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Here are pics of a few of my hens. I have 23 total and it’s not on all of them. Maybe 1/2. Their skin is not red. They are healthy and are fed organic non gmo no corn no soy scratch and peck layer feed. I put strong animals both electrolytes/vitamins and prebiotics/probiotics in their water with...

9 month old buff Orpington. Been laying since end of October. I checked to make sure everyone was in coop last night. Everyone was there no problems. This morning as I went out to feed them the fermented feed (have access to dry feed all the time) she was laying in the run and barely able to...

What are you successfully using to sift your hemp bedding? I have no problems sifting the coop fresh on my poop board but can’t seem to find the right shovel/rake to sift my hemp. I’m not looking to get every dropping but the ones that are big. Thanks! Pics appreciated!

Ok so I took diy plans for an 8x8 coop and combined it with a lean-to shed to make my coop. I live in Alaska and know nothing about ventilation. Everywhere I look contradicts what I was thinking. My plan was to leave the spots between the rafters open with hardware cloth over them. My...

Newly hatched silkie chick’s neck not lifting head at all. Keeps flipping around. Egg pics show the air cell was saddled.

I have 2 possible cases. 1st is a chick in the brooder. She is 3 weeks old. Smaller than other chicks her age, but not vastly different. She was tiny from the start. Is acting a tad less rambunctious but not overly lethargic looking. 2nd is in my coop. Went to clean the poop shelf and it was...

Completely new to incubating eggs. New to chicken raising in general but doing great so far. I ordered eggs from 2 different breeders. They were suppose to arrive on Saturday. One arrived today around 3 pm (pic) Ordered a pack of 6, shipped 11, 8 not cracked. Have them pointy side down in...

Hi there from Alaska! I’m completely new to raising Chickens. Currently raising 17 chicks: 1 Brahma 1 Brahma/Australorp 5 lavender Orpingtons 5 Buff Orpingtons 5 Black Australorps Rearranging with friends soon to own 2 of each of the orpingtons and Australorps and adding: 2 Americanas 2...