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I just wanted to post this in case there are peeps out there that don't know about this. I found my RIR hen in nest box at night (When i go check and make sure they are all in coop) a few days ago and wouldn't stand on Left leg. I thought she may have injured it since they were cooped up in the...

Hello all. Been awhiel since i posted. We had a nice day here today....30 degrees...heatwave. Anyways, i know my girls eat mice and such...seen em' tear apart mice, snakes, baby turtles. But my Buff Orpington (Bucket) caught a mouse and started tearing it up, playing keep away from the other...

Ok. This is crazy. I have 6-30 week old RIR pullets. They have been laying for some time now. The one stopped laying about a week or so ago, and now she is starting to mount a few of my Barred Rock pullets (24 weeks old). we do not have any cockerels in our flock. I know this girl is the most...

My girls are 22 weeks and just started laying around 20 weeks old. I am only getting a few eggs now each day. Weather been on the cooler side here in the U.P. Is it time for molting and with weather getting cooler, are they slowing down on eggs because of this? Also...my other breeds will be...

So, I have this dilemma. I have 6 RIRs ....21 weeks old, 6 Barred rocks and SIlver laced Wyandottes...15 weeks old, 15 Orpington and Brahmas....9 weeks old. My RIRs are now laying. I have oyster shell available to them in seperate feeder. But I am still feeding "Starter/Grower" to all my girls...

Hello. My RIR's will be 21 wks old Tues. They have all started laying now. We have gotten some eggs each day. I noticed, the first ones some girls have layed were brown with white speckles on them. Then the next ones, next day are fully brown. The question i have to all of you...Do you think...

I didn't take a pic cuz i had to go quickly to remove this huge snapping turtle. Was raining lightly all day and my girls were free-ranging. I saw a huge female snapping turtle (I believe it was a female as we have a huge sand/gravel driveway and she was probably looking for a place to lay...

So, my RIR pullets are almost 7 weeks old and out in the coop and run. They will start free-ranging next Thursday. (I wanted to give them 2 weeks in the coop and run to know where home is). I now have 4 Barred Rock and 3 Silver laced Wyandotte pullets that are 4 days old and in the brooder til...

I just read up on different kinds of mints being a sort of pest repellent in the coop. I just planted a bunch of Nepeta (purplish/blue flowers) last year. They are awesome in your garden as they attract tons of Butterflies and Hummingbirds. Last year, the plants were covered with small...

Hello. I am putting my girls out in the coop and run this week. They just turned 5 weeks old. I am hoping to free-range them after about 2 weeks in the coop and run for them to get adjusted to their new home. The question i have is...what age can you start preventative de-worming in RIR. Y...

Ok. I wish i would've been told about this from people i know. I totally freaked out when I saw my girls taking a sand bath for the first time. They are still in brooder at 5 weeks old cuz of our weather here...but I wanted to put a pan in the brooder with sand and gravel so to break their...

Am I mental or something...lol. I just laugh so hard and think it is so funny and cute to see chicken butts. There must be something wrong with me..lol. I crack up everytime i see a pic of them. Anyone else? Or am i alone in my craziness?

This is my box brooder. I absolutely love it. I like how the food and water is on the outside of the cage so no poop gets in. And the pull out tray underneath wire mesh floor, i line with newspaper and clean it out in a snap every morning. So, one day old chicks can walk on wire mesh floor and...

I am currently putting up this metallic tape in trees around our area where the chickens will be free-ranging and also making a post for the "Niteguard" solar powered lights that are supposed to ward off predators. We have to have 3 levels for our predators. Black bears, coyotes, wolves, foxes...

Hello. I was wondering if I should only feed and water my chickens in the run. I am planning on my girls being free-range during the day and bringing them in at night. Locking them in the coop at dark. Is it ok if I don't have a feeder and waterer in the coop itself? I may have to put the feeder...

Hello. My girls are 4 weeks old today. I will be putting out in the coop with attached run at 6wks old. I have a Quaker style coop 5x6. Has roosts, seperate area to clean out underneath that you can access from the back and an area that has 6 nesting boxes. Basically a wood frame that seperates...

Hello. Just wanted to introduce myself. I have been following this forum since before i got chicks to help answer alot of questions I had. We are from "DA UP" of Michigan. I currently have 6 RIR pullets that just turned 4 weeks old today. Looking forward to putting out in the coop in a couple...