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Hey, I've had Lala, an Ameraucana, and Izzy, a Barred Rock, in a coop, laying eggs happily for about six months. They share one nest and seem fine with that. Over December, I took three new girls -- Peeps, an Australorp, Nono, a Red Star (though she's actually light yellow/white), and...

Remind me again, how early can new chicks get treats? I have a Red Star sex-link, a Black Star sex-link, and an Australorp, all 15 weeks old, who moved outside last week. (Seemed a little early, but they were getting huge -- the Australorp especially -- and I live in California, so it isn't...

I have some pretty noisy morning hens who like to wake up our neighbors (this is *backyard*chickens.com, after all ). I'm working on a new coop for them. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to keep things quiet in the coop -- that is, to let them bawk their lovely hearts out, but keep...

Okay, I realize this sounds like a murder mystery title, but..... Over Izzy, our ~25-week-old Barred Plymouth Rock hen, has taken to crowing for about 10 minutes every morning at sunrise. No, seriously, she's crowing like a pro. She used to share a coop with our very loud RIR, Minnie the...

Meet Minnie (the Mooch): (Picture taken at 7 weeks; she's now 25 weeks old.) We're looking to find Minnie a new home. She's a happy and healthy Rhode Island Red, and she lays a massive brown egg pretty much every day. However, there are a few reasons we can't keep her: 1) She's been...

We have a confirmed egg-eating pullet, Minnie, and my wife has been reluctant to take the standard BYC advice for such birds -- namely, get rid of them. I'm looking to see if there's any better option. I've seen a few references to rollaway nests, where the egg falls out of the nest bottom...

We have three lovely hens in our backyard coop -- a Barred Rock (Over Izzy), an Americauna (Lala), and a Rhode Island Red (Minnie the Mooch). They're about 19 weeks old. The RIR, Minnie, took to "honking" a couple of months ago -- loudly enough that at first I wondered if she might be a he...

I had the brilliant idea of switching our (14-week-old or so) chicks from Purina Start & Grow to the organic chick starter from MyPetChicken.com. After spending $30 just to have it shipped, on top of the cost of the feed itself, I made the brilliant move of switching the chicks from the old...

I have a chicken coop and an attached run set up. The chicken coop has a dropping area with wood shavings under it. I'm wondering, though, what to do about the run. Do people put wood shavings in there, too? (Right now the run ground area has a bunch of little rocks in it, but I was planning...

We bought three chicks about three and a half weeks ago, and have been having a great time raising them. But, I'm worried that two of them are cockerels. They both seem to be developing pretty prominent combs to me (though, I'm a first-timer at this). Anyone want to weigh in? Here's Over...