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Hey all, I have 3 young chickens that will be done with their with their quarantine in a couple weeks, but will still be too small to join their new flock unsupervised, so I’m looking for something I can use to separate them. Their coop is a horse stall, and I can either construct something to...

Hey all, I have a hen who’s about 3 years old who I’ve noticed is doing a bit of mouth breathing and you can see that she’s breathing harder when she’s roosting. It is very slight, and I’m not hearing any rasping or gurgling type noises, but it has been going on for two days now. Is it likely a...

Hey all, I have a mite infestation in my poor chickies. I’m gonna get Elector PSP for the coop, and I’m wondering if it’s too cold to use it on the chickens as well. It’ll be upper 40s-50s F during the day and down to the mid 20s at night, and I’ll have to do about half the flock at night cuz...

Does anyone know if flashing lights will scare a fox away? Or any other deterrent we can put up quickly while working on our hardware cloth? We have an electric poultry fence creating a large area for our chickens, and then a run attached to the coop, and last night there was a fox inside the...

Hi everyone! My run is made out of an outdoor dog kennel with the kind of fencing pictured below. I just ordered a bunch of hardware cloth to make it more secure. My question is, what is the best way to attach the hardware cloth to the fence? Tying with metal wire? Hog ties? I’m open to anything...

Hi all, I have a bluebell pullet who hatched in late May of this year, and she’s started acting strange. She has not started laying yet. Normally she’s very high energy and zoomie, but for the past three days she has been walking around some but mostly just wanting to sit in grass or a soft...

Hi, my chickens have mites or lice, and the only thing I have to treat them with is a liquid spray. Is 55 degrees F too cold to do that? Is it worth ordering and waiting for a powder treatment?

I’m expecting a heat wave (around 100 degrees Fahrenheit) this week and I’m wondering if I should take the saddles off my hens to keep them cooler, or if it really makes a difference. I do have one hen who is missing quite a few feathers (whereas the others were just starting to show a bit of...

Hi y’all! Our first batch of chickens was 4 our neighbor hatched with a broody hen, and I’ve always been curious as to what kind they are, since I know they’re mixed. If anyone wants to take some educated guesses that would be super fun!

Hi everyone! So around Easter I got two bluebell chicks and one bielefelder, and they looked quite similar to my novice eye. I thought I knew which one was which, but I’m starting to have doubts and I’m worried I lost track somewhere along the way. Can anyone tell me who’s who? They are about...