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Hi Everyone, I used to be a regular on here the first couple years I had chickens. I've now had chickens for nearly 10 years and so I have mellowed out about most things... have my rhythm. About a month ago, I was working from home, when I heard a ruckus in the backyard. At first I...

Hi All, I have an order of miniature (bantam) ducklings coming from Holderread Waterfowl in early May (May 1 or 2). I am probably going to raise 3-4 of them myself, and will be looking to sell off the others for $12. each (which is what I paid for them). If you are interested, please let me...

Salt Lake City has a new chicken ordinance. I have not seen the final text of the ordinance, which was passed December 1. I will post the text when it is available. For all of the hullabaloo when the ordinance was being considered, the media really dropped the ball when the final ordinance...

The slc chicken ordinance is being changed with the guise being that they are making the ordinance more accommodating for chickens. But the devil is in the details, and this ordinance places new restrictions on the size of the flock based on lot size and some with small lots will be newly...

OK, folks, here's the scenario. I have a great coop on the 2nd floor of my barn (see video in signature line). It looks like I might be relocating out of state for a job, leaving my elderly dad with the chickens. I don't want him to have to climb up the rickety and steep stairs of the barn...

I have a new EE chick, now about 1 week old, from Meyer Hatchery. Her legs are just barely tinted green. She is a blonde chick, perhaps will be white or buff. With her legs having so little green in them, I am thinking she might lay brown eggs. Anyone have experience with this?

Does anyone have experience with bumblefoot in a toe? I have a hen who has a large, swollen rear toe, and a scab just under the toenail. The scab is in the fleshy part at the tip of the toe, under the curve of the toenail (not actually underneath the nail). The toe is swollen, fat and wide...

I'm sharing a chick order with a neighbor (still a small order, 7 birds total). As part of the mix, she is getting a BR and I am getting a Dominique. Any tips on telling these chicks apart? I know that the BR has a single comb and the Dominique a rose comb. Will we be able to tell those tiny...

Anyone interested in getting in on a hatchery order? I'm likely to order from Meyer Hatchery in Ohio, for delivery asap, which I think would mean shipped on Sept. 8.

I'm in an urban/suburban setting and just lost a chicken this morning to a husky dog attack. Apparently this husky is somewhat frequently loose, and may have an irresponsible owner. It lives about a block away. I expect the dog to return now that it has had a taste of my chicken. I am...

One of my layers was just killed by neighbor's a dog. She was healthy up until 6:20 am this morning when the dog attacked. We found the dog eating the chicken, and there is maybe 1/2 of the chicken left. Obviously the chicken was not killed in sanitary conditions. Could I gut and eat the...

Last summer, I had a flock of four baby chicks. My EE Liona died soon after she started laying (heart attack?), and unfortunately today a dog broke into my chicken run and killed one of my BR, Sam. This leaves me heading into severe Vermont winter with only 2 chickens, BR and production red...

I have some leftover meatie crumbles (21% protein). I think I've heard that when chickens molt (this fall?), they need extra protein. So is it a good idea to feed my layers the meat bird feed? I know they'd need extra calcium, so I'd mix in oyster shell. Thanks for any advice.

My coop is inside my barn, where I also have tools, bicycles, and other assorted "good stuff" which others might call junk. Right now the girls are outside most of the time, but in the winter they are in a lot and the place got pretty dusty last year. I have an air filter and would like to...

Hey folks, I have a video on youtube showing my set-up for raising the colored rangers from J.M. Hatchery. They are now 10 weeks old and going to freezer camp on Thursday. The chicks started out in a large plastic storage tub as a brooder. They hatched on May 13, and in my area we typically...

I'd like to hear from those who have had both runners and campbells. How are they similar or different? I'm trying to decide between the two. I know they are both good egg layers and foragers. Do one or the other do a better job with bugs/slugs from the garden? Does one or the other...

I have a BR hen whose largest tail feathers are all nibbled off so that they are about 1" long. The feather ends are ragged, as though they have been torn off (chewed off). I find the ends of the broken-off feathers in the coop. This same chicken is low-chicken on the pecking order and is...

How does this go - the introduction of one or two ducks to a chicken flock? Some folks say they keep a couple ducks with their chickens (I'm aware of the challenges regarding moisture). Is there any hope they would get along? I'm looking at Khaki Campbells or Indian Runners. I have 3...

I can't find an old thread I thought I remembered on wooden snow fencing as a portable run. I just bought a 50' roll of the 4' wooden snow fence, and am interested in any tips on how to set it up so that it is easy to move every couple days. What should I use as stakes? I have deer netting...

I just made an appointment today for my colored rangers... I've decided to stick it out and take them to 10 weeks old. Thanks to those giving me support on keeping them. I've decided to enlarge their daytime run, by adding an extension on the chicken tractor. I'm paying $2.75 per bird for...