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I was hoping someone would have some insight into our problem. We purchased 15 Ranger broilers from McMurray and received them almost 2 weeks ago. Since then we have lost 1 every couple of days and now we are down to 9. We talked to McMurray on the phone and they said we were doing everything...

Hi all! I'm trying to decide if I should order sex'ed meat birds or straight run and had a thought - will the roo's start crowing before their processing date? I'm going to be raising slow growing broilers and plan to grow them out to 10 weeks or so. Not sure if my neighbors will be happy...

I am researching different ideas for a meat bird coop. Please share yours!

I want to raise Freedom Rangers this year but we would like to try 12,... not 25. As far as I can tell 25 is the minimum order from Freedom Ranger Hatchery. Is there anywhere else I can order the chicks from? The reason I planned to try Freedom Rangers and not XC is that I live in the Rocky...

My chickens have plenty of little rocks they can eat on the ground. Do I still need to mix chicken grit into their feed too? Thanks!

Why is it that there are sooooo many plans out there for chicken coops but none for a simple goat barn/shed? I'm looking for something big enough for 2 goats plus room for milking and it needs to be fully enclosed. Help!

I ordered 6 chicks from My Pet Chicken (Meyer Hatchery) quite a while ago and they were suppose to ship last night. Just looked at my order again and it does say that they will ship via USPS express mail which I believe is overnight. Just called my post office and they don't have them yet. My...

Hi all! I'm pretty new here and just starting out on our laying hen adventure :-) I have many friends that have chickens and it seems like everyone uses a different kind of feed. Some use organic, some use corn-free, there is non-GMO feed, and a lot of people use the "standard" feed...

Anyone have an idea how much starter feed I will need for 6 chicks? Thanks!

Hi all! Our family is going to start raising chickens this coming Spring,.... I am very new to all of this! We live in the foothills of Colorado at about 8,200 ft. We have quite a list of predators we need to protect our chickens from - bears, hawks, fox, coyotes, mountain lions,... the list...

Hi everyone! I'm new here - about to embark on owning chickens for the first time! We have a lot to learn but never the less are 6 chickens have been ordered and will come to us at the end of April! I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Hi all! I am hoping to start keeping chickens for the first time this spring and I'm trying to figure out what to do about a coop. I've done a lot of research and I see that I need about 4 sqft per chicken indoors. We would like to have 8 chickens. I want to buy a coop kit but it seems like...