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I forgot wether to use cold or hot water to wash the eggs with. Could someone remind me?

I'm kind of worried about my neighbors, now...I've had my chickens for a year now, but these days, they have been enjoying getting up bright and early to ring in the new day with an assortment of extremely annoying and loud cackles and clucks... Is there any way to keep them quiet for an hour or...

I just went out to see the girls, and one of my SLW was spinning circles...She seemed to either be looking at something on her tail, or in the air... She freaked out when I tried to touch her... Maybe something tried to attack her? Any Ideas? Does some kind of disease make them turn circles?

Quickly! I noticed this morning that one of my chickens has a prolaps! What do I do?!

Two of my chickens have been in the nesting boxes for two days straight! WHY?! I have no roosters, so I don't think that they are broody.... I am afraid that they will get dehydrated or starve..

How do you get pinless peepers on a hen that moves around like a grasshopper?!

Clip their beaks! Yes, it sounds cruel...I felt awful, but it works! I clipped it until it just BARELY bled. I tried everything before. (Pick-no-more, extra calcium, new toys...ect.) Yes, My chickens are my babies, and I felt bad for her, but she hasn't yanked out a feather since!

Alrighty,I'm leaving my girls for four days on the 24th....What can I do about their feather picking habit when I'm gone? Can I put duct tape on their backs to stop it? What would you do?

Rules you can ask any question, and the next person to post has to answer. Example.... 1st person: What is your favorite color? 2nd person: Blue! What grade are you in? ect.... I'll start...How many chickens do you have?

My "top hen" pecked one of my girl's foot till it is bloody... it isn't bad, but I was wondering if I could put a band-aid on it, or will that make the girls peck it more? Please answer quickly!

Someone just sent me a message and asked if double yolked eggs hatch twins....I know they don't, but why? Not enough room?

Is rhodedendron(sp?) poisonous to chickens?

I have one feather-picker in my group of 7... I put Pick-No-More on the others yesterday, and it looks like it already wore off! Do you have to replentish it daily or something? If she continues to pick their feathers, I'm going to put duct-tape on their backs....But what about...

Can chickens get the flu or a cold? I'm just wondering... one of my hens has been acting a little slow today, and she's usually the spunky one.

I just went out to the coop, And there were two "no-shell" eggs....They weren't from my normal layer...Is it normal for newbie layers to lay soft shell/no shell eggs? How do I get hard shells?

Sooo.... Has ANYONE in this ENTIRE FORUM ever figured out a way to stop feather picking?! My WPR (Florence) has been picking out the bum feathers of all the other girls! They are all running around with patches in various spots! SO FRUSTRATING! Can I separate her? Do I keep her locked up...

My Red Star (Jess) has little black spots on her comb/wattles..... Is that normal? I don't think it is fowl pox, but if someone would put up a picture of what it looks like, I could make sure.. My mom wanted me to ask you if you think mold could grow on them, but they have two windows open at...

Yaaayyy!!!! My Red Star, Jess, laid a beautiful, brown egg this morning! I am so happy!!

I came into the coop the other day, and the ceiling was covered with mold! How do I prevent this from happening again? I already cleaned it up with bleach water while the girls were free-ranging. Was that the best idea? I left the doors and windows open to air out for 30 minutes or so before I...

When are chickens supposed to start laying eggs? How old were your hens when they started laying? Mine are 20 weeks old.