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We had a flock of 5, which we have had for several years living happily together - one buff, three Amerucanas and one golden sex. 6 months ago, we woke up to find one of the chickens near death. The vet had no real explanation without expensive testing, but said the girl was very dehydrated...

Unfortunately, we don't have options to give them much more space. The rest of the yard doesn't offer a safe environment for them, to stay put. Do you think it would be helpful to create some more pockets of space, with cardboard boxes, or wood dividers on the lower level? We took out the...

So, another data point: We threw some watermelon rinds on the floor of the run, one of our chickens favorites, and the one who stuck upstairs tried to make her way down the ramp, but looks like she got stuck there. After looking for a second, We tossed some rinds inside that roosting box, and...

Thanks everyone. sickness definitely occurred to me, but she is eating and drinking when she can get access to the food, which made me think that it wasn't illness. In my experience once they're sick, they tend to shut down and it's a quick decline. But totally an option. @rosemarythyme here...

We have 4 chickens (1 buff orpington and 3 amerucanas), they are all similarly sized. We found our buff orpington cowering in the corner the other day, with the other 3 girls attacking her. We have 2 food sources on the floor of the coop, and any time the Buff comes down from the roosting box...

Hi Rachel, Thanks for the feedback! So for Mustard Eggs, you are saying to take eggs they lay, and soak em in mustard - then put them back in like a deterrent? So they will peck it and be turned off by the mustard flavor? Thanks!

Hey all, We've had chickens for about 5 years now - we keep 5 girls in a fully enclosed 2 level coop, with a run downstairs, and a roost + 2 nesting boxes upstairs. From time to time over the years we get cracked eggs, and when that happens, I always remember to put out crushed oyster shells...

Thanks, Lazy Gardener! Man, that's a sweet handle :) I agree about the pallet - though I am hoping that a relatively steep angle may make it more water-efficient (more like a vertical garden, less like a crappy raised bed?) Thanks so much to everyone for the feedback - I am now thinking I...

Hi All! We have 5 girls in our yard - 4 new this year, and 1 legacy chicken (a survivor of the great raccoon attack of December 2016 :hit). Anyway - I am working on a project to build a planter/roosting structure for the girls - so they can chill out doing the day (they have a decent amount of...

Thanks both! I will have 5 in there after integrating, and i think there is roosting room for them; If not, i'll be doing a remodel i guess At 2-3 weeks how cold will they be ok to sustain? I'd always read to start at 95 deg, and drop 5 deg/week - so that would be in the 75-85* range I...

Thanks @Mrs. K !!!

Thank you so much @aart and @Beekissed ! I would much prefer to integrate sooner rather than later - because my "brooder" is currently a large amazon cardboard box with puppy pads and a heat lamp, an I can't imagine 4 x 3 month old birds in there!!!! We live on the California coast - so...

Hi everyone! We had 3 girls for 2 years, and then last month we had a racoon incident and sadly we only had one chicken left. We decided to rebuild our flock, and got 4 adorable day old chicks this week, who are chirping away in the garage right now user a heat lamp! My question to you: how...

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Junebuggena! Thank you so much - so how long with no eggs is normal and when should I start to worry? or is "regular" egg laying year round not to be expected and as long as they are otherwise bright and healthy looking I should just relax about it? THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE!!!

Hi All, This is our first year as BYC stewards - we have 3 girls that we got in February, all ameraucana (Peep, Pumpkin and Pepper!). They started laying in June or so and by mid-summer they were up to 5 eggs every 2 days or so. As the winter came on, they slowed down, to about 1-2 eggs a...

Hi BYC Family! We've had our girls for 6 months, and they are happily giving us Eggs every day - a'mazing! But now I have a new challenge. We clipped their wings recently, using a youtube video as a guide - and that worked really well - but they are still able to "jump" to the roof of their...

Thanks for the insight barnaclebob! Agreed, I have seen many a pair of crow's chasing a hawk around here.

Thanks Sarah! We have a 2 year old girl, and a 1 week old boy, in addition to our pound puppy dog - so a friendly/docile breed selection was high on our list :)

@HighStreetCoop Thanks so much! We were thinking of the bird netting, but I am not sure how the aesthetics will be. I also wonder if that would really deter a hawk? I couldn't enclose in netting fully, so it would just be over top of the bushes. I'd prefer #1, but my wife is concerned...