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I had a broody hen hatch out 3 chicks in our garage. We were able to keep her safe till she hatched them then she started to take them out to roam. We have to many predators so I brought her in the house and put her and the chicks in my brooder for 5 days, today I took her out to go back with...

Can someone tell me what breed this is. I was at a swap meet and loved the coloring of the Tom but just could not get him and leave his mate behind. And she is so beautiful. I asked the seller and put the information in my phone and my phone did a automated update and I lost ALL my...

I have 1 Jersey Giant rooster and 3 Jersey hens. I use to have 2 roosters of this breed. I had to give one away to a good home as he was always on my hens. At the time I had no idea I had 3 roos 2 Jersey and one Bantam. Now my other Jersey is beautiful and getting big and I am glad I have...

Hi, I am getting two Barred Rock hens 1 year old. They are on a another brand of feed then I use for my hens. If the ingredients are close can I give the new hens what I am feeding mine or do I need to get the brand she is using and stick with that. She is using Layena for laying hens...

HI, I am new to chickens and I have posted here before showed photos of my movable coops. Got great idea from all of you. Now I have this question. What is the ritual of a rooster and a hen..I have 2 Jearsy Black roosters and 4 Jearsy hens. One Jearsy black rooster has to be kept separate as...

Hi, I let my chickens out in the morning after we move their movable coop about 8, and when I do this I take away their food but allow them all the water they want. I sprinkle in some dried up meal worms that I have to feed our birds and I put in Oyster shells, I also sprinkle in some grit, I...

I keep reading that the nesting boxes should not be flat on top so that the chicken does not get on top and roost! Is this accurate? My husband asked me why they could not be flat and I could only tell him that and he gave me a "I do not understand" Look. I was looking at the nesting boxes...

Hi, well I got excited about getting chickens so I can have my own eggs. So I went on a chicken hunt. And ended up getting 4 Giant Jersey Blacks because I love extra Large brown eggs, then I got 2 red leg horns I think, sorry we were just kinda picking them as I was reading what ones would not...

Hi, This is my first year raising laying chickens. I have a good size movable coop built with a fenced in run area for them in the day. My question is my chickens are about 10 weeks old. My coop is almost finished just need to add the nesting boxes. My question is they have been in this new...

Hello, I am new to this idea of having back yard chickens. I really only want 4 high productive non brooding ones that lay brown eggs. I have picked my 4 from Meyer hatchery but they are not available until June 4Th. I choose this Hatchery because the limit is 3 chickens instead of most...