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Hello all, I've had 5-6 flocks at various houses and coops over the years, but am raising chicks for the first time. I'm 90% done with this brooder but haven't decided on the floor yet. Wondering if anyone has input on what they like (or don't like) about their brooder floors. I should receive 5...

Excellent. Thank you for the thorough answers. Consider me dissuaded from using the coop roof for collecting drinking water for the chickens. I am still investigating the potential harm of collecting for use in my vegetable garden. I'm thinking about building a 'foul flush' system and only...

I'm sure a lot of y'all are doing this, but I'm looking for some specific advice. I'd like to capture the runoff from my present coop in the barrel to use for my flock's drinking water, but I'm not sure if that's healthy. The coop has asphalt shingles as the roofing materials. Does this sound...

Hello, My barred rock has a strange, reoccurring, but rare condition that I don't understand. Every once in a while she starts moving her head like she has a crick in the neck. That's the best I can explain it- she'll stretch her neck and head, lifting up the neck feathers, and shuddering all...

Thanks for the tips. I'll go with the incubator b/c I have no experience with brooding, and it probably would be easier to start with my hens sitting on their own eggs. I'll report back if anything happens!

I stumbled on a nest of ~20 wild pheasant eggs. We're doing a lot of work in the area and will have to force mama to abandon her clutch today. I'm wondering if it's possible to bring the eggs home and get one of my girls to hatch them. I have 1 orpington and I understand they go broody easily...

Hello, I'm trying to put together a few elementary school lessons (K-6) about chickens and eggs. I do not want to incubate, candle, or hatch eggs. I'm thinking more about basic chicken care, egg embryology, egg recipes, nutrition, and maybe something about factory farm egg production. Any...

Move to Detroit! You can do anything you want here. We've got chickens, goats, ducks, geese, rabbits, gardens, greenhouses and more in our neighborhood. Just make sure to built a sturdy fence to keep out the dogs.

Thanks to all for your responses- they've been helpful. We'll probably try some means of covering/removing the existing soil. On another plot we're experimenting with phytoremediation (growing sunflowers) and have added a large amount of organic material. If I get around to lab tests on their...

Hello, This is my first post on the Forum. I actually registered to ask this very question. I recently got my soil test back and found out we have elevated lead levels (284ppm). This is not particularly uncommon in our city, unfortunately. Our local agriculture support org is very supportive...