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I thought I'd pass along that Wilco is opening a new location in East Vanccouver WA/Camas location: http://www.wilco.coop/news/wilco-to-open-new-store-in-east-vancouver-wa-2 So for those of you, like me, who are in the east side of town, we now have a new place to get our feed supplies...

My broody hen hatched 11 baby chicks. She is doing a good job protecting the babies from the other hens. Unfortunately, my coop is a two story design with a steep entry board from the base level. Yesterday, my broody hen took the chicks outside for their first day. The hen and chicks did...

My broody Cuckoo Maran hen has been sitting on a clutch of fertile eggs for the last 19 days. Last night, during bed check, I heard some peeping from one of the eggs. This morning, Day 19 to be exact, I heard the other hens singing the egg song outside my window at 7:30am. I heard some more...

I did a lot of work on my friend's business computer. He wanted to pay me, but I don't like taking money from friends. So he offered to replace my poor first attempt at building a chicken coop. I gave him a picture of a coop from a Poultry magazine and suggested some dimension. Today, a...

I just came from a wonderful vacation in Maui. Strangely, there are feral chickens running around the island. Some of them are in very unlikely places. I found them in trees next to our hotel room along the beach, in the McDonald's parking lot and even at the bottle recylcing transfer...

I saw this style of bedding in my local Wilco store...

My EE, which has both a beard and ear muffs, finally started laying a few weeks. What threw me off into disbelief that she was laying is that her eggs have a light brown, almost white egg shell colour. I was under the impression that green legs, muff and beards meant the birds had genes for...

My Barred Rock hen just started laying. She's a couple of weeks shy of her six month birthday. One thing that is strange is that her eggs are very light coloured. They are so light coloured that they are almost white. Creame/light tan would be the best way to describe them. Is it nomal for...

I have a 17/18 week old hatchery Cuckoo Maran hen. She has fairly red waddles and comb. Two weeks ago, I heard her sing the egg song early in the morning as she was leaving the coop. Since a few days ago, she has been doing the egg squat. I'm excited that I will be getting eggs soon, but...

I have a pair of April 20th hatch and three April 28th hatch chicks. The older ones are getting pretty big and seem to be feathering in quite well. The younger ones still have baby fuzz on their heads and neck area. I have read you are supposed to take the chicks outdoors when they get fully...

I'm planning on getting a new bunch of baby chicks in the next couple of weeks. One of the breeds I was thinking of adding was California Whites. I was wondering, if I raised them from day old chicks and gave them lots of handling and attention, will they be as friendly as a Barred Rock or...

I am planing on getting new chicks next month. This will be my first time raising chickens from chicks. I am not sure how many exactly, perhaps five or six. How much space do you folks recommend for that number of babies. Also, the chicken for dummies book specifically says not to use a...

My PR, Jersey Giant and EE took a long, extended winter break. So long that I thought their days as layers were close to an ende, so I began preparing for baby chicks. Now they are back to laying with some regularity, seven to nine eggs a week. I haven't bought any chicks. But I live in a...

My coop of three years is having serious issues. The roof, made of chipboard and covered with shingles started leaking a last spring. I repaired it during our dry spell and everything seemed OK. But after our recent snowstorm and fast snow melt, the thing is leaking with a vengeance. So far...

I have a few older hens that are no longer producing very well and are going to be given to my friend for slaughter. I'll be getting new chicks in the spring so I'm not too concerned with getting eggs from them up to their last day. So, I was wondering, other them keeping them comfortable and...

I was looking at Marans and thinking of getting a hen or two this spring. Out west, there aren't many certified Marans breeders. I was wondering, for you folks who have had hens from both lines, other than egg colour, what are the differences? Do Hatchery Marans lay as well as other hatchery...

I have heard from a few friends that California Whites are much easier to deal with than the standard leghorns. From you personal experience, when they are raised as chicks with lots of human interaction, can they be handled (IE hand fed and picked up) as easily as friendlier breeds like Barred...

My neighbour's daughter wants to get some hens for eggs and pets. She has two kids, five and three, so she wants younger birds (6-8 weeks) instead of chicks. She wants the breeds to be good layers but still friendly enough to be handled. What do you folks suggest? I was suggesting Barred...

Recently, yesterday to be exact, I lost my 2.5 year old PR hen. She died suddenly. The rest of my flock is 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 years old. As a general rule, is my flock reaching an age where death is becoming increasingly likely? The reason is, I am wondering if it may be getting time to renew...

My very friendly Production Red died today. She was perching on board while at the feeder around 1600. When I came around to check for eggs an hour later, she had fallen over and died. She was stiff and showed no marks of animal attack. The fall was only a few inches, so I suspect she died...