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I hope several people will chime in, in reply because I need advice. We have several hens who have been going through such a molt that we haven't gotten any of our eggs in weeks. So Saturday I broke down and bought eggs from the store and because I'm so used to leaving OUR eggs on the counter...

I have 9 chicks that hatched out a little over 10 weeks ago. Because I was going for dark brown and olive colored eggs, I put specific eggs beneath my broody so there are multiple breeds in this gang. Two have been crowing for a couple of weeks but I'm having difficulty believing only 2 out of...

I hope someone is online who can advise me on a different question regarding new chicks. One of my hens hatched out 2 babies 3 days ago. The three of them are isolated away from everyone else in a pen in our basement. Momma is doing a great job at teaching them to eat, drink and scratch. The...

I am interested in the brands of layer feed (pellets?) generally considered the best quality. We previously had a flock consisting of 8 hens for nearly 2 years before moving and leaving with the buyers of our house as they requested. We now have 14 hens and one roo and more than half are fully...

We're almost finished constructing a new coop for our girls and in researching options for preventing mites from taking up residence in the cracks, I came across something called Bug Juice. It's a paint additive and is supposed to kill flying and crawling insects. I anticipate being asked...

For those of you how crush and give egg shells back to your hens, what method do you use? This may sound like an obvious question but I have been using a Westinghouse Mini Chopper and it is a pain in the neck. Every few seconds I have to stop it and release a clod of incompletely chopped shell...

As coconut oil is so good for people and also animals such as dogs, I am interested to know if anyone on here has ever given any to their chickens. For instance, we usually put a spoonful of coconut oil in our morning oatmeal and wondered if giving any leftovers to the girls could be a bad idea.

Has anyone encountered mildew in your worm bin before? It was two days ago when I last checked on the meal worms and tonight there is mildew around the edge of the bin! Not sure what we did wrong or how to get out the mildew without losing worms at the same time. It's very damp in the bin.

Well, it got colder last night than we'd expected. With eight little pullets in their new home for the first time, we found them all huddled in a wad in the corner this morning :(. They're around eight weeks old. Are they too young for a bit of warm oatmeal? I'm mostly concerned about one...

Hi, Hubby is just about finished with our coop and we're to get 7 chickens day after tomorrow. I have a question about the window in the coop door (cut down from an old door obtained at Habitat). Are they likely to peck at it? Would it be best to have it covered on one side or the other? We...

I'm reading in several places the term "Free-choice" in reference to what people are feeding their chickens. Would someone please explain what this means? Thanks

Next week we get our very first chickens and I just learned yesterday that the feed they've had thus far has had GMOs. They should be roughly 8-9 weeks old and I'd prefer to feed them organic feed. Once we begin that, is it safe to assume they'll be fine with the switch? Also, it's really...