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Hello everyone... I have a question and am hoping that someone can really help me out. I had recently gotten a whole bunch of 16-18 week old pullets and I had a rooser who is not fully mature but older than the pullets he is also big and heavy. I had tried to keep the young pullets and rooseter...

Hi! I have 5 mature hens that are laying right now but i'm planning on getting some more pullets, however the pullets I'm getting will be 14 weeks old. They will be fairly young, I'm worried about the rooster that I have and his attempt to mate with them.. Should I worry or will the rooster...

Hello everyone! I am selling 5 gold comet pullets and One Wyandotte rooster..they are each 6.00 each.. I am selling them because of predator problems and the lack of time that I have to commit to caring for them. The hens are laying eggs right now. If interested please post back. Thank you!

Hi everyone! I was pondering over something and was hoping that someone could give me some insight, advice, or recommendations...the problem is that I will soon be getting more hens. So in total i will have 18 hens and one rooster. I was wondering if I should get another rooster or is one...

Hi I have a flock of 8 chickens, 7 hens and 1 rooster. The hens are all Golden Comet hens and the rooster is a Golden laced wyandotte. If one of the hens were to go broody and hatch out chicks, would the chicks have traits of the Golden Comet hens ,which are known for their excellent egg...

Hi everyone I was recently thinking about purchasing some guineas to act as "watch dogs" for the chickens especially since I have a real problem with hawks....but I am worried that the guineas will be more trouble than help, I am especially worried that they will attack and hurt the...

Hi everyone, Ive been debating recently on whether I should purchase some white leghorn pullets. I want to purchase them because of their excellent egg production..BUT I dont think I would like a nervous, skittish chicken, I like to be able to handle my chickens becasue sometimes it is necessary...

Hi everyone, I had posted a topic here a few days earlier about finding one of the bodies of my hens with her head gone and this attack had happened in the middle of the day....well my neighbor stopped me the other day and told me that she had seen the animal that had killed my hen and she...

Today I went outside to gather the eggs from my chickens and as I was walking I noticed a odd shaped behind the bushes.... When i went to investigate, I saw that it was one of my chickens The head was missing and the neck all that was left was the actual body and there was a huge hole where...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone washes their eggs? And if you do....what is the best method? I want to disinfect the eggs but i heard that washing the egg causes the "bloom" to be destroyed and that allows bacteria to enter the inside of the egg...not sure if this is true.. Any advice would...

Hi, everyone I was cleaning out the coop this morning when I noticed that as I was shoveling the shavings; there were pink little worms squirming around in the shavings!! Now I'm wondering if my chickens possibly need to be dewormed or could it be that the worms got in there some other way. The...

Hi, everyone! I have recently purchased wood shavings to go in the floor of the chicken coop, its the kind that is used in horse stables. I know that cedar shavings can cause respiratory problems in chickens but is "wood shavings" the same thing. I think they are also reffered to as pine...

HI Everyone! I was wondering if I could get some input from people who have more experience than I do....Would chicken wire be okay to keep out Hawks?? I planned on covering the top of the run with chicken wire because the run is kinda large and chicken wire is cheap but I want to make sure that...

HI, I heard that if a chicken is infested with worms, you can find a worm in the egg that the hen produces is this true?! How often do you worm chickens and how do you know if they are infested?? sorry for the "newbie" questions.

Hi, everyone I was wondering if Garden Lime is dangerous for chickens? I heard that it is real useful for controlling odors and drying out the "waste" that poultry produces...but am not sure if its okay to use around chickens. Also can i just sprinkle it on top of the feces and leave it...

Hello everyone Im interested in the deep litter method i've done a search on the topic but am still confused:/ How do you go about it? Do u put a whole bag of shavings in the coop and keeping adding some everyday? Doesnt it get "stinky"? And wouldnt this method be expensive? I've noticed that...

Hi Everyone, Me and my father are working on constructing the chicken's coop and run right now. We had planned on covering the top of the run due to hawk issues and my father claimed that "chicken wire" would be able to deter the hawks. I know that chicken wire is not useful when it comes to...

Hi everyone!! I have a question I have been looking at the coops under the section that says coop designs. I was wondering how many chickens can the medium sized coops hold??

Is there a greater risk to me getting Histoplasmosis if my chickens coop has a dirt floor instead of a wood floor?? Any ideas or info will be appreciated! Thanx

Hi, I'm not sure if I posted this in the right section. But I just wanted to know if this is right. Someone told me that if you want to keep roosters you should have ten hens for each roo. Does that sound right??