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my 5 1/2 month old Rhode island red hen is not using the nesting boxes we have tried changing the materiel in the nesting boxes. we have fake eggs in the nesting boxes but she still is not laying. What should I do?

It looks like they have normal poop, thanks! I used this page from the chicken chick: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=poop

The chicken shouldn't have eaten anything different from the other chickens, though we do let them outside sometimes and it could of picked something up there. we started noticing the black poo about a week ago. we have not noticed any odd behavior among any of the chickens. We're not sure what...

Hello friendly people of Backyard Chickens! I have gathered you here to discuss chicken poo. One of my seven week old chickens has been pooping out black diarrhea-y stuff. All of my other chickens have nice regular poop. Is my chicken sick?

Okay, thanks!

I don't have recent pictures, but i will post some soon. here are pictures on my RIRs when they were 4 days old Lassie Ruby & Rabbit The chickens are now 5 weeks old! (:

Hello. My 5 week old chickens all have big lumps on the right side of their breast. Is this normal? the chicks were all hatched together.

I don't have any recent pictures but these are from when they were about four days old: Zero Epher Fluffy Waffles Shillow The chicks are now a month old!

I am a first time chicken owner and I am building my first coop. I am planning on putting windows in the coop but I don't know what kind of windows to put in. Any suggestions?

It was just a random thought i had. thanks!

a trash can... yay

Okay! Thank you guys!

Hi! I was wondering, and I know this is really random, but, can chickens swim? I was just wondering...

I was looking at my 4 week old chickens yesterday and I noticed something: one of my silkies has WAY more feathers on his legs and feet than one of my other silkies. I was wondering if this has any indication of what gender the chicks are. I know it's way to early to tell for sure, but does...

Thank you all!

I'm no expert on chickens but it looks like a rooster. Sorry. There's still hope that it's a pullet though, you can't ever for sure tell at that age.

What breed is your chicken?

Hi! I'm building a coop for my chickens and i want to know how big i should make my nesting boxes. I have three Rhode Island Reds, five Blue Silkies, and one Easter Egger, I am planning on getting more chickens this spring (Probably Easter Eggers or Wyandottes). Thanks in advance for any advice!