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So I started with 5 and over the last couple of years I've lost 3. 2 to predators, 1 to an illness. Now I have 2 and I'm worried that they won't generate enough body heat to keep warm during the winter. I was thinking about asking me neighbor how has a large flock if he would be interested in...

I have 4 adult hens that I got last spring as chicks. Started with 5, lost one, been thinking of letting my son get 3 more. Really only wanted 2 more but the place only sells a minimum of 3. Anyway, I keep reading that the adults chickens should be able to see the babies but not have access...

So last week I found one of my girls with a big wound on her vent area and missing feathers. Best guess was she was being picked. A week later she’s still in my make shift ER but doing a lot better. Still laying an egg a day but I’m waiting for the scab to completely heal before reintroducing...

We just got done with the Epsom salt bath which she didn’t seem to hate. She’s no longer bleeds so I guess that was from being pecked. I found another spot on her where she was pecked. Once that starts happening, do they just peck anywhere? She’s healing but her abdomen is still swollen. I can...

So I have the hen inside but her cage isn’t ideal. I have her in a 50 gal tote with a wire top. Does great at keeping the bedding in but she doesn’t have a lot of room and the water dish keeps getting the bedding wet. I have a small dog crate but Christ, the bedding would be EVERYWHERE. What to...

So I just disocvered this. What the heck is it? I’m a little new to the chicken game. I brought her inside and cleaned it the best I could but If I need to isolate her I really don’t know how I could. The hen house isn’t really designed to separate it. Damn this sucks. She’s my fancy foot...

So last year we got 5 chicks and I’d like to let me son get 3 more babies. Wife is cool with it but said hell no to me keeping the brooder in the house like last time. Don’t have a garage and the shed smells like gas. So, was thinking about putting the brooder on my deck. I built one out of a...

I have a smal flock, 4 hens. They’ve been doing well in the cold but I just feel so bad for them. It’s been soooo cold. I’ve read all of the cons about providing a heating source but is there anything at all I can add to raise the temp a few degrees? I don’t want them to be depended on it so...

Bought a bucket with a lid, a couple of chicken nipples from Amazon Prime, a submersible aquarium heater and ..... drum roll please..... ended up with a frozen bucket and some pissed off chickens. Went to the feed store and bought the metal warmer that goes under metal waters. Oh well. Not...

Seems this coop is never finished. It’s been windy and cold the last several days in MD and since the girls are confined to the run for the time being I figured I’d give them some wind protection. Hope it helps a little. When the weather breaks I’m building a 20x10 run. Had been just keeping...

Anyone around here done this? Right now I have the old school metal waterer but in MD it's been pretty cold and the water keeps freezing. I was going to use one of those metal heaters you put under it but the instruction / warnings about how it shouldn't get wet and should always be covered...

Saw this morning some blood spots on my single Dark Brahma’s feet. Looks like picking. How do I handle this? She’s my fav. Concerned.

We still have no clue what killed one of our hens. No one say anything, they just noticed her flopping around in the bottom of the run. The door was open and I only kept them fenced in. By the time my son got down there she had died with a big gash in her neck. There was some blood of course...

This is my first winter having chickens and am thinking of introducing a rooster to help with flock protection. I only have 4 hens now, lost one a week ago. Do I have to wait until the local feed store has their chicks for sale in the spring? Come to think of it, I don't recall them ever...

Irritated. I knew getting into this, something like this would eventually happen. This afternoon we lost our first chicken. They semi free range but haven’t had an issue since we got them in the Spring. A little blood, what looks like a broken neck but who knows? If it were a fox I’d think it...

Beem free ranging 5 hens in the back yard but they're wandering too far and keep going out into a road. I hate to restrict them because they love the woods and stream but I might not have a choice. I don't want to cause an accident because someone tried to avoid one my chickens. So, any...

Only 1 or 2 of my black astra's are laying and this happens each and every time. Any idea why? The girls are free ranged and dont spent a lot of time in the coop unless it's night time.

You spend all that time and energy giving them a place to chill and then this happens.

First egg didn't have a shell. Second egg was hard but cracked on one end. Third egg, again, cracked again. The only hen laying right now doesn't like to lay on hay or straw. She kicks everything around and sits on the floor of the coop in the nesting box. Not sure if this is cracking the egg...

First timer who got chicks in the spring. Up until now my routine has been wake up, shower, leave around 7 and let the hens out on my way to work. In MD it's plenty bright by then. Now it's getting darker and I'm the last one to leave. I'm going to work earlier today and it has me thinking...