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I have 20 hens and put down construction sand, under the roosts and on the floor. I clean it everyday by sifting it like cat litter. My husband dug a huge hole and I dump it in there, when it’s full he digs a new one. I have alfalfa in the run that the hens love and it smells wonderful, I’m...

I have the same problem, 4 white leghorns, 8 barred rock, 8 wellsummers. All lay in the nest box except for the 8 wellsummers, they insist on laying on the floor. My floor and trays under the roosts are sand. The eggs end up scratched and dirty. Ceramic eggs in the nest boxes. Some hens are just...

Thank you, she is gorgeous regardless

Hello everyone , Can someone help with identifying this breed please, she is supposed to be a Wyandotte but what kind?

I have 4 white leghorns, 8 barred rock, 8 Wyandotte, and 8 Rhode Island Reds. All 8 of the Rhode Island Reds are evil and cause a lot of drama. I have not found that pecking them back or holding them down has helped at all. They are 18 weeks old. They pick on all the other hens even blocking the...

I use course sand in the coop and have drop boxes built under the roosts that are also filled with course sand. I use a scoop to clean every morning into a stainless bucket and spread PDZ as needed. For the dried poop I use a black & decker cordless sander maybe once every couple of weeks on the...

I have 4 of those lights in my coop, I turn them on before dusk and they light up the inside of the coop and illuminate the automatic door, the lights have multiple levels, I set them bright before dusk after everyone is in I turn off 3 of them and leave one on a dim setting as a night lite...

Hello Arizona, Looks like the last post was in 2013, anyone from Arizona here?

I don’t know about the rooster situation yet, no one has started crowing yet. I have one that’s a trouble maker and may be a rooster, to early to tell.

The ladies have gotten very spoiled with the swamp cooler 😂 they line up in front of it with their feathers blowing in the breeze. I thought the electric bill was going to kill me since it’s running all day but it wasn’t that bad. It drops the temperature in the coop by 15° with the 6’ door and...

Oh wow! That is so good to hear. I have a swamp cooler set up for the ladies but it’s still low 80s in the coop and was concerned. Thank You ❤️

Yes, They are for eating. The ladies started laying super early, they are only 15 weeks! Tiny eggs but perfect. With the temperature so high I was worried about the eggs going bad. The very first egg had a double yolk, don’t know if that’s normal.

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I’m sorry if this has been answered already. I’m in Arizona and temperature’s are up around 100° already and it’s only May! How long can an egg be left outside in this heat? 1 hour? 3 hours? 5 hours Thank You

We are currently in the process of building our new coop out of an 8 x 10 galvanized shed. We are building a platform 2 feet off the ground to assemble it on, also adding windows. The only problem with these sheds is they are paper thin so they need to be secured to a base & reinforced for winds...

Very nice, mothers know things lol.

Hello everyone, I am new to the site and to chickens. Excited to get started, the brooder is ready, my husband is building the coop and run, the chicks are ordered. I ordered 8 Rhode Island reds and 8 white leghorns. The coop will be 10’x 8’ the run will be 8’x16’.