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I have a chicken that I got a few weeks ago from the elementary school hatching project, so it's probably a mixed up breed, but can any of you experts enlighten me as to what kind of chicken he is? He's about 6 weeks old, black with very pretty iridescent blue feathers and a few brownies on his...

Today was the day. Time to clean out the chicken coop. My DH declined to encourage my OCD tendencies by helping. He doesn't believe that chicken coops need to be cleaned. He couldn't have been more wrong. Especially after 5 months of indoor living through our cold winter. After opening all the...

After getting 7 inches of snow yesterday -- and hats off to everyone out East who are getting hit REALLY hard with the snow today -- we are enjoying balmy 25 degree temperatures and beautiful blue sunny skies. It's blindingly bright outside with all that fresh, sparkly snow! I decided to shoo...

Well, after a 3 month (!!!) break for molt, I got my first egg this morning. We got 7 inches of snow overnight and the wind is whipping it all over the place outside, it won't even get to 10 degrees for a high today (and they're predicting a wind chill of -30F tonight) but the girls are safe...

I've searched and searched the BYC, but answers seem to be all over the board. So I apologize now if this is a stupid question and I need to narrow my search... I know that lots of us are going through molt right now.... me included. My 4 BO girls haven't laid consistently since July - yes...

Well, the playhouse coop that we've been working on was finally delivered today. No BYC page yet. Will try to get it assembled and then enter into this season's coop contest. Anyways, this sweet little coop was made by my loving DH for a friend of mine from my kids' school. She adopted three...

Well, after patting myself on the back for my conscious predator control, this morning my daughter found a hole in the run where someone dug in overnight. I can't find the other side of the hole - who knows how far this creature tunneled? I have hardware wire buried 18 inches down all the way...

I have some cute garden art that was hand-made for me by my very talented neighbor. Now that the snow has arrived, I have brought it all inside for the season. These wooden chickens just seem too cute to put into storage. Anyone out there have a creative idea on how I could display them in the...

Well, I wanted to wait and share this coop after it was DONE, but... We've been building it in the garage and moved it out to put the trusses up. And then the weatherman threw us a curveball. They said 3 inches likely -- well, at least it won't be 3 inches INSIDE the new coop!! Sheesh. More...

Hey all you MN folks - I'm looking for some galvanized corregated panels. I didn't really think that it was going to be this hard to find, but it's proving to be a bit daunting, even here in the Cities. Any recommendations that are at least somewhat close to the Cities? I'm thinking 4 panels of...

I was just wondering, after reading a post about botulism, where compost piles were listed among free-range issues. Are they bad? Is it because of the worms? I have two piles that the girls love love love to dig in. I don't put food scraps there (I don't need to feed the raccoons), just chopped...

We've had a raccoon living in our backyard tree for about a month now. A very big raccoon. He's not the first one, but he has stayed the longest. This tree is in the center of my backyard, only 20 ft. from my backdoor and about 10 ft. from my chicken coop. I caught him one time at my back door...

You know it's tough when you're walking to your car and thinking, "Hmmmm, it feels like it's warming up...." only to check the temp and find that it's 11!! It's all in the perspective, I suppose. That was only 2 days ago... Buuuuuttttt, currently the sun is out and it's 45 outside. My chookies...

I have 4 BO hens, 10 months old. I noticed 2 days ago that 3 of the 4 were losing those beautiful fluffy butt feathers. Last night when I closed up their house, I notice that two now have pretty raw, scabby areas just below the vent. Grrrr. These girls are not cramped. They have 12 ft inside...

I just want to publicly send out a HUGE thank you to Spookyevilone for opening up her home today for the MN Meet & Greet. You are a gracious, lovely hostess and everyone had a nice time. It was fun to put faces together with screen names and believe it or not, these folks are even friendlier in...

Here in the Twin Cities, it is expected to be -20 tonight. That's not wind chill (which is going to be around -40) - those are real temps. Last night, because of ice and blowing snow, they actually closed down the Interstate. Today, at the warmest part of the day, it was -1. My girls (I only...

I don't know if this is the right spot for this post or not.... sorry if it's in the wrong spot. I have 4 Buff Orps, 6.5 months old. I've noticed, just over the past few weeks, that their combs and wattles have doubled in size. 3 of the 4 have larger and very red combs/wattles/faces while one...

I've waited a long 26 weeks for this, but today feels just like Christmas. Without the credit card bills. I have 4 Buff Orps, hatched May 19. Eats everything. Incredibly spoiled. Bok Bok!

I just bought a 100w ceramic bulb for my 6x8 coop. Man they are EXPENSIVE! I plugged it in under my desk to make sure it works and I can barely feel the heat at all. Seriously - like AT ALL. Even the general air under my desk doesn't feel warmer. When I put my hand close to it, I can feel the...

It's officially done. And the leaves (and temperatures) are falling, so we are just in time. Who knew that one silly chicken coop could cost so much money and take an entire summer to build? I suppose when you're silly city-folk, a bit OCD like me, and a...