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This morning I actually heard my DH say "Let's get a few more chickens - I want some more breeds." This from the guy who obligingly but with a bit of eye-rolling built a coop and humored my chicken yearnings... Not sure what I'll do if he gets chicken addicted -- we're at the limit of six for...

I'm so excited tonight - by magic, it seems like my two 12-week BRs are integrated with my four other girls (a variety of breeds, about 19 weeks). They're all in the coop together tonight, and I'm hoping it will all be peaceful tomorrow when I go to let them out. I had them separated in their...

When I got this bird as a little fluffy yellow chick, the feed store told me it was a Delaware. Sure doesn't look like one to me now, at 19 weeks -- but too bad, her name will always be Miss Delaware 2010! Is she a Leghorn? I guess I'll find out for sure if she lays white eggs... Could she...

I'm scratching my head over this one - I have four pullets that are about 14 weeks. They happily run around their enclosure all day, and for awhile they'd go nuts over worms I'd help them find. Then one day, they turned up their little beaks at all the fat juicy worms I found for them. Yesterday...

I really like that I can easily find Modesto Milling organic feed for my chickens, but I'm worried about the Grower/Starter crumbles being too dusty. It seems like the girls are eating it and thriving, but the feed is very dusty and they seem to try to pick out all the crumbly bits and leave a...

I have four 12-week-old pullets who have been happily living in their coop for several weeks. I let them out in the run only when I'm around to supervise - it isn't completely secure yet, and I'm starting to freak out a bit if it ever will be. Ideally I'd like to have them outside in the run...

I'm learning as I go with my new-found chicken obsession... i have four 9-week-old pullets and two 3-week old girls. The older ones are in the coop and happily living on commercial grower/starter feed and occasional treats. (They have discovered the wild joy of mealworms, for example). I have...

I think I've heard that tomato leaves and plants aren't good for chickens (being nightshade plants), but are tomatoes OK to give them? I have 7-week-old girls that looooove treats, and two babies that are still only on starter.

I just moved my four older girls into the coop today - yay!! My husband put the final touches on the coop, we spread around the bedding, installed food and water and let the girls loose! We have a light fixture for a smallish bulb (like a small reflector for a heat lamp) hanging over the...

I've tried three times now to get some Barred Rock chicks locally (SF Bay Area) at different places, but they either sell out within HOURS or the shipments arrive dead. Does anyone know how I can get my hands on a couple? I have four month-old chicks right now (of other breeds) and I have my...

I have 4 three-week-old chicks who seem to be thriving - BUT: here's the question of the day. All morning they've been peeping like mad, you know, the peep that means there's something bothering them. I can't figure out what it is - they have fresh water, food, all the pine shavings they can...

I have four three-week-old chicks who all seem to be doing just fine; one of them got pooped on today though, and it got me thinking about baths... First of all, should I try to wipe the poo off Miss Delaware with a wet cloth, or does it matter? Also, do chicks/chickens like to flap around in a...

When do chicks go from peeping to the bk bk bk bkaaww kind of calls? When they're teenagers?

I want to get two Plymouth Rocks to round out my little flock of two-week-old babies (1 RIR, 1 Ameraucana, 1 Australorp, 1 Delaware). The feed store says it's getting a shipment of Barred Rocks - duh - does that mean barred Plymouth Rocks? If it is, then I'll be posting another question soon...

I joined a week or so ago, but haven't introduced myself until now -- no chickens yet, but my husband is converting a former playhouse into a coop behind our house here in the Oakland hills (CA). I have about a zillion questions, but the one for today is: Since our coop is underneath a redwood...