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Hello I have seen nice pictures of the Coop Design section of this site and I want to do some wood working of my own for my chickens. But I don't have any experience in carpentry! We have lots of old wood in our shed, but I don't know how to use them. I don't know how to make complex cuts on...

Hello Sorry if I posted this gardening question here, but here goes! I'm planning to set up a backyard vegetable garden to save some money and to have fresh, delicious greens. I will build a large fence with a wire roof to prevent the chickens from breaking in. I would like to plant some...

My broody hen hurts its baby,when she scratches the soil she also:smacksratches its baby.The cute chick:jumpyis also so thin baby always falling onto the ground,the chick is so poor:hide,I tried to get the chick but broody hen:cd almost peck me:somad.So what should I do?

Hello In the last several weeks our hen Danica became broody so we decided to put 4 eggs of my other hens under her. Just yesterday we found a little chick chirping about under her, but she is still sitting on the nest. The 3 eggs are not yet hatched. I was planning to put her inside a small...

Hello We are planning to make a summer chicken run for the chickens during the hot season. But unfortunately I do not know how......... Can you help me? A very basic, large, enclosed rectangular frame made of wood and hardware cloth would do. I am a real newbie in the carpentry world, do you...

Hello, there! I am planning to start a small vegetable garden in my backyard, but the yard is home to free-range chickens. According to some sources, chickens will destroy all the plants in their path. A fence around the garden patch would be handy to keep the chickens away, but I want a...

Hello We have a native hen named Danica that suddenly visited our backyard and decided to call it home. She's a nervous chicken, but last week she suddenly disappeared. My daughter said she saw Danica, but angry and clucking all the time. One day we spotted her pecking at the yard, and we...

Hello After a heavy typhoon that lasted 2 days, I went down to the backyard to check on my free-range chickens. But then I saw my little New Hampshire hen Rexie and she does not seem to be well. She's quiet, weak and likes to be left alone. I checked on her and saw pink-red areas on her feet -...

Hello What is chicken scratch? Thanks in advance!

Hi I let my 2 brown chicks at the backyard for a short period of time so they can play. We accidentally sprinkled them with dust from the soil, they got dirty and lost their fluffiness. Can I give them a little bath? I was thinking of boiling some water, dipping some cotton balls into the hot...

I just saw the brooder thread and I saw that some of the brooders were using tissue paper/paper towels/cloth for the flooring of their brooder instead of wood shavings. Is this true? Thanks in advance!

We got 2 new chicks and put them in a brooder. We're pretty confused on what their breeds are: Buff Orps of RIR's, but I'm sure we'll figure out as soon as they grow up The 2 chicks look happy in their new home here at our's than at the shop(looked like a chick dungeon). We placed them on top...

Hi I just felt stupid when we bought 2 chicks on what I thought were RIR's and I was telling everyone around me that "I have Rhode Reds! I have one of the most popular breeds in the world! I'll get Xtra large light brown eggs and superior quality meat from these!". They were actually buff...

lefoajboiaoeijpijfjonkdosjidg Can you help me? I am freakin' confused! Are these things Orpingtons, or Rhode Island Reds? Here! I dumped pics! You know what breed it is yet? No? WELL THEN HERE'S SOME MORE PICS!!! more..........MORE!!! GWA HA HA HA HA...

Hello I got 2 Rhode Island Red chicks and they were soooo good. Thanks to all your help! But! I noticed something different; I think one of my RIR's is crossed with a cornish. I said it cannot be because that means it will EAT and POOP, like, every minute! The other one looks pure...

A VERY little part of the wood shavings got wet because a tiny drop of water fell on it. What will happen to the shavings? Will it be unusable, or will dry and continue to be usable?

Just got 2 chicks on what I believe are Rhode Island Reds and put them in our second brooder. They're the cutest little furballs I have ever had. I think. My mom is dying of cuteness so I can determine their cuteness on her. They are smaller than our cornish X's. Finally, we have some other...

Helloooooo I am about to go to the feed store to get 2 of those "sunshine" chickens(RIR's). They're quite expensive. We really need a female......even just one female and one roo...........2 pullets are better, of course......they're around a day old..............do you have a sexing...

Hello I let my chickies free-range today. They look happy destroying our crops catching the bugs and running around my sprained leg . A few minutes later, after drinking the waterer I brought down, they all sit. Then, a chick is shaking it's butt on the soil and covering herself in the soil...

Hello My chicks are getting bigger and bigger that I'm scared that they might eat me. They are zombie chicks, after all. I am starting to cut the fallen dried leaves into small pieces and I'm making a bucket full of 'em to save money on wood shavings(My parents go mad when I mention the word...