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Does anyone else here in the Northeast have any chickens that are molting, in January, in 30 degree weather?

I read in one of the articles about sour crop that ducolax can help with in impacted crop, I have a chicken who has lost wait and strength with a bout of sour crop. My question is, she's headed in the right direction now but struggled to poop. Will ducolax help? I probed her vent and didn't...

I found this in the nest box along with the other eggs. There was more, but I peeled some off to investigate. Has anyone experienced this before? When I cracked it open, there is nothing out of the ordinary

I have 3 Australorps from spring 2021. In 2022 I got 2 Buff Orpingtons and an Easter Egger chick. It has been interesting to see one of the buffs Braveheart, who used to burrow under the other, Mazie, on the roost and sleep that way, get rejected when Mazie was first of the three to start laying...

One of my Australorps has pretty much finished molting and one other is in the process. I was just wondering about how long it takes for their combs get their nice red color back.

When I built my coop, I made 1 nestbox, because "of course" I would never have more than 3 or 4 hens. That is, until I laid eyes on the baby chicks this spring. I got so much pleasure raising the Australorps last year that I couldn't resist. I thought no hen could be as pretty as the...

I got three new chicks in April. an Auracana and two Buff Orpingtons. I like to get all of my birds to eat out of my hand. Braveheart, one of the buffs, doesn't seem to have very good eye to beak coordination. If I have just a few seeds in my hand, she takes a while to get them all and often...

Nothing like collecting fresh eggs on a chilly day

i sleep looking out a back window on the ground level of my house. My coop is close enough that I can hear the birds if they shift around on the roost. Last night (3am) i woke up when I thought I heard something. i looked out the window for a while, and nothing. I got up to use the bathroom, and...

So, I think my Australorps are getting closer to laying the first eggs.This afternoon when I got home from work, the birds were in the geodome. When I opened the main door of the coop, I noticed there had been some activity in the nesting box. One of the hens had been in there and pushed some...

I have 4 four month old Australorps raised from baby chicks. One is a sweet rooster. Someone I know has to get rid of her 15 month old rhode Island reds because of neighbor issues. She has seven and I was considering taking two. The Aussie rooster and one hen stick together. One other is kind...

A friend just shared a site with me with some amazing chicken coops. I don't know if we can post a link, but if you type themindcircle.com/chicken you will see some really cool designs

I haven't seen any posts on reconstituting crumble. My thought was to take the fine stuff, add a little water to make a thick paste, press it out onto a cookie sheet and put in an oven just warm enough to dry it. Any reasons not to?

Being new to having chickens, and working on the geodome run, I had wondered about burying HC under the surface of the ground across floor, or skirting. One person suggested skirting. There is one side along garden fence where I can't go out, but could go down. Would that be effective? Someone...

This is what we plan on using for the run. If I knew in the fall that we'd be getting chickens in the spring, things would be a little different. Right now the plan is add a pop door on the side of the coop connecting to the geodome. I have hardware cloth to cover sides and will either run on...

Just for a little realistic humor. I have literally made every coffee making mistake, of course, because I hadn't had my coffee yet while trying to make my coffee. There are the simple ones like not realizing the coffee maker is unplugged, or forgetting to turn it on. Then you move slightly up...

This is my coop's currrent spot in the yard. The people door has double hasps, plus a turn block. There is a single hasp on the pop door, and hasps on both sides of the nest box door. All have caribiners. I may add a turn block to the pop door as well. All openings are covered completely with...

My job is an August-May job with June and July off. Yes, I know it's tough to have summer off. My coop is done, the birds are in. I let them out during the day in the backyard and I put out a hanging feeder at my back step and a few different waterering stations so they have easy access. I have...

I was given a 4x4 A-frame coop on wheels, with the intention of raising the hinged side of the roof, and adding framing to increase the size. Once we got into it, the A frame had too many issues to make worth dealing with, such as some rot and ant issues. So, now I have what is in the photos...

Hi all. This is my first foray into raising chickens, after years of wanting to, and getting books, and admiring others flocks, not to mention eating fresh eggs. I'm starting with four Australorps, after reading good things about them being social, curious, and good egg layers. This site was...