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Hi All, I am a backyard chicken guy, who has 5 chickens. 3 RIR, 1 barred rock and 1 silver laced wyandotte. For the last several weeks my egg production has been decreasing to the point where I am getting 1 or 2 eggs per day. The chickens are 14-15 months old, show no signs of distress or...

so this has happened the last 5 or 6 days in a row. When I put them to sleep/lock them in the coop around 7pm, their crop is large and quite hard. the first night, I was ready to remove food and give them just water, but every morning the crop goes back to normal. that being said, it has been...

I have 5 chickens (RIR, barred rock, wyandotte) in my coop that is locked at night to keep them safe, and inside the coop is a 5 gallon water bucket with 3 nipple waterers built into it. I have dealt with the ventilation in the coop, but I am unsure if im going to add any heat to the coop for...

Hi all, have a question. I have a flock of 5 chickens, 4 are 17 weeks old, the other is about 21 weeks old. My oldest hen started laying this week so today I am going to head out and buy layer feed. before this, all of the chickens were on Purina organic start and grow feed. I still have a 20...

Backstory- We got 5 chickens online, 2 RIR, a buff, barred rock and Silver laced wyandotte online as chicks, they were raised together. About a month ago, we got rid of the Buff orpington because it turned out SHE was a HE, even though we ordered pullets only. To replace him, we got a third...

Hi All, my Buff Orpington rooster needs to go, unfortunately not allowed to keep it. hes big, beautiful and a good chicken. sad to see him go. free to a good home. Im located about ten miles south of Boston.

started "bock bock BCGOCK!" ing today.... for about 45 minutes, walking around the coop by him/herself while all of the girls were in the coop. we have a flock of 5, with this one, 2 RIRs, a barred rock and a silver laced wyandotte. this one has been growing quite a bit, looks to be starting...

he/she is at 5 weeks 2 days now

I am seriously considering putting these chickies outside on saturday into the coop for good.they are feathered out, except for a very few down feathers sticking out on the back of their necks. they have been without any supplemental head for a week and a half, and as of today are 5 weeks and 2...

Got these from chickensforbackyards.com (which has a 90% sexing guarantee). she... if she is a female, has been growing quickly and her feathers are beautiful. She is a lap dog, is the first one running to us when we open the brooder and will jump up on our laps or legs when we are on the...

My chicks are 3 weeks today (WOO) and I have been trying to introduce grit into their diet. They go out daily for about half an hour and rummage in the grass. One of my chicks, a rhode island red has been having trouble pooping... she will ruffle up her feather, make a quick repetitive chirp...

My chickies were born on April 27th, delivered to me on the 29th from chickensforbackyards.com. I ordered a silver laced Wyandotte, a buff orpington, a barred rock and an RIR. they sent me an extra RIR, so we had an extra surprise! all of them were awake and happy when we took delivery. They...

Hi All, im giving my 5 chicks Manna pro medicated feed. I use a steel feed tray with an upside-down ball jar that auto feeds. I noticed recently that the chicks were furiously scratching at the food in the feeder and pecking at it until it has all fallen onto the floor of the brooder. They...

We have 5 chickies who will be moving into our backyard and free-range throughout the day unsupervised in a few weeks. I also have 4 10x10 plots in the same yard. 2 are for flowers (rose bushes, lillies, sunflowers, etc) the other two will have lettuce, broccoli, assorted herbs and tomato...

Made it look like the house and shed its going next to, to kind of blend in. Cost of all materials was almost exactly $200, including all of the last minute stuff I decided to do. Im quite happy with it! window is on the back of it, you cant see it in the pictures. What do you all think?

This is a bit late... But last year I put 2 layers of behr deckover paint on my deck. It's thick, keeps water from absorbing to the wood and is stain resistant. I thought it was a good idea to put in my coop and had some extra, so I put a thick layer onto the floor and 6 inches up the walls...

ordered my chicks from chickensforbackyards.com! I got a Rhode Island Red, a buff orpington, a barred plymouth rock and a silver laced wyandotte. All vaccinated for Marek's and hopefully to my house sometime in May! very excited! any comments or suggestions?

I was originally going to do a 3x3 coop but with everyone saying it was too small, I increased the sq footage to 4x4. I had a day off of work so I went to home depot and got to work! one question- any suggestion on what to do about small roofing nails that stick...

I am only going to have 4 chickens total in my flock, and I was wondering if getting different breeds is encouraged or frowned upon. I live in Boston so it gets quite cold here... but if it was encouraged I would get 2 rhode island reds, 1 buff orpington and 1 barred Plymouth Rock. Any...

My wife has FINALLY allowed me to get chickens! I live south of Boston and love all things eggs, in all ways. a close neighbor has had a few chickens for a while and has on occasion shared some eggs and they are incredible. the design and creation of the coop has begun, it will be 15 inches...