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Let me start off by saying that I've been having problems with one of my chickens for over six months now. My buff Orpington (Archer) has been pulling out feathers, chasing the others and just being mean. At first I thought it was winter boredom, but as the weather has gotten nicer Archer is...

My chickens have a very bad habit of pulling out each other's feathers in the neck area. I though maybe it was just winter boredom but now it's spring and they're outside a lot more and they're still pulling feathers. I've sprinkled meal worms for them to peck at, gave them a flock block...

This morning I went to check on my chickens and two of them had neck wounds. I've gotten them isolated and I think they should be fine. Has anyone had a similar situations and figured out the cause of this? Also what should I do to prevent this in the future? Here are my theories of how they...

So I've noticed that my chickens have started to sit on their eggs. Is this normal for chickens to do in cold weather? Also another concern of mine is that I noticed that a few of my chickens tried to eat one of the eggs that I dropped. So if my chicken start eating their eggs what should I do...

So a couple months ago I got a rabbit, her name is bugs and i think that she is just the cutest thing but I can't keep her cage clean! I clean it and scrub it down and when I turn around she has popped all over again. So does anyone else have ideas on how to keep my rabbits cage as clean as...

This thread is for telling others what kind of breeds are in your flock. I have 2 RIR 2 red sex links 1 Orpington

I just wanted to share the excitement with other chicken lovers, we just placed our order for the next batch of 6 baby chicks. We have: 2 Rhode Island reds 2 red sex links 1 Orpington We also had a white leghorn. We ordered: 1 olive egger 1 Easter egger 1 Orpington 1 barred Plymouth Rock 1...

For about a month I've been getting eggs and I get a ton of them. So my question is for all the people who sell their eggs. Who are you selling to, family, friend, neighbors or just people you know or met?

After getting my chickens this past August my dream for running a small homestead is becoming a big priority of mine. This is great and all but every single plant that I touch dies, I'm not kidding I can't keep a plant alive to save my life. For all the gardeners out there, how do you do it...

First let me tell you that we have 5 chickens, 2 Rhode Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington and 2 chickens that look to be red sex links. About a month ago we got our first egg and within a week we started getting 3 eggs on a daily basis. I was wondering if one of these breed starts to lay later or how...

Hi, I'm new to this site and started keeping chickens this past August with my mom. The question is, what is your coop setup like? How large is it?, How many chickens you have?, A general idea of what it looks like? A big thanks for any responses that I receive.