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I've noticed my chickens are dust bathing in the PDZ poop table, with all the poop!! How do people provide them an alternative dust bathing option in the winter or rainy weeks?

Was a freebie and the store was unsure. Her beak has a blueish tint to it. She has some feathering on legs but very minimal. She is the sweetest bird I have and actually begs to be picked up and loves to be pet. She is about 10 weeks old as I picked her up on September 21st.

Got some chicks from my pet chicken today. One of the wyandottes has her head stuck down to her chest looking at her feet and walks in circles and falls over. Her head is pointed straight down not up at all.

What's the safest affordable heater for use in the coop? My coop is a walk in 8x8 with sheet rocked walls. We use pine shavings on the floor.

I love this little girl but I don't have the slightest clue what breed. The person that I bought chicks from said maybe a Cochin?

So I have these 2 chicks that were sold as buff Orpingtons. They are the same age but one is much larger and her feathers have come on better. The smaller one is having an awful time with her feathers but also has feathered legs, any guesses on the breed? The bigger one has blue eyes and the...

Will have extra birds and plan to thin out when they are a bit older (all under 6 weeks currently) but I'm wondering at what age can I be POSITIVE none are Roos?

picked up 8 chicks last night. A few seemed quite sluggish. 1 Wyandotte had awful poppy butt that I carefully softened with a damp cloth and removed but that chick passed away then a couple hours later I found the other Wyandotte had passed as well. My last one is a bit sluggish and I'm very...

I picked up 8 chicks last night. A few seemed quite sluggish. 1 Wyandotte had awful poppy butt that I carefully softened with a damp cloth and removed but that chick passed away then a couple hours later I found the other Wyandotte had passed as well. My last one is a bit sluggish and I'm very...

I was wondering if anyone has every had multiple levels in the run? My birds are still chicks but I built a 17x17 run attached to the coop and trying to think of ways to add shed for next summer and thought of possible building some sort of table type set up on the run. With either the dust...

I have 20 chicks that are ranging from 1 1/2- 3 weeks old. I put them out in. A corner of the run while I cleaned out their space in the coop. I went to bring them back in after 2 hours but they were having a ball scratching, running and dust bathing so I felt bad. They are In a corner of a...

I was supposed to get pullets but ended up with 21 chicks. 19 will be a week tommorrow and Tuesday and 2 of them are 2 weeks old. They are all doing fantastic eating drinking scratching in their shavings etc. but they scratch and peck at the ground so much I'm wondering if there's treats I can...

What size nest box is reccomended for jersey giants? We plan to have a mixed flock and I was going to build 6 nest boxes. Bottom 3 14x14x12high and top row 14x14 with slanted top so 12ish in front and 15 high in back. Wondering if this is large enough for the jerseys.

Hello! I'm starting up with chickens again. I had a large range in the the past among several coops and runs. Rhis Time I have 1 coop amd 1 run and want to make sure my breeds will mix well. We plan on having 12-16 hens, no rooster. This is the list I have put together based on our needs and...

I've read a lot of different styles of reccomened roosts and wondering what everyone thinks is the best? I think I want to build an L shaped platform as a poop shelf along the to left sides inside the coop so along one 8' wall and to the left of the people door in front of a window so maybe 4...

Hello all! I just joined after reading a few hundred pages on here over the last few days =) I owned many many chickens years ago with my mother who is no longer with us. She started out with 3 Rhode Island reds and eventually se had an acre if chicken pens and was the only producer of...