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So I live in North Carolina and and have 4 hens all of them laying. I was just wondering how do you move them? We are moving to Ohio in a week and was wondering if the climate change would bother them it's still 60s -70s in North Carolina and like 30s-50s in Ohio . Also do you feed them and give...

Ok so I have a question .. I am worried about my girls and was wondering if anyone else has this problem. :/ so I got a run that we close at night and inside is the coop .. Well the girls know where there bed is and go in at night but I notice sometimes when we let our dog out before we go to...

So I was wondering when the right time to put chicks outside... I've been reading all sorts of opinions .. I got 2 light bramahs and I live in North Carolina during the day they would be alright I'm just worried about night.. It gets down to mid 30s still.. Should I put a 250w heat lamp on at...

hello all i need help ASAP. i just ordered 3 baby chicks (light brahmas) , i just got them in on thursday and lost one because i think it was already sick...anyway the other two look fine running around and chirping like crazy but the one has "pasty butt" i keep cleaning it to keep her vent...

right now i have 1 rir and 1 barred rock my first question is, are they warm enough just being the 2 of them? it gets down to 20s at night and i worry they are cold, i just lost one last week..there used to be 3 to snuggle :-( My second question is... i just ordered 3 light brahmas chicks, when...

So i started off with 4 chickens because this is my first time, i am now down to 2, my husband found one yesterday dead by the fence, we think it was a hawk , we keep them locked up at night but durning the day they free range around our whole back yard, so anyways we are now thinking of keeping...

Hey y'all I'm new to owning chickens and they just started laying I have 3 hens only one started to lay.. Anyways my husband and I both work early and get home around 4 and we live in North Carolina where the summers get very hot how long can the eggs be left out untill they go bad? I plan on...

I have 2 rir and 1 barred rock, the one rir and barred rock combs and waddles are growing like crazy and the other rir comb and waddles is not growing at all , they are all around the same age of around 23 weeks. Will her comb and waddle grow? What is going on? Also does there comb and waddle...

when do rir and barred rock start to lay? i have 2 rir and 1 barred rock all around 21 - 22 weeks...its just the beging of winter and still no eggs!!! im getting impatient , will they lay this winter?

So where I live it gets about 30s at night sometimes not even that. How cold can barred rock and rir handle? I don't want my girls getting to cold at night. Our coop is not insulated and the door is a hole, no door to close, so I was wondering what do you guys do to keep your coops warm? Lights...

So i got a couple of questions. Im new to owning chickens. Do they lay in the winter...i live in north carolina and it doesnt get real cold here the lowest is probably 30s . also ive been using a red 250 watt light outside of the coop to keep them warm, is it ok to use a red light or does it...

Hi y'all I was wondering what are your favorite treats to give your chickens in the morning when it's cold? And can you give them treats everyday ? How many times a day? I feel like I give my girls the same stuff and now there not really wanting treats.

so i got this nest box at tractor supply and im not sure where to put it, when we built the coop we put a nest box on the side but they sleep there now and i dont want to stop them from sleeping there so thats why i got a new one, my question is, does the nest box have to be connected to the...

is it ok to wake up my girls before it gets light out? i have to be at work at 7 and i leave around 6:30 so i go out there around 6 is that ok? i just want to see them before i go and give them there morning snack, then my husband goes back out when it gets light and lets them out of the run to...

ok i have a quick question, new to owning chickens and just thought i would ask about this. i got a bail of hay and put it in my chicken run and they love it! they scratch at it and lay on it, my question is, what happens if it gets wet, the run is covered but rain can still get in thru the...

can the pecking order change? and does the way they go in the coop at night mean thats the way the pecking order goes?

Hello everyone im new to byc and new to owning chickens. Just have a few concerns, we will be going on a vacation for 5 days and dont know what to do with our babies. They are currently free range and around 3 months old, we have a fenced in back yard and a run in side of the fence that was once...