, it was rather funny, but exhausting at the time! I'll add a video once it's uploaded.

When my little chicklets (now 2.5 weeks) get moved to the coop - do I need to provide something for them to have a dust bath, or will they make their own in the grass and dirt? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. They'll be in the coop and their run until they are (alot) bigger. And if I do...

First of all, I wanted say a big hello to everyone here - I spent HOURS yesterday reading the forums before I joined - everyone is just so gosh darn nice! I'm very excited to have found y'all. Secondly, I openly admit to being an info-nerd. When I start a project, I just want to gather as...