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I have two nearly 3 month old Gold Sex-link chicks and I noticed yesterday that they both have little surface scratches here and there on their feet. The floor of their coop is wire with scrap wood and cardboard on top with some leaves and dried grass tossed here and there. A friend of mine...

I recently bought 5k mealworms and am attempting to farm them. Problem is they are all starting to pupate. I'm quite sure I won't be needing that many adult beetles. Is it okay to feed the chickens the pupa mixed in with their worm treat? Or should I just refrigerate a bunch of the pupae and...

I have apparently trained my chickens! I have been giving them a mealworm treat when it's time to go in the coop at night to encourage them to go in on their own. I set up a new run area for them yesterday and was trying to herd them into it this morning and discovered that they are now...

It has been 100+ where I live in Southeast Texas for 3 days now! I figured out a way to get part of my outdoor, open coop and small run area down to 85 degrees! Yay! Click here to see pics of my coop and chicken tent: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=514700 It's all...

My husband finished the coop last night and we moved the girls in. They were scared at first, chirping loudly for about 30 minutes, but then they fell asleep and seem fine this morning. They were huddling in a corner at first, so I put a bin in the corner that I plan to use for a nest later...

I have been letting my 7-8 wk old chicks free-range during the day, but I'm concerned because I've seen a small hawk in the sky. They stick to an area underneath a large Magnolia tree, and luckily, they haven't been killed. I kept my chickies inside most of the day today, but they are so...

I'm rather new at this chicken business and made the mistake of making my own feed for them and I ended up having malnourished chicks . I think I've overcome the worst of it, but wondering how to proceed now that they're better. They are both Golden Sex-Link pullets, and they're currently 6...