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Hi all... it's been a long time since I've processed one of my chickens but many hens went broody this spring/summer and I have a ton of roosters. I want to humanely kill them with hopefully no pain and very minimal stress. My question is regarding good processing equipment for people like me...

Hi! I have moved and when I go into my account and choose personal details, it is not letting me change my location. I keep getting an error message saying to "fill in all required fields" and there are no required fields. It's the way it's always been except I'm just trying to change...

Hi all! I have moved to Arkansas and am so excited to get my chickens again. Babies are in the trough and are almost ready to go to coop. I plan on having 20 chickens at the most. I am wanting to build an 8' W x 8' D x 6' H coop inside the barn which is 24' x 30' and they would also have...

I had a coyote attack and one of my hens is injured. She has a lot of cuts on her face and I'm treating those with a spray and there appears to be no infection starting. She does not have anything broken. This was two days ago and she is slightly better, but is not eating or drinking on her...

Hi all... I have a couple of broody hens so I'm always in and out of chicks. I have a treadle feeder for the layer feed for my grown hens but they of course enjoy the starter/grower feed that the babies get. I know one main difference in the two is that layer feed has higher protein and...

Hi all... my hen was showing signs of illness a couple of days ago and i quickly quarantined her from the flock and she is in a roomy cage in the garage. They get grit naturally while picking around in the sand/dirt outside their coop so I've never had to give them grit. Since she is now not...

Last night i went out to the coop to take care of something and i heard one of my hens scratching and noticed she was scratching her face. she was also walking along the roosting bar a little which is unusual. my intuition told me something but i didn't listen to it and was preoccupied with a...

I have a broody hen and this is her second time setting. The first time 5 months ago she sat through fine and raised healthy chicks. She has been setting for 19 days and must have become confused and got in the wrong nesting box so her eggs were stone cold when I got home. I don't separate...

Hi all... This is a little gross, but gotta tell the whole story. I went out to clean the coop today (we're in Southern California) and haven't given it a good cleaning in a few months. Had my baseball cap on (it has the little holes on top) and took the broom and brushed the walls, rafters...

I have a very small flock - 3 hens and a young rooster who has not yet matured. One of the hens is a mamma and hatched 5 chicks two weeks ago. All is well and harmonious in the hen house and boundaries are set! But, I need/want more eggs. I have the opportunity to get a few more hens at...

Hi all... I searched the forum but couldn't find an answer to this. My hen just hatched chicks about a week ago. It's pretty cold here - down in the 20's at night but 60's during the day. About how long will momma provide warmth to the young birds until she is done caring for them? Thank...

Anyone else due to hatch around the first of the year? I have a Silkie mix that went broody but my rooster isn't mature yet so I bought fertile eggs from a local lady. I have two Australorp eggs, two Naked Necks w/ possible Frizzle gene and two Marans. Excited! Sylvia

Hi... I live on a large ranch and rent a home there. There is one more home fairly close. I was told my chickens could be free range but 4 hens are going too far. They have literally acres to range and they are insisting on coming up to my house (which I don't mind), but the neighbors house...

hi... a neighbor's dogs jumped the fence into the large area where my chickens range and killed two and injured two. one injured hen is definitely improving so i'm not worried. the other one was slightly limping the afternoon of the attack (3 days ago) and yesterday was worse and today worse...

Hi all... I will start raising and processing my own chicken (for my partner, as I'm vegetarian - how did this happen? ha ha) but don't want the cornish cross. Want to go with a heritage bird that is not altered or unnatural. I've done a little research and read that Dorkings are a great...

Hi... I'm in San Diego and am looking for Dorking eggs to put under my Silkie. Preferably Red Dorking, but will consider others. Will pay, of course! Let me know if anyone has some or has leads for me. Thank you! Sylvia

I moved and had my chickens fostered. Previously I lived in the desert and had a 16' by 16' run totally covered and bomb proofed for coyotes. I now live on a large ranch with fewer predators (except for the ranch hand's queensland heelers) and i have a lot more space for my girls to run. I...

Hi all... this is not my first flock, but a different kind of set up. I came from the desert where I had to have a smaller space totally bomb proofed for coyotes. Now, I'm on a ranch and they have a very large area where they can forage (about 100' long and 50' wide) but the fencing is only 3...

I'm wanting to get the rooster that is traditionally painted on the old plates... The "country rooster". They are the combo of reds orange and almost yellow. I can't find it online anywhere! Does anyone know the breed? Sylvia

I have a broody hen who has been sitting on her eggs for almost a week. In a few days I am leaving on vacation for about a week. Since some kids will be watching my chicks, she doesn't have a separate broody area because that's too much for them too keep up with. Because she does not have a...