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I had a very aggressive rooster that would attack every time I entered the pen. After being spurred in the knee joint, I had taken enough of his antics. I started putting my foot out to defend myself, so he would run into it rather than my knee - that got tiresome and didn't seem to do anything...

Foxes scream during mating. It is a blood-curdling sound, especially in the dark! To me it sounds somewhere between a someone being attacked and killed, and a chicken being choked to death. It can also contain a yelping like quality to the sound.

Chewy is out of the plastic chicken door flaps 😖. But maybe if you bought some large flexible cutting boards (all the same color if possible). You could cut them into strips, while leaving a 1-1.5 inch strp attached at the top. As an alternative, you could try the thickest plastic sheeting, or...

This is an exceptionally well written article! It describes some of the numerous follies, and strange happenings that accompany owning chickens for the first time. It warns you to never underestimate just how clever, cunning and astute chickens can actually be, even if they are a little...

Great article! Thank you for the well-designed, concise chart of suitable treats and the various ways each treat category can be used. I would like to add Nuts to the list. In particular unshelled, dry-roasted, unsalted peanuts. I crack them until the pieces are about the size of a small...

My 1.5 yo Sizzle, Maddie, is smaller than any of my other Silkies. She and her sister joined the flock last year and there were no issues until this spring when they were molting. That’s when we noticed that Maddie was almost naked and not from molting! The rest of the flock has almost denuded...

Thanks for your reply! As you pointed out it is a lash bag! I would like to say “Thanks” to everyone that answered my question! It was the first time that I ever saw a ‘lash bag’ in my 15 years of chicken keeping.

Hello fellow chicken lovers, I’m lamccasker57 a new member with a bit of a mysterious problem for which I’m at a complete loss! My 1 year old Silkie frizzle had a normal poop, but alongside the poop was a strange “blob” that resembles a piece of chicken meat in texture and color. It’s very...