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Hi all, this thread is to document my first hatch. A dozen eggs to build up my little flock of Bantam Ameraucanas. I've been inspired by the many DIY incubators here, but time got away from me, so I bought a Little Giant still air unit. I put in a few bottles of water for thermal mass and let...

Hey all - haven't heard of anyone doing this...if you have, let me know. I had a rat problem last year, they had pretty easy access to the feeder and we used to put kitchen scraps in the outside pen. We had a bunch of rats running around, all fat and sassy. I shot a few of them, trapped a...

Just speculating here...say someone wanted to have a small heritage/rare breed flock of around 12 hens. Besides supporting the breeder and his flock via the purchase...is there a feasible way to contribute to the improvement/genetic diversity to the breed with a dozen hens and NO ROOSTER? I...

Don't know if this story has made the rounds here... Here's a study that shows better feed means better eggs... Eggs high in omega-6 fatty acids heighten cholesterol's tendency to oxidize, which forms dangerous plaque in our arteries. Dr. Shapira's research shows that eggs laid by hens with...

This is an interesting subject...a previous post brought up the idea of using a paddock system for keeping chickens, a major benefit of which would be a constant rotating supply of fresh forage; this being both healthy for the chickens, good for the flavor/quality of meat and eggs as well as...

I'm all for labor saving devices, so I hooked up a single "chicken licker" nipple to a 55 gallon barrel. I haven't watered the chickens for at least 6 months and the barrel is not even half empty. I bet I get a full year out of it. Super easy to make and it held up to being nearly frozen solid...

Is it just me or do Crocuses + Sunshine = SPRING FEVER!!! It got me to recollecting about last springtime when I got my 6 Leghorn chicks an built my coop (in that order)... thought I'd share a pic with you all. Here's to warmer weather, greener grass and more bugs to make our chickens fat!

So I lost a quarter of my little White Leghorn flock today...(OK one bird). I'm scratching my head on this one. She was apparently healthy, out scratching and ranging just yesterday. I open the coop this afternoon and she's dead. No bites, no ruffled feathers...everything looked normal. Any...

So I've been working the last couple weekends on expanding my chicken run. We got away with free ranging our chickens for a while, but predators seem to be keeping a pretty sharp eye on 'em lately. Plus they kept traveling further from the coop as they got older and I'm not in to having them...

...nice place ya got here! Well I suppose it won't hurt to sit for a few minutes...me? I'm a small time chicken man...now that I've got a couple acres of my own I want a few hens around. Food for the family, nothing more, nothing less. Started with six White Leghorns 'til the coyote (or dog, or...