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One of my 5 hens also has an eye infection that started in one eye yesterday (which is now closed by the mucus) and her second eye is starting to look goopy. I separated her in a dog crate with food and water. She had been the low chicken in the pecking order for 2 months so I'm hoping that...

After a search for a Florida breeder of Marans, I just bought a beautiful black copper Marans pullet this morning from EM Squared Farms in Ft. Pierce, FL. I was very tempted to buy a few more chickens because they also had Silkies and several other breeds for sale but I have to be quiet &...

After a search for a copper black Marans, I found EM Squared Farms in Ft. Pierce, Florida. I live in Jupiter so it was an easy drive to pick up a beautiful Marans pullet this morning to join my 2 EE's & 2 RIR's. They're all about the same age (3-4 months). It was VERY hard not to also bring home...

Thank you for your kind words. I know that many of us who decide to have chickens will probably have to do the same someday. I grew up on a small farm with animals that were eventually meant for the table. All of the chickens were free to roam during the day. When I was about 5, I was...

Poor Winkin'. He was a beautiful white and black EE, 3 1/2 months old, but now he's stew. He developed his 3 rows on the comb and started crowing, got the long curved tail feathers and definitely looked different than the other EE's. Now I know what people mean by the "stink eye" He could...

Thank you all for responding. I just realized that I mis-counted it's age. The RIRs are 4 months old and the EE's are 3 months old. I read the 30+ pages of posts of people, like me, who aren't sure of the sex of their EE, and it seems like it is very hard to tell the males from the females...

Before I sentence one of my chickens to death because I think that it's a rooster I thought I'd ask people with more experience to help me tell a male from a female chicken. My husband said he heard one of our flock of 5 crow this morning. I have 2 5month old RIR and 3 4 month old Easter...

That reminds me of the scene in "Jurassic Park" where the flock of cute little dinosaurs ate the bad guy.

I'm still new at this. I have two RIR pullets are 3 months old and 3 EE's are 2 months old. I'm trying to train them to be easy to catch by trying to keep them close to me (when they're out of their cage & coop in our small fenced backyard) by showing them the good spots for bugs. If I start...

I showed this to my 23 year old son who may have to be my executioner some day if I "chicken out" ! I said, "That's the kind of girl you should marry." He agreed. You're capable, beautiful, and fun and you have a great family. May you always have a reason to smile. Best wishes always, Vickie

I'm using 2 adjustable shower curtain rods in my small, portable, "night" coop.

I remember we used to use it to control roaches so I Googled it and found this web site. http://www.dirtworks.net/Diatomaceous-Earth.html I may have to get a bag but I'll see if any of the hardware or feed stores sell it.

I've been using Buhach ("since 1876, made famous during the Alaskan Gold Rush") to keep the mosquitoes away when I'm in the backyard or camping. I actually first heard about it when reading a book about Olaus and Mardie Murie and their lives in early Alaska. I noticed that Buhach is also...

Hello everyone, For an early Mother's Day present, my son made me a portable "night coop" (with 2 wheels like a wheel-barrow) and a large day pen that I can move to different sections of our backyard so now I'm a first time mother hen to 2 Rhode Island Reds who are 2 months old and 3...