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I’ve had chickens for 6 years and have raised lots of chicks. Have dealt with spraddle leg before but this doesn’t appear to be the same. This bantam Cochin just hatched last night and had appeared fine in the incubator the first few hours. Then progressively “her” little legs would only go out...

I have a hen inside in a wire dog crate in my basement. She started with an impacted crop and that has cleared but has left her with a sour crop. It's like a small water balloon. I have withheld food for 24hrs and given only water. I have Nystatin cream on-hand (it was mine) and I also have a...

I have 5 soloway horizontal nipples and I made my waterer yesterday. I'm using a 1" PVC pipe and I've seen others use the same thing with the same nipples. I drilled the holes exactly the size I read that I should (3/8). For the life of me (and my husband) - cannot get them in! We push and turn...

Did I really say "fun"? In a few weeks I may be regretting that. FINALLY the time has come that we are going to start working on our coop this weekend! I have been working all winter on what to build, how to build it, what size (we have limitations due to our ordinance), what colors (still have...

Hi all! I purchased a IncuView Incubator a few weeks ago and when it arrived I couldn't wait to "test" it out... empty of course (how boring). But, it seemed pretty accurate from what I could tell. Also got a new TEENY TINY water wiggler from Amazon that I will use with my {faulty}...

Hey ya'll!! I know many people say that wayfair is the best price for hardware cloth. And usually it is!! This time it DEFINITELY is! If you guys sign up for their emails many times you'll get coupon codes. We just got a coupon code for 15% your first order. The 36" width hardware cloth finally...

Being that I'm in Wisconsin it is still COLD. At this rate we won't be able to build our coop until May. We are expected to get more snow tomorrow too! UGH! I'm designing my coop in sketchup. Therefore, I will have a very good plan set in place and theoretically could build the walls and...

Hi all!! I'm in the process of designing the build out for our coop. I already did the design aspect and now I'm actually doing the construction part. I am stuck on the nest box. I have been trying to look at other people's construction pictures of their nest boxes. I'm worried about using only...

Hi all! I have been working on our coop plan and finally think I have it narrowed down to what I want. Would love to get input/suggestions/critiques on it though. This will be our first coop, first build of a "building" (we built our deck ha!). My brother in-law's cousin is an electrician and...

So I was on our local CBS news station this evening about passing an ordinance in our city. Now they have posted the story link on their Facebook page and are asking what people think. Sure would be great to get extra chicken peeps supporting backyard chickens and to chime in with what they...

Hi all! So our shiny new ordinance is stating that coop size must not exceed 30 square feet and the run must not exceed 50 square feet. Height cannot exceed 8 feet tall (from ground to peak). Also, we are not allowed to free range - so they must stay in their coop or run. At least for the...

Tonight was our first draft reading of the brand new ordinance for chicken keeping in our city. We have worked so hard to get this far and overall we are very happy with how it ended up. Minus the "no supervised free-ranging in fenced in backyards". They said after our 1 year trial that is...

Hi all! I am in the process of sketching out ideas for our very first coop. We plan to start building at the end of this winter (for spring chicks). I have been reading and reading and reading all of these threads about tips and such. I am overwhelmed with information. We live in Wisconsin...

Our City Council has voted to allow an ordinance change in our city - YAY! That's the good news. The bad news is that now it will go to our Public Safety committee to deliberate on ordinance drafting and wording. It has already been mentioned that they will try and include a requirement for...

I started Hudson Urban Chickens back at the end of March and submitted our first proposal letter to our city in April. We were voted DOWN in Public Safety with 2 votes against, and 1 in support. We have worked VERY very hard gathering support (we have over 220 people on our Facebook page). We...

Just wanted to share :-) (and I am the one giving the responses... "Jen Heriot" << that's me haha) http://hudson-wi.patch.com/articles/hudson-common-council-to-hear-backyard-chicken-proposal#photo-5798492

Last night we had our first council meeting. Our proposal was up for a vote within the Public Safety Committee. There are 3 council members on that committee - we would've needed 2 to vote yes. We were unfortunately voted down. 1 yes, 2 no's. Here are some of the statements made by the 2 "no's"...

Our proposal got voted down. We had 3 council members in the committee and needed 2 yes votes. We had one that was a supporter from the get-go and we knew it. He did a FANTASTIC job, he even proposed a 1 year trial of it after it was obvious the other two were against. He refuted all of their...

We have finally gotten a councilman to confirm his support!! YAY!!! But, he has emailed me this and I want to do my BEST to answer his questions thoroughly so he can feel confident in how he will respond to everyone else's concerns during the council meeting: A couple of questions for you...

I'm hoping someone here knows something about covenants??? Is that the same as a HOA??? We pay nothing monthly and have no association. My neighbor two doors down is on city council and our daughters are really good friends. He just sent me this email: Jen - As a neighbor, not as a council...